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Guadalupe Peak - Texas High Point

Guadalupe Peak – Texas High Point

Posted on March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 by jim

Guadalupe Peak – take two, and finally in the rearview mirror. When the NOAA weather forecast looks like this, you know it’s going…

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Panorama Point Nebraska

Panorama Point Nebraska

Posted on September 11, 2021September 21, 2021 by jim

Panorama Point – the Nebraska High Point checked off the list. 15 down, 36 to go if you count DC. 5,424 feet seems…

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Black Elk Peak

Black Elk Peak

Posted on September 7, 2021March 9, 2022 by jim

Black Elk Peak – the South Dakota high point at 7.244 feet, one more high point checked off the list. We’ve done a…

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Hawkeye Point Iowa High Point

Hawkeye Point Iowa High Point

Posted on May 23, 2021September 22, 2021 by jim

Hawkeye Point – yay Iowa! Another highpoint done for no other reason than highpointing… Congratulations to someone in the Chamber of Commerce for…

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Mount Snezka Czech High Point

Mount Snezka Czech High Point

Posted on August 13, 2020August 23, 2020 by jim

While we technically could have taken the cable car to the top and checked the Czechia high point off the list, why not…

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Snowshoeing Mt Feldberg

Snowshoeing Mt Feldberg

Posted on February 22, 2020March 16, 2020 by jim

At 4,898 ft, Mt Feldberg is the highest mountain in Baden-Wurttemberg (the German state we live in), and the highest in Germany outside…

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Cheaha Mountain Alabama

Cheaha Mountain Alabama

Posted on September 4, 2019October 22, 2020 by jim

Yet another place with not much reason to visit except to hit the state high point. At least the state park that contains…

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Woodall Mountain

Woodall Mountain

Posted on September 2, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

While we’re waiting for the RV to get fixed, it’s a short drive over to Woodall Mountain – Mississippi’s highpoint at 806 feet….

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Mount Magazine

Mount Magazine

Posted on August 29, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

Another state highpoint checked off the list – Mount Magazine Arkansas at a whopping 2,753 feet.

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Mount Magazine Arkansas

Mount Magazine Arkansas

Posted on August 25, 2019October 20, 2020 by jim

Mount Magazine is the highest point in Arkansas. If you’re not a highpointer, absolutely no reason to make the hot buggy trek up…

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Black Mesa

Black Mesa

Posted on July 14, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

Hot, crappy hike, but it’s done. This place isn’t the middle of nowhere, but you can see the middle of nowhere from here……

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Black Mesa Oklahoma High Point

Black Mesa Oklahoma High Point

Posted on July 13, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

Some high points are beautiful, some you drive up to, and some make you go ‘Meh’. I miscalculated daylight, the internet said 06:43,…

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Mount Sunflower

Mount Sunflower

Posted on July 13, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

It’s a low bar… Mount Sunflower, Kansas (Kansas state High Point)

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Mt Sunflower Kansas High Point

Mt Sunflower Kansas High Point

Posted on July 12, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

Kansas is EVERYTHING you would expect it to be. Flat, dry and dusty – with farmland and cattle land stretching to the horizon…

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Severe Weather

Severe Weather

Posted on September 4, 2018March 25, 2020 by jim

Proper footwear, check. Proper hydration and food, check. Proper emergency equipment, check. Spot satellite tracker, check. Proper rain gear, check. Let the fun…

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