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...]
New Jersey: High Point
So Creative, New Jersey High Point State Park, 1,803 Feet April 21, 2002 40th on the US State Highpoint List (Me: 2/51; Hoang: 2/51) Half the fun of highpointing for me is all the planning that leads up to the actual climb. After the delirious excitement of Jerimoth Hill, I could hardly wait to lead … [Read more...]
Rhode Island: Jerimoth Hill
So Nice I Hiked it Thrice Jerimoth Hill, 812 Feet February 2002, July 2011, August 2017 46th on the US State Highpoint List (Me: 1/51; Hoang: 1/51; Damian 1/51; Calvin: 2/51) 2017 Update: I’ve visited the mighty Rhode Island highpoint 3 times now: In 2002 with Hoang, in 2011 with Hoang and Damian, and in 2017 … [Read more...]
Connecticut: Mt. Frissell
Triple Frissell Drizzle Mt. Frissell, 2,380 Feet July 2003, August 2012, October 2017 36th on the US State Highpoint List (Me: 7/51; Calvin: 3/51) 1st on CT County Highpoint List (Me: 1/8; Calvin 2/8) 2017 Update: Had to do it. Just had to. With my son Calvin ready, willing, and able to climb mountains, it … [Read more...]
Why State Highpointing?
"Why?" "What the heck?" "What's the purpose of that?" "I don't get it." These are but a few of the comments I've heard since I became aware of highpointing and decided it was a goal I'd like to pursue. And that was just from my (at the time of this writing) fiancee, the … [Read more...]