... Dave Covill lead a group of 20 (?) there on June 17. The cost was $100 a head for Culebra only, $150 to add in Red Mountain. This fee goes to the Taylor ...
... I have never been to this part of the USA, but the above post and information at http://www.14ers.org/peaks/sdc_culebra.php (which incidentally seem to...
Jonathan, I am still in Austria and can read email, however I have not figured out how to get a browser online here (trouble with nameserver or similar..) If...
My impression was that in Britain (maybe just England?) there is a long-standing legal tradition of free access to private land by walkers/hikers. Also in...
Americans idiotically think that one can "own" land. It is ridiculous - but is unfortunately also a concept that is enforceable in a court of law. Adam H....
Adam Helman
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Jul 5, 2006 6:05 pm
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I recently returned from a Nevada trip where I did Arc Dome, So. Jefferson and No. Schell. My high hopes for Star peak ended when I turned my ankle enough to...
Good work, Dean. Nevada definitely has its fair share of ultra prominences! I am also interested in the non-county-highpoint Nevada ultra summits for later...
Adam Helman
helman@...
Jul 5, 2006 11:37 pm
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(Andy) ... (Dave Covill) YES, call them at 254-897-7881, you will talk to Carole. It is now called Cielo Vista Ranch, not Taylor. The owner lives in West TX....
David made good comments. ... In Arizona the law is slightly different. The holders of land have every legal right to keep you off but they must post at a...
mnichols@...
Jul 6, 2006 4:54 pm
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Here in the Southeast USA, the laws are more pro-landowner than even the other places that Mark mentioned. In Florida, simply maintaining a fence around a...
Are American baggers are brave or crazy or what? Here is Scotland the "right to roam" common law has always been paramount, and recently the newly created...
... RR should start peakbagging in Mass., where I've heard if somebody breaks into your house and walks out with your TV you have no right to stop him but can...
Roy - Are you certain that your final paragraph is intelligible to the average UK citizen? I don't know if Clint Eastwood films makes it that far ("make my...
Adam Helman
helman@...
Jul 7, 2006 7:33 pm
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... Maybe these books would help: 1989, Garratt and Martin published the first comprehensive list of CO peaks above 13,000' using 300': ...
Tehachapi Mountain survey needed On 9-12-2003 I hiked Double Mountain on the CA 50 list, and sighted over to Tehachapi Mountain with a 2x hand level. Could not...
... Dont worry - they did... A good description of the lunacy. We have to be ever vigilant against such laws appearing here. We have enough new ones as it is....
Sounds like you've been well-entrenched in Eastwood phraseology with the Subject title of your message. ;-) Hiking and climbing in the western United States is...
Well, at least Mount McKinley is legally accessible over here in North America. ;-) Just __IMAGINE__ if it were not - YIKES!! Speaking more generally, Edward...
Adam Helman
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Jul 9, 2006 6:29 am
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I just got off the phone with Dennis Poulin and he was headed home after a heck of an effort in Nevada, Utah and Idaho. He finished up his travels by climbing...
Thanks all for the kind words. No I'm not pink and fuzzy. I stopped at 10 because it was a nice round number and a worthy goal for all the youngsters in the...
Your comments about Pilot are noted, Dennis. A shame since from Interstate-80 Pilot looks SO impressive. Edward Earl and myself are planning to be there in...
Adam Helman
helman@...
Jul 11, 2006 11:44 pm
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http://www.rhinoclimbs.com/ProminenciansPeak.htm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
John Roper
jka.roper@...
Jul 12, 2006 6:20 am
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Congratulations, John R, on completing the county greatest prominences of your home state! I enjoyed the description of your route starting from FR4030 - I was...
Adam Helman
helman@...
Jul 12, 2006 7:02 am
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A most noteworthy effort indeed. Congrats to Dennis. I refuse, however, to describe Dennis' effort using the notorious "fantastic" - a word best saved for ...
Adam Helman
helman@...
Jul 12, 2006 8:16 am
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Thanks, Adam, It was your report to the cohp group that made me get off my duff and put up this bare-bones version. Those were my tire tracks in the snow banks...
John Roper
jka.roper@...
Jul 12, 2006 10:19 am
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Congratulations. I guess this would be the second congratulations but this is the second completion so it's appropriate. So that's 39 counties for you. How...
