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So I’m up in way yonder Maine closing out the New England Fifty Finest. Did Saddleback (no, not that one) today for what is kinda sorta #50. Attempting Caribou tomorrow for some bonus credit. Long story, but Caribou is shorter than Kibby by a few feet and therefore doesn’t count for squat …...

Interesting little article. The Guinness Book of World Records has stripped Reinhold Messner of his status as being the first to summit all 14 8000 meter peaks based on the alleged location of the true summit of Annapurna. Lots of other folks weren’t there either. Steady Ed is now the man or...

Welcome to my thread! And no, I’m not just regurgitating info from the internet. I, Puma concolor, will be the host of the 2024 State Highpointers Konvention to be held in Rapid City, South Dakota from 7/17 to 7/20 of next year. Fresh back from a super awesome scouting trip to the Black Hills...

Time to dust off your Fire Tower Challenge completer creds. There’s a new kid in town. Buck Mountain Updated List

Cool Facebook post from the NYS DEC from a rescue on Wittenberg Mountain in the Catskills this week. It’s a 3500 Club peak. Still think of that famous call in the final seconds of the 1983 National Championship basketball game every time I see or hear the name of that peak. Wittenberg!

Highest mountain on O’ahu. Fun one! Hanging Loose on Mount Ka’ala, Hawaii

Kind of all over the place with this trip report, but fun to write. Trail hiked Clingmans Dome (TN) and Brasstown Bald (GA). And worked in a retrospective of a 1994 Smokies trip that went all wrong. Also, I am now the official host for the 2024 State Highpointers Konvention in South Dakota...

Fun time spring hiking in the Carolinas. Spoiler alert … properly trail hiked to the summits of Mitchell and Sassfras. Lotsa pictures. Heads Carolina: Hiking to the Highpoints of NC and SC

Only took me seven years to write … Denali 2015: The Ecstasy and the Agony

skiguy is a wanker Long-winded blog report for my recent hiking trip to Maine. Check it out if you like. Maine 2021 - Solo P2K Peakbagging

Anyone here been up it this season or have good intel on conditions? Snow conditions at Whiteface Mountain ski resort suggest the road is probably not yet good skiing. Got my first pair of Alpine Touring skis for XMas and the boots are arriving today. For my ultimate planned use, some of the...

Or so says National Geographic. These things, of course, are arbitrary but still kind of cool. Revisited Baxter Peak this summer for the first time since ‘96. :) https://wgme.com/news/local/katahdin-named-one-of-the-best-hikes-in-the-world

Coming to a trailhead near you ... https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2020/01/state-will-help-essex-county-launch-hiker-shuttle-bus-system/

Great review of this awesome Podcast in today’s Albany Times Union. Been listening to it regularly since earlier this year after internet friend “Pockets” (AKA The Mayor of Albany) brought it to my attention. Even got a couple of shout-outs from the crew after my Mount Shasta climb in June and...

Kind of a compilation trip report from a bunch of hikes I did down in the Hudson Highlands this spring while training for my California trip. Good NY alternative to the Adirondacks or Catskills, IMO, if you’re looking for a new/different area to explore. And, of course, my report has an...

Something a little different ... A Fake State Highpointing California Adventure Story

Took longer than expected to finally get after that Maine 6-pack, but I finally got it done during 3 solo trips to Maine this summer/early Fall. Finished on North Kennebago Divide this last Saturday. Dressed up my FTFC completer letter with some pictures and made it into a Trip Report over on...

Controversy, you say? https://gearjunkie.com/kaiha-bertollini-breaks-appalachian-trail-record-2016 Her story seems inconceivable. She has no GPS tracking and is an unknown in the world of record-breaking thru-hikes. But this weekend, on the heels of Karl Meltzer, Kaiha Bertollini trekked to...

Honored and flattered to have had a feature article run on my state highpointing completion in two local newspapers today. The Saratogian and The Troy Record. I dodged the media as long as I could, but knew they would eventually catch up with me. Real happy with the way it turned out. Thanks...

Emmons Glacier Route this time. Awesome climb. TR posted on Mountains'n'Stuff Mount Rainier Emmons Glacier Route - July/August 2016