Category: High Points

Mount FrissellConnecticutMay  2014 Isn’t this the way it always happens!  Well, no.  But it did this time. This Highpointing trip includes the summits of Massachusetts and Connecticut.  Most of the time we are hiking on rock.  Rock and rocks.  Not just picking our way through a rocky footpath, but climbing, hand over hand up steep… Continue reading The Head

Sassafras MountainSouth CarolinaMay  2013 We’re back at the car after our summit hike.  I’m looking through my paperwork, notes about how to get where we are going next.  Two women approach us, just as polite as can be.  “Excuse me, but I wonder if we might be able to hitch a ride with you.  We… Continue reading Getting Stood Up

Humphreys PeakArizonaJune  2013 Y’know what’s great on the trail?  Potato chips.  Like that magical food bacon, potato chips always taste good.  The salt doesn’t hurt either on a day as strenuous as this one.  We’re at 11 800 feet, on our way up, and it’s potato chip time!  I take the package out of my… Continue reading Fire Assisted Rear Transport

Mount SunflowerKansasMarch  2013 Climbing to the high point of Kansas is about as challenging as climbing up into your dentist’s chair, only not as traumatic. Yes, the highest point in Kansas is at an altitude of 4039 feet, higher than the high points of 22 other states.  Yet Mount Sunflower is utterly unspectacular, basically because… Continue reading Flatter Than a Pancake

Taum Sauk MountainMissouriJuly  2012 Driving to the end of the road to a large parking area, we are ready to begin our summit trek.  From the car, we walk a flat, paved walkway — ADA compliant — five minutes to a junction.  Generally when we summit, if we have the choice, we loop around and… Continue reading Right Now