In early September three of us made an attempt on Mt. Cleveland, the HP of Glacier County, Montana, and for two of us the final peak on the list of 58 current...
Steven Gruhn has drafted a prominence list for the Municipality of Anchorage, and would like to get a review of the work. There are 10+ 2K peaks, and 60+ 1K...
Now that I am living in Utah (at least for the next six months), I am trying to get as many of the prominence peaks in my area done as possible. So far, I...
There are only 242 peaks in the "Lower 48" states that are County High Points with over 2000 feet of prominence. After looking over this list, my guess is...
... High Points with over 2000 feet of prominence. After looking over this list, my guess is that less than 10 are privately owned (Equinox VT, San Benito CA,...
I included the previous dialog in this message because Dave's reply was sent only to the COHP group... <Dave C> The Trip Report for the Mt Cleveland summit...
AZ 15 Bob Packard, 1995 May 8, Greenlee Bob Martin, 1996 May 1, Navajo Andy Martin, 1998 Nov 27, Yavapai Mark Nichols 1999 Mar 22, Yavapai Andy Bates, 2000...
Last weekend I made a whirlwind trip to the Reno NV area to clean up on the most prominent point in all of the small counties near Reno. Specifically, I...
After finishing up CA's 12ers list, combined with the completed lists for CO, WY, UT, & NM, and stragglers in WA and NV, here is the first 300' interpolated...
... Hi John, I claim the highest 161 in lower 49 which translates into highest 160 in contiguous US. I just went through updating all lists involved in the...
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Adam Helman
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Oct 17, 2007 10:15 pm
Hello from Adam Helman, Many of you will recall that Bob Packard, Robert Woodall, and I traveled to Malaysia and Indonesia three months ago to climb a string...
... It appears to be the 88th ranked summit, but I can't seem to find out what it is....
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Adam Helman
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Oct 17, 2007 10:22 pm
Change the cutoff - say, 500 feet instead of 300 feet. The list will have a broader geographic distribution. Change the cutoff even MORE - say 2,000 feet, so...
It is unofficially named "Mount Randy Morgenson" - 13927'. I updated for you. ... _________________________________________________________________ Windows...
Isn't a 300' prominence list a prominence-based list? Don't be mad because you come in second ;) ... ...
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Adam Helman
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Oct 18, 2007 1:23 am
Hello John K, Don't be mad because you come in second ;) "California" and "Colorado" are ALSO arbitrarily selected regions, John. [Here I assume that "second"...
(private email) ... Right you are, and many thanks for bringing this to my attention. The correct value is 6,440 -(20), and this needs to be fixed on pages...
I think Adam means that a true prominence-based list would be the 1000 most prominent Lists such as the 1000 highest p300 and 1000 highest p500 are hybrid ...
Yes, CA and CO are arbitrary, almost as arbitrary as the county boundaries within them. Do you wear a different hat when highpointing (given that you don't...
... Highest 1000 list where the only criterion for a highpoint be that it supports a single contour - typically 40 feet. I guess (?) that the list is...
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Adam Helman
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Oct 18, 2007 5:40 am
Hello John K, The single highest point of a political region is UNAMBIGUOUS. THAT is why I have no problem county highpointing - even though California and...
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Adam Helman
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Oct 18, 2007 5:44 am
I would enjoy greatly seeing such a SET of lists based on NUMEROUS, prominence-based cutoff values. (They) would be analogous to what John Roper has published...
<John K> Do you wear a different hat when highpointing (given that you don't seem deterred from the counties lists that contain several zero prominences, but ...
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Adam Helman
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Oct 18, 2007 6:18 am
May I quote your excellent comments, Bob, in any second edition of The Finest Peaks? Seriously, folks, this dichotomy of (elevation - vs - prominence) will...
You're leaving a lot of people hanging saying there are only 57 (or even only 1234 @2k) real mountains in the Contiguous US. Seems like a geographic...
... A few years ago I thought of an interesting project that John Roper might want to try. Climb some carefully determined peak list such that it includes the...
... even only 1234 @2k) real mountains in the Contiguous US. Seems like a geographic limitation to me... ... I have to agree with John Kirk on this one. The...
I have to agree with John Kirk on this one. The "America's 57" list does not represent "America", it represents 11 western states. I thought that the point...
... It shows that the high mountains of the first 48 states are located in the W which we all know but the general public may not ... I would suggest that a...
