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A Little About Me


  • Lowest Land Point I have visited: Badwater Basin at 282 ft below sea level.
  • Highest Land Point I have visited: Mount McKinley (Denali) at 20,320 ft
  • Hit References: As of November 18, 2019, my profile had 1,084,392 hits.  As of September 29, 2023, my profile had 1,865,082 hits.
US State High Points I've climbed:
I completed all 50 US State Highpoints July 22, 2021.  I even wrote a book about it called All Fifty: My Journey to the Highest Point of Every U.S. State.
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Mountaineering is more than climbing (exercise), panoramic views, and wilderness experience. It is also challenge, risk, and hardship (self reliance). And it is not for everyone. Those drawn to the mountains can find them exhilarating and irresistible, as well as frustrating and sometimes even deadly. There are qualities to mountaineering that bring inspiration and joy in a pursuit that is more than a pastime, more than a sport – a passion, certainly, and sometimes a compulsion.
--Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills Ch. 1



A note about "Climber's Logs I've Signed": I don't do a new log for each time I climb a mountain. Instead, I return to the existing log and add a note. So as for Nov 18, 2019, my total mountain climb number is closer to 350.
Joined: April 28, 2005

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