Tom Altwies and Club President Tim Webb
Jakk Longacre
Jack Longacre Award
The Jack Longacre Award (the award was earlier named the “Highpointer Cum Laude Award”) is the highest award the club has. It is devoted to a lifetime of service to…
Hey, Delta, “Keep Klimbin'” Was Our Catch Phrase for 20 Years Before You Thought Of It
Since 2010 the catch phrase for Delta Airline is “Keep climbing.” Nice phrase that Widen+Kennedy came up with. We liked it when our club founder Jakk Longacre made it our…
Jakk Longacre “Last 50 Steps” Tour of Highpoints
Highpointer Club Founder Jakk Longacre recorded the “Last 50 Steps” probably in the late 1990s in which he told his experiences of climbing each of the 50 states. Members could…
Jack Ash Project – Scattering Schedule
Jack Longacre’s final wish was to have his ashes scattered on the high points of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Jean Trousdale, a close friend of six…
Jack Ash Project – Wyoming
[Ed: This is an excerpt (pages 30-31) 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 – Texas
[Ed: This is an excerpt (pages 30-31) 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 – Ohio
[Ed: This is an excerpt (pages 26-28) 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 – Michigan
[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…
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…
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…
Jack Longacre – Highpointers Club Founder and President (1938-2002)
ARCADIA, MO — Jack Longacre, 64, founder and president of the national Highpointers Club died on Oct. 15, 2002, near his home on Taum Sauk highest point of Missouri after…
Jack Longacre’s last convention – OK 2002
Jakk was able to attend the 2002 Highpointers Konvention in Black Mesa, Oklahoma in late September, less than one month before he died. You can read an excerpt from Brendan…
Jakk’s High Notes from Issue #52
[Published in Apex to Zenith #52 – First Quarter 2001] “If they don’t have highpoints in Heaven, I’m not going.” Well, here we are already a whole year into our…
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…