[Ed: This is an excerpt (pages 28-29) from Brendan Leonard’s thesis “Because it is there“. You can read his full article on the “Jack Ash Project” (pages 19-33) for more…
Stories
Jack Ash Project – Florida
[Ed: This is an excerpt (pages 26) from Brendan Leonard’s thesis “Because it is there“. You can read his full article on the “Jack Ash Project” (pages 19-33) for more…
Jack Ash Project – Alaska
[Ed: This is an excerpt (pages 29-30) from Brendan Leonard’s thesis “Because it is there“. You can read his full article on the “Jack Ash Project” (pages 19-33) for more…
Club Motto “Keep Klimbin'”
The Club motto is “Keep Klimbin’” It was how Club Founder Jakk Longacre (he liked those k’s) signed all his correspondence.
Jack Ash Project – Big Apple Adventure
Highpointer Club Founder Jack Longacre’s wish to have his ashes scattered atop the highest point of each state started auspiciously with his August 14, 2003, arrival in New York City…
Interview with Donna and Merrill Sterler
By Roger Rowlett Apex to Zenith #62 – Third Quarter 2003 Donna and Merrill Sterler have a unique perspective on being a highpoint owners. Rather than buying the highpoint, they…
Interview with Jean and Wayne Wuebbels — Owners of the Illinois Highpoint
By Roger Rowlett Apex to Zenith #62 – Third Quarter 2003 Jean and Wayne Wuebbels, the first highpoint private property owners to attend and host a Highpointers convention, put on…
Jack Longacre Memorial Services – Nov. 16, 2002, Taum Sauk, Missouri
On Nov. 16, 40 Highpointers met at the Fort Davidson Motel & Restaurant in Ironton, MO, for a memorial service titled “A Celebration of Jack’s Life.” Club chairman Roger Rowlett…
Interview with John Mitchler and Dave Covill
[Published in Apex to Zenith #55 â Fourth Quarter 2001] By: Roger Rowlett It’s hard to imagine what the Club would be like without the efforts of John Mitchler and…
Highpointer Summa Cum Laude Award presented to Paul Zumwalt
[Published in Apex to Zenith #54 – Third Quarter 2001] By: Roger Rowlett on the occasion of Paul receiving the club’s top award during the convention in Maryland. Paul Zumwalt…
Mike Clemens Becomes First to Complete 50 States Solo
[Published in Apex to Zenith #54 – Third Quarter 2001] With a solo ascent of Mt. McKinley in May/June 2001, Mike Clemens becomes the first person to complete the 50…
Dave Kennedy – A Gannet Peak Story – 50 Completion
[Published in Apex to Zenith #54 – Third Quarter 2001] [Ed. Note – Dave has kept us informed of his exploits by sending us newspaper coverage of his quest. An…
John Lent: Mountains, Marathons and Memories – 50 Completions
[Published in Apex to Zenith #54 – Third Quarter 2001] It was the Fourth of July 2001 and Mary Ann and I were celebrating something really special. Not only were…
Kenny Pokora – Sunrise and Snowstorm: 50 Completions
[Published in Apex to Zenith #54 – Third Quarter 2001] Donna, my wife, and I started backpacking in 1978 with a trip to Bryce Canyon in Utah. In the years…
Kenyon Stebbins – 48-Completer #6 by age 14
As for a paragraph of my thoughts on being a “younger” highpointer, here’s my off-the-top-of-my-head thoughts. Now at age 51, as I look back on highpointing as a kid, I…
Bill Smith’s Quest Spans 8 Years, from 1991 to 1999
[Published in Apex to Zenith #52 – First Quarter 2001] “I never met a highpoint I didn’t like.” Having our first cold snap of the year in Shreveport (November 9,…
Jay Wiener’s Long and Winding Road Takes Him to 48 Peaks
[Published in Apex to Zenith #51 – Fourth Quarter 2000] “…my guide Allan was killed in a fall, while we were climbing the Grand Teton together…I needed lots of diversion…
James Reilly Finishes the 48 Contiguous States on Granite Peak
[Published in Apex to Zenith #51 – Fourth Quarter 2000] “…the weather joined the party. It just rolled in…we clawed and grabbed at that mountain til our fingers bled.” Time:…
Mike Clemens Is Flying High After Finish the 48!
[Published in Apex to Zenith #51 – Fourth Quarter 2000] Highlight on Mount Mitchell: “going for an evening stroll, and stumbling on a moonshiner’s camp in the woods.” Okay, I’ve…
Carrie Sears Bell Taps Family Expertise to Become 15th Woman To Finish 48 States (on Gannett)
[Published in Apex to Zenith #51 – Fourth Quarter 2000] “The biggest drawback [on Denali] is leaving my husband and two children for three weeks.” I am writing to let…
Steve Packer’s Ordeal Ends in Success With His 50th Highpoint on Wheeler Peak
[Published in Apex to Zenith #51 – Fourth Quarter 2000] “…it cost me nine of my fingers and toes, 12 surgeries, and 15 months out of work” We got up…
Greg Griffith Returns to Rhode Island for #50
[Published in Apex to Zenith #51 – Fourth Quarter 2000] “It all started after having received Don Holmes book as “recuperative reading” material following a May 1994 paragliding accident that…
Richard White Saw ‘Em and Did ‘Em All 50!
[Published in Apex to Zenith #50 – Third Quarter 2000] Number done solo: 47, all but Denali, Rainier, and Hood. Multiple Attempts: Driskill (2) scary lightning storm…Boundary (2) couldn’t find…
Dennis Stewart Finishes at the Hawaii Convention
[Published in Apex to Zenith #50 – Third Quarter 2000] I am only 4 states away from doing them [48 states] a third time! I would scan the horizon from…
D. Kahan Klimbs Them All
[Published in Apex to Zenith #50 – Third Quarter 2000] First was Denali in April of ’88 (training for Everest). Did not know of the high points at that time….
Steve and Liz Fellstrom Finish 50 Together
[Published in Apex to Zenith #50 – Third Quarter 2000] Liz and I, grandparents of four with a fifth due shortly, started our highpointing adventure in 1994. Liz and I,…
Dale Stutsman is First of Five to Finish During Hawaii Convention
[Published in Apex to Zenith #50 – Third Quarter 2000] It took me just over 17 years to complete all 50 highpoints, and over 18 years to find my soul…
Henri Butler Endures A Rollercoaster Journey for 50
[Published in Apex to Zenith #50 – Third Quarter 2000] Chris & I decided it would be a respectful gesture to summit [Jerimoth] on 9-26-97, the day our dad passed…
Glen Van Vliet Follows His Brother to Complete 50
[Published in Apex to Zenith #50 – Third Quarter 2000] “I have no favorite highpoints, just stories.” “This is only closure of the chapter. The book remains open.” Closure is…
National Highpoint Museum
The Highpointers Club is attempting to raise funds for the National Highpoint Museum to be built on the flank of Taum Sauk, Missouri. The museum will house memorabilia from the…