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New to high pointing, would like to know if there are some king of chat for beginners or some interesting info for new people, thanks!

Welcome to the Klub, Ashley! We were all new to the group at one point in our "careers". Keep on learning and keep on grinding and you will have an amazing sojourn. I started out highpointing with my little boy 12 years ago, climbing Highpoint NJ. We didn't have very many skills back then, but slowly grew our capabilities as we had to go up tougher and tougher peaks. Rainier, Hood, and Gannett were truly amazing way to get technical confidence. Back when we started, there were no mobile phones. Nowadays you can get so much information on apps such as Peakbagger and Gaia. Aim to do one or two big trips a year and the list will get completed rather quickly. We usually did 6 easier peaks every Thanksgiving holiday, plus had a week or two trip during the summers.

Summer is almost here, everyone. We are heading up to Alaska to complete HP#50 in another week (actually #96 on the EPIC list). Wish us luck on our unguided expedition! I hope to stand on top for my "boy's" 17th birthday in mid-June.

http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=6510

Post by Puma concolor » Wed May 23, 2018 11:33 am

OK. That’s a new one for me. What is the EPIC list? Not readily apparent just by glacing at the list of “peaks.”

(Oh wait ... isolation, elevation and prominence in all 50 states?)

This list combines all the peaks that are either the highest, most prominent, or most isolated in all the 50 US states. The list only contains 96 peaks, not 150, because in most states one peak comes out #1 in two or three categories.

http://www.peakbagger.com/List.aspx?lid=6510&cid=8484

Climbing the state highpoints was such a fun experience that we decided to do the next most prominent two peaks (the Second and Third Lap). We then noticed that we just had a few more most-isolated peaks to climb to be in the EPIC club. I think that there are only two members right now... legendary Bob Packard of course being the first to complete this list.

Once you get addicted to these lists, it is hard to stop working on a new project.

spiderman wrote:Welcome to the Klub, Ashley! We were all new to the group at one point in our "careers". Keep on learning and keep on grinding and you will have an amazing sojourn. I started out highpointing with my little boy 12 years ago, climbing Highpoint NJ. We didn't have very many skills back then, but slowly grew our capabilities as we had to go up tougher and tougher peaks. Rainier, Hood, and Gannett were truly amazing way to get technical confidence. Back when we started, there were no mobile phones. Nowadays you can get so much information on apps such as Peakbagger and Gaia. Aim to do one or two big trips a year and the list will get completed rather quickly. We usually did 6 easier peaks every Thanksgiving holiday, plus had a week or two trip during the summers.

Summer is almost here, everyone. We are heading up to Alaska to complete HP#50 in another week (actually #96 on the EPIC list). Wish us luck on our unguided expedition! I hope to stand on top for my "boy's" 17th birthday in mid-June.

http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=6510

This is a great story. All the best for your final climb on the HP list!

You may have already covered this in another post somewhere, but it would be great to hear some highlights of your list. Perhaps some things like: Favorite 3 peaks and why. Most surprising 3 peaks for whatever reason. 3 peaks that you definitely would and wouldn’t visit again. 3 things you learned along the way (doesn’t just have to be about climbing).

See if you can convince a few more of us to take up the challenge!

Spiderman, rock on at Denali! Good luck!

spiderman wrote:Welcome to the Klub, Ashley! We were all new to the group at one point in our "careers". Keep on learning and keep on grinding and you will have an amazing sojourn. I started out highpointing with my little boy 12 years ago, climbing Highpoint NJ. We didn't have very many skills back then, but slowly grew our capabilities as we had to go up tougher and tougher peaks. Rainier, Hood, and Gannett were truly amazing way to get technical confidence. Back when we started, there were no mobile phones. Nowadays you can get so much information on apps such as Peakbagger and Gaia. Aim to do one or two big trips a year and the list will get completed rather quickly. We usually did 6 easier peaks every Thanksgiving holiday, plus had a week or two trip during the summers.

Summer is almost here, everyone. We are heading up to Alaska to complete HP#50 in another week (actually #96 on the EPIC list). Wish us luck on our unguided expedition! I hope to stand on top for my "boy's" 17th birthday in mid-June.

http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=6510

Thanks!!!

Hiked in a few miles and camped then summitted Mount Marcy early in the morning . Very hot but great weather . Finished up the following weekend with Charles mound.
https://www.relive.cc/view/rt10000552660

40 high points done with the Pacific Northwest area, HI, and AK remaining. I’m going to start looking into Denali sooner than later.

sgb02d wrote:40 high points done with the Pacific Northwest area, HI, and AK remaining. I’m going to start looking into Denali sooner than later.

Nice work Congrats!

I'm similar in that I just got to 40 states myself a few weeks ago with a roadtrip to LA,AR,MS, & MO. Here is little trip report for these massive peaks

https://www.summitpost.org/eating-drinking-sweating-my-way-to-highpoints-37-40/1020234

and I also put a report together for last years Whitney & Boundary peaks adventure to remember how varied this hobby can be

https://www.summitpost.org/weekend-high-in-the-west/1019398