A Nice, Placid Hike Mount Marcy, 5,344 feet September 4, 2004 #1 on the ADK46 List #6 on the NE111 List On February 22, 1980, the single greatest sporting event in US history took place in Lake Placid, New York. The "Miracle on Ice," as it is known, still affects me to this very day. I can watch the … [Read more...]
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State Highpointing Intro
Why State Highpointing?
Peakbagging Tallies
Highpointing and Peak-Bagging Intro
Alabama: Cheaha Mountain
Highpoint # 12 Cheaha Mountain, 2,405 feet (35th highest) April 23, 2004 Our 3 day highpointing tour of the south continued with a relatively short drive west from Rome, GA to the Talladega National Forest in Eastern Alabama. Before we got going, we opted for a nasty IHOP breakfast in Rome (Later, while … [Read more...]
Georgia: Brasstown Bald
Highpoint # 11 Brasstown Bald, 4,784 Feet (25th highest) April 22, 2004 The day dawned sunny and beautiful... A perfect day for a hike in northern Georgia. Even more exciting was the view from our hotel window: The summit tower of the highpoint several miles to the southeast. We jumped from bed for joy, gobbled … [Read more...]
South Carolina: Sassafras Mountain
Highpoint # 10 Sassafras Mountain, 3,560 Feet (29th highest) April 21, 2004 Worst. Highpoint. Ever. Sassafras Mountain was the first of three southeastern highpoints in three days. I live in Connecticut. I am a "liberal elite," whatever that means. I'm literate, I'm in a hurry, I don't like NASCAR, and … [Read more...]
Vermont: Mt. Mansfield
Highpoint # 9 Mount Mansfield, 4,393 Feet (26th highest) September 14, 2003 # 24 4000 Footers Peaks Lists #47 on the Northeast Hundred Highest List # 3 on New England Fifty Finest List Less than a week after conquering what was our most challenging highpoint to date (Katahdin), Vermont's Mount Mansfield … [Read more...]
Maine: Katahdin
Highpoint # 8 Katahdin, 5267 Feet September 7, 2003 #6 on New England Hundred Highest Peaks List #7 on Northeast 111 List #2 on NE 50 Finest List After attaining the summits of the furthest highpoint from our home (Mauna Kea) and closest (Mt. Frissell), I was eager to bag one that I've dreamt about doing with … [Read more...]
Hawaii: Mauna Kea
Highpoint # 6 Mauna Kea, 13,796 Feet June 4, 2003 After bagging 5 northeastern highpoints in 2002, it was time for us to get a big one. I needed a good excuse to convince Hoang to go to Hawaii (let alone to a desolate, cold, Martian-like mountain top), so I started planning way back in the summer of 2001 and … [Read more...]
New Hampshire: Mt. Washington
Mount Washington New Hampshire Highpoint, 6,288 Feet August 23, 2002 #1 on NEHH #1 on NE111 #1 on NH48 #1 on NE67 #1 on NEFF #18 on US State Highpoints List 2018 Note: Here’s the deal. I’ve hiked Washington... lemme think... five times. This report as it now reads was from my fifth climb of it, with … [Read more...]
Delaware: Ebright Azimuth
Dela-Where? Ebright Azimuth, 447.5 Feet July 2002, June 2009, June 2017 2017 Update: I’ve visited the mighty Delaware highpoint 3 times now: In 2002 with Hoang, in 2009 with Hoang and Damian, and in 2017 with Calvin. It is that important. I will try to weave the three separate visits together, using mostly the … [Read more...]
Massachusetts: Mt. Greylock
Locked Mount Greylock, 3,491 Feet June 29, 2002 #17 on NE 50 Finest List Herman Melville... Nathaniel Hawthorne... Stephen Crane... Emily Dickinson... Me. Perhaps not - but Mt. Greylock has inspired me to write this report, which, althought not quite "Moby Dick," it will have to suffice. I mention these … [Read more...]
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