Issue #95 of “Apex to Zenith” Fourth Quarter 2011

Posted on 12/22/2011 by roger rowlett

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Issue #95 Fourth Quarter 2011 (winter) of “Apex to Zenith” is out. Here’s some highlights:
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Bill Strickland (1921-2011)

Posted on 12/15/2011 by roger rowlett

We are sorry to hear the passing of Bill Strickland. Bill and his wife Lee were fixtures at many conventions and an immense help to Mother Merc Jean Trousdale. They were co-hosts of the Oklahoma convention. Bill started highpointing at age 70 and did 31 highpoints. Below is his obituary.
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Rhode Island Buying Jerimoth Hill summit

Posted on 12/6/2011 by roger rowlett

Providence Journal Issue of December 6, 2011 announcing state purchase of Jerimoth HillThe Providence Journal reports today (December 6, 2011) that Rhode Island is buying the Jerimoth Hill for $100,000 from Brown University.

The Highpointers Club through Stony Burk and Dave Covill have been working on making the summit more accessible for nearly two decades after neighbor the late Henry Richardson asserting private property access blocked but Dave and Stony worked with him to provide access on a few days out of the year. Richardson’s property was later sold to the Mosby’s who enthusiastically opened access. They sold their property to the state. But the summit itself had been Brown University property through the entire period as it was a “little Mauna Kea” being used by Brown’s astronomy department.
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Highpointers Foundation Auction for Signed Henrich Harrer Seven Years in Tibet Book Ends January 23, 2012

Posted on 12/5/2011 by roger rowlett

The Highpointers Foundation is conducting a silent auction for a signed copy of Heinrich Harrer – Seven Years In Tibet. The auction ends at 4 p.m., January 23, 2012.

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2012 Oregon Convention Registration

Posted on 11/28/2011 by roger rowlett


Here’s the 2012 Oregon Registration packet for the convention to be held June 8-9 at Mount Hood.

**Registration
*Activities for Oregon 2012
*Complete packet of 2012 convention (that appeared in 2011 third quarter Apex to Zenith – pp 17-28). 6 meg .pdf file
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Frank Ashley Award Ceremony for Sid Collins in South Carolina

Posted on 11/24/2011 by roger rowlett

We are happy to see the Easley Patch reporting on Sid Collins receiving the Frank Ashley Award for his work on Sassafras Mountain. The award was presented at an Easley Kiwannis Club by Chamber of Commerce President Kent Dykes.
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Vandals Heavily Damage Mount Sunflower

Posted on 11/18/2011 by roger rowlett

We are heartbroken to see this story in the November 18, 2011, Hays, Kansas Daily News reporting on vandalism to Mount Sunflower in Kansas.

This is the worst vandalism we have ever seen on a summit. The Highpointers Foundation has been in contact with Ed and Cindy Harold, owners of Sunflower who have been very generous in permitting open access.

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This time around, the Mount Sunflower sign was backed into and pulled apart, and they backed into the limestone sign, breaking it in half “My uncle had put that sign up,” Harold said, “commemorating my grandparents’ homesteading of the land.” Harold has since moved the limestone marker down to his residence and is trying to repair it, so it can be returned to its rightful spot. Ironically, he’s also breathing a sigh of relief. “They didn’t do any damage to the big sign the chamber of commerce paid for,” he said

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Virginia Television Interview of Adam Wood About the Club

Posted on 11/13/2011 by roger rowlett

 

 
WDBJ has a profile of Adam Wood and the club as he climbs Mount Rogers.

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Oklahoman Interview of Larry Floyd on “Oklahoma Hiking Trails”

Posted on 11/7/2011 by roger rowlett

The Oklahoman has an interview with Oklahoma City attorney, and Highpointer Larry Floyd, a photographer and writer from Yukon about their book on hiking Oklahoma trails.

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Kristen Kelliher is Youngest Female Completer (17)

Posted on 10/28/2011 by roger rowlett

Kristen Kelliher from Hanover, NH, is the youngest female to complete 48 states (17 years, 4 months, and 13 days). She completed on Mount Mansfield on September 11, 2011. The previous record was Danielle Birrer, was 18 years, 4 days old, in 2000. The photo above is on Boundary Peak in 2006. Be sure to check out her gallery which has summit shots from 48 states.

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