Exploring The Great Plains • Part Two

~Exploring ND, SD, NE, KS, and OK Highest Peaks and Other Sites in The Great Plains~ ~This trip is broken up into 3 parts. It was an epically long trip

Exploring The Great Plains • Part One

~Exploring ND, SD, NE, KS, and OK Highest Peaks and Other Sites in The Great Plains~ ~This trip is broken up into 3 parts. It was an epically long trip

Traversing the Mid-West highest Peaks

Since my knee injury from the Mount Marcy climb, healing had been slow. Both knees were drained twice of Synovial fluid by one doctor, but then I got a second

Fun at the Highest Peak in Tennessee

I had made 3 separate plans to do the Tennessee high peak with 3 different people back to back that all fell through last minute. First I was going to

Mount Marcy • New York’s Highest Peak

My next mountain climb was supposed to be Tennessee, but apparently that was not meant to happen for me at this time. I made plans with three different people and

Highpeaking PA, MD, and WV mountains

I had been planning to be “Mountain Mamas’ with my good friend, Mel for about 2 years. But, you know how it goes…first she had some bad health issues and

What is Highpeaking and how does someone get into it?

What is Highpeaking?  It is the sport of ascending to the natural point with the highest elevation within a given area (the “highpoint”). Any route to the top – walking,

High pointing down the East Coast of America, Solo

My last high pointing trip ended September 12, 2020, which left me with the entire long Ohio winter to plan my next escape. I know that many high pointers do

High Pointing Around North East USA

With the cool weather coming, I figured I’d get in one more State High Pointing trip in before summer is officially over. High pointing or peaking is hitting the highest

High Pointing Around the Great Lakes

On June 5, 2020, I decided to take a solo road trip to 5 state High Peaks: Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota…yes, during Covid-19 and traveling alone as a