by tkoooooooooo » Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:04 pm
by tkoooooooooo » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:13 pm
ManWithNoName wrote:A hill in winter? Ha! ha!
Cmon man. give Mt. Washington it's due respect.
by e-doc » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:25 am
by WingLady » Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:08 pm
by GEM Trail » Sat Sep 23, 2006 4:11 am
by GEM Trail » Sat Sep 23, 2006 4:36 am
by GEM Trail » Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:05 am
by Tie-Dye Mike » Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:59 am
GEM Trail wrote:One reason I started this thread is that highpointing is a little different than mountaineering. It's about going to the different states, meeting the people, eating their food, listening to their politics, etc. So much of it is about travel. And when I get to Kansas (is that one called Mount Sunflower?) I'm gonna be psyched just to look around at Kansas! Maybe not as excited as Denali, but still excited.
Hey, if anyone has a favorite state highpoint or awesome non-highpoint climb, I'd love to hear about it.
by km_donovan » Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:40 pm
Is there a 14 step program for that too?Hi, my name is Diane, and I'm a Highpointer.
by Alpinist » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:24 pm
by Holsti97 » Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:34 pm
by Alpinist » Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:25 pm
by mad maximus » Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:57 pm
Holsti97 wrote:One thing my wife and I noticed while driving to State Highpoints was how close many of the highpoints were to State lines. We started calling these "Cheater Highpoints." Quite often these highpoints were significantly lower than the highpoint of the closest neighboring state. If the state line was moved just a few miles or less they would not be highpoints. Here is a list of the 16 Cheater Highpoints:
Cheater HP...........State.....Elevation......Neighbor....Elevation........Difference
Mt. Sunflower..............KS.........4039.............CO...........14433...........-10394
Black Mesa.................OK.........4973.............CO...........14433.............-9460
Panorama Point...........NE.........5424.............CO...........14433.............-9009
Guadalupe Peak..........TX.........8749.............NM............13161.............-4412
High Point...................NJ..........1803.............NY.............5344..............-3541
Sassafras Mtn.............SC.........3560.............NC.............6684..............-3124
Britton Hill...................FL...........345..............AL.............2407..............-2062
Black Mtn....................KY.........4145.............VA.............5729..............-1584
Jerimoth Hill.................RI...........812.............CT.............2380..............-1568
Backbone Mtn..............MD.........3360............WV.............4863..............-1503
Boundary Peak............NV........13143............CA............14494..............-1351
Mt. Frissell...................CT..........2380.............MA.............3491..............-1111
Charles Mound..............IL..........1235.............WI.............1951................-716
Hawkeye Point..............IA..........1670.............MN.............2301................-631
Hoosier High Pt.............IN..........1257.............OH.............1550................-293
Mount Davis.................PA..........3213.............MD.............3360................-147
There is your list of useless information for the day!
Edited to add Maryland. There are 16 cheaters!
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