Rappelling Off the Acropolis
Acropolis mountain climbing Kathimerini – Athens,Greece Archaeologists carrying out conservation work on Greece’s most prized monument have hit on a new extreme sport, one unlikely to feature in...
View ArticleAmeren Sets Up ExperienceBlackRiver.Com
Ameren has set up a web site promoting the Black River at experienceblackriver.com Water quality in the river has come into question since the Dec. 14 collapse of the Taum Sauk reservoir. Right now the...
View Article9 Scouts Rescued in Arizona Superstition Mountains
Snowed-in Scout hikers rescued East Valley Tribune – Mesa,AZ,USA By Katie McDevitt, Tribune. What started as a weekend hike for a Mesa Boy Scout troop ended Sunday in a mountain rescue. Nine boys …...
View ArticleFatal Snowden Fall; 11 Scouts Killed in Columbian Disaster
Tributes paid to Snowdon climber BBC News – UK Tributes have been paid to an experienced climber who died after a fall of nearly 700ft (213m) on Snowdon. Donal McGrath, 61, of … See all stories on this...
View ArticleMount Princeton Fourteener Rescue
Hikers rescued in nick of time Rocky Mountain News – Denver,CO,USA By Gary Gerhardt, Rocky Mountain News. Carl Bauer, president of the Chaffee County Search and Rescue Teams, said today the four were …...
View ArticleCoyote, Bear, Mountain Lion Attacks in CO, MA, TN, WA
Here’s a summary of coyote, bear and mountain lion reports in Tennessee, Washington, Colorado and Massachusetts. Bear believed to have attacked family found Chattanooga Times Free Press – TN, USA...
View ArticleInternational Backcountry Accidents – Vancouver, Sherpas, Snowdonia, France,...
International backcountry accident wrap up: Hiker breaks leg, crawls five miles to safety on Vancouver Island Seattle Times – United States PORT HARDY, BC – A man who broke his leg hiking near...
View ArticleJury in Arizona Hiker Shooting Find Bullet on Trail
A jury member in the Grant Kuenzli case found a bullet at the crime scene when they were taken there. Fish trial takes strange twist Payson Roundup – Payson,AZ,USA … when one of the 11-member jury...
View ArticleBackcountry Accidents: Four Peaks, Arizona and Franklin Mountains, Texas
Backcontry Accidents: Fatalitie in Four Peaks Wilderness in Arizona and Franklin Mountains of Texas. Hiker’s body found in Four Peaks wilderness AZ Central.com – AZ,USA A 58-year-old Apache Junction...
View Article3 Hurt in 500 Foot Mount Hood Fall
Three were hurt in a 500 foot Mount Hood fall. Three hurt in climbing accident on Mount Hood OregonLive.com – Portland,OR,USA PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)  Three climbers were injured Saturday, two of...
View ArticleProfile of Maine's Harry Vanderweide
Maintoday has an amusing article Harry Vanderweide a rotound character who is frequently evoked in various Maine battles. Judging from his girth, he must engage in cabin-like activities such as cooking...
View ArticleLinkage
I’ve fallen behind on posts. Here’s some uncharacterized links. Longtime activist dies in hiking accident The Coloradoan – Fort Collins,CO,USA … Ouray County. Ouray County Sheriff Deputy Joel Burke...
View ArticleChange in Kentucky Waiver Address
The State of Kentucky has taken over the Kentucky Coal Museum in Benham which is where waivers to climb Black Mountain had been housed and the state of Kentucky does not want to handle them. You now...
View ArticleRoad to Mount Greylock Closed Until 2009
The road to Mount Greylock is closed and scheduled to reopen in 2009. You can get updates on the official site which notes: The road system is closed to all public access: automobiles, bicycles, and...
View ArticleAmeren Documentary on Taum Sauk Collapse Stirs Controversy
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other newspapers are being surprised by Ameren’s P.R. push following the Taum Sauk disaster with the airing of “A New Beginning: Johnson’s Shut-ins State Park” “A New...
View Article50/50 Club For Those Seeking to Run a Marathon or Climb the highest point in...
The 50/50 Club has been set up for those wishing to either run a marathon or climb the highest point in each state. Shane Zumpf of Laramie, Wyoming has set up the site.
View ArticleGenetists Say Low Hemoglobin Gene Allow Tibetans To Thrive at High Altitude
A Chinese and University of Utah study identifies that genes that allows Tibetans to live at high altitude. The study says that Tibetans produce less hemoglobin which ferries oxygen molecules through...
View ArticleWestern highpoints named for geologists/surveyors
Here’s an eye opening article on how many western highpoints are named for geologists/surveyor: Here’s a list: *Henry Gannett (we wrote an article in Apex to Zenith about his highpointing) *Andrew A....
View ArticleVideo: Golfing on Mountaintop Disaster
In watching the Tosh.O marathon on Comedy Central it’s time to resurrect this classic video of what not to do on the summit. Tosh’s joke was “I hope the Luna bars weren’t in the bag. When do we start...
View ArticleNon Highpoint Humor: BP Logo
This isn’t highpoint-related but it’s pretty funny (although of course it was never a real ad).
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