In this section we explore the history of the Highpointers Club. After reading some summit registers, Jack Longacre had an epiphany “My God! There must be others out there with no more sense than myself, and I’d like to meet or correspond with them.” Jack wrote to Outside Magazine in 1986 and that started the ball rolling.
You can read the details in “Birth of the Club“. Sadly, Jakk died in 2002, but you can read about him here.
The club maintains “48 Finishers” and “50 Completers” lists for club members.
The Club motto is “Keep Klimbin'”
It was how Club Founder Jakk Longacre (he liked those k’s) signed all his correspondence.