My highpointing adventures have taken me across the continental United States and to places many people have never had the chance to experience.
Mount Elbert
Mount Elbert is the highest peak in all of the Rocky Mountains and the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado and the entire Mississippi River drainage basin at 14,439 feet. The peak is named for Samuel Elbert who served as a governor of Colorado and as Colorado State Supreme Court Justice for 12 years. There are three trails … Read More
Hiking Black Mesa, Oklahoma
The week leading up to our trip out west I flew up to New Jersey to get ready and get gear together with Dash. Unfortunately, that week I also developed a massive head cold. I couldn’t even see straight. But we had plane tickets and we were going west. Dash and I got on our plane in Newark New Jersey … Read More
Climbing Mount Katahdin in Maine
After leaving Mount Mansfield, we had a long hard conversation about the rest of this trip. We intended on traveling east into New Hampshire and tackling Mt Washington before driving north to Mount Katahdin in Maine. But time wasn’t on our side. Besides the debacle in New York, getting to, up and down Mount Mansfield had taken longer than expected. … Read More
Highpointing Mount Mansfield
It was already pretty late in the day when we pulled out of the parking lot at the Adirondack Loj. All three of us were starving but we also knew that we needed to get across Lake Champlain and if we didn’t get there soon we missed the last ferry. Being that we didn’t want to drive all the way … Read More
Highpointing Mount Marcy in New York
“Highpointing has changed my life in so many ways. The first way is the reconnection with my “”Gramps.”” He has become absolutely enthralled in the project: printing me maps, wanting to proof my photos, and insisting that I use his house as the base for my northeastern expeditions. This is how I found myself on the floor of his family … Read More
Highpointing at Jerimoth Hill, Rhode Island and Greylock, Massachusetts
We had been traveling for a few days and had to get back to New Jersey that night, but Rhode Island was on the way south (sort of) and it would be much easier to cross this highpoint off the list now rather than making a separate trip to Rhode Island another time. The only problem was as we headed … Read More
Highpointing Weekend: Spruce Knob, Hoye Crest, Mount Davis
I guess I am officially a highpointer now. I spent last weekend on an epic adventure that included over 900 miles on the road and three state highpoints: Spruce Knob in West Virginia, Hoye Crest in Maryland, and Mount Davis in Pennsylvania. Logistically, it makes sense to do these three hikes on a single trip as they all sit along … Read More
High Point, New Jersey: My very first state highpoint!
“A few weeks back a couple of my regulars at the place I bartend at started talking about an epic adventure they had started last summer: highpointing. They talked about traveling all over the East Coast and how they were gearing up for even bigger trips this summer. Neither of them grew up camping or doing too much of anything … Read More