Recent content by Puma concolor

No brain cramp. The sign is wrong.

Here ya go! Fun White Butte video on Facebook

^^^ Great question. I bounced this off of a couple senior members of the Highpointers Foundation brain trust and was informed that although there has been some minor erosion to the clay and siltstone up there, the benchmark has always been elevated. Dates to 1962. I know Rainier and Denali...

I would agree that if your objective is to do the most interesting stuff you can find while in North Dakota, White Butte would probably not rank at the very top of the list. But yeah, major congrats on your pending completion of visiting all 50 states. (y):) Having said that, my summit photo...

Up to 156 folks registered for the SD-24 Konvention, including a healthy representation from New England and a handful of folks from New York. Second planning trip a few weeks ago went well in spite of missing my connecting flight from Dallas to Rapid City (road trip!). Productive meetings...

Seems like a good guy. Glad he’s OK. (y) College Graduation Speech

The latest … Donovin Sprague to lead hike and program on sacred Indian Peak Bear Butte Also, I’ll be heading back to South Dakota in early April for another round of logistics and planning. Approaching 80 registered attendees with still nearly 5 months to go until the Convention. Gonna be a...

Seeing a surprising number of registrations rolling in from the New England states! Keep ‘em coming and Keep Klimbin’!

So online registration is now live! State Highpointers 2024 Konvention Come on out to Rapid City, South Dakota this coming July to join a group of mountaineers (yes, we’re actual mountaineers) who all aspire to climb to peaks multiple times as big as anything the Northeast has to offer! Not...

Very cool. I attempted Lost Pond Peak via this route in winter about 10 years back but was thwarted by some cliffs up high. Congrats!

Had a chance to talk all things State Highpointing - including the 2024 Konvention - on the latest episode of the Trail Talk Podcast with Lauren Toner. Fun conversation! Episode 41: Trail Talk Highpointing Podcast

I’ve gone hiking in Maine regularly during hunting season for the past several years (including near Jackman). Mostly trail-less stuff. Wore a reflective yellow vest a few times and nothing distinctive a few other times. Hunters are everywhere - mostly cruising the dirt roads at 10 or 15 MPH -...

I mean, 5 day forecasts get nailed all the time. More often than not. Most of us here plan trips off of them. Just saying. My wife always teases me to not pay too much attention to the two week forecast but usually by the time it’s five days out, you have a pretty good idea. Perfect, no, but...

Been a pretty brisk November as things go inland. Eastern NY State by the Vermont border as well as up in Northern Maine. If all else fails, there’s always Anchorage.

Oh man! I would have definitely helped you out there if I’d known. Was very happy to have a rental 4WD Suburu Outback with brand new tires for Beaudry/Gold Brook Road on Friday morning. Turned off of Route 27 sometime around 7:30 AM. Those first few miles are pretty steadily uphill. And...