DON'T FORGET TO...
Peruse the Possibilities

At the bottom of this blog page there's a Nav Bar linking to the High Pointers Web Ring. Take a look if you've never done so, or haven't for awhile - there are now 27 members on the ring with their personal sites covering high pointing achievements, mountaineering, climbing, hiking, and more. Do some surfing there. Also, the High Pointers Club link in the right hand column will take you far and wide with links and info galore. Try a trek in cyberspace leading to one here on the planet.

PEAK PERFORMER
Climb for Cancer Challenge

From AARP, Mar/Apr06:

Ron Farb, a 60-year-old grandfather, has raised $300,000 with his Climb for Cancer Foundation, taking pledges for treks on the world's highest mountains. Now he hopes to raise a quarter-million bucks as a team in each of the 50 states climbs to each state's highest point on June 24. Learn more: http://www.50-50-1.com

38 COMPLETERS, ANYONE? State TriPoints, that is...

Bob Whitney reports with great pleasure that he has been to all 38 monuments and landmarks described in Jack Parsell's very informative and helpful "Tri-States Corners" booklet. It was a great adventure and imposing challenge. I was partnered by Frank Sargent who joined me on the remote and more difficult tripoints as well as some others. It would be interesting to learn who else has accomplished this feat besides Jack, of course. (Is there an HP Club award for this? - TTT).

Here, Bob provides a 6 Tripoints Update. At this time, the Parsell booklet is unavailable but can be had as a free download from http://www.bjbsoftware.com/corners/.

Note: Bob has just returned from a lengthy trip which included the highpoint of Easter Island and the summit of Dravuni Island in the Fiji group - tremendous view. He regrets not having planned in advance so he might have scattered some of Jakk's ashes here.

"I SHOULDN'T BE ALIVE" RETURNS
The Discovery Channel offers 4 new episodes

This is "Survival Weekend" on the Discovery Channel. Presented are survival-related accounts, how-to survive, and the network is kicking off their 2nd "I Shouldn't Be Alive" package. On ISBA, an Aussie and an environmentalist decide to get a must-see view from Mt. Bowen, the high point of Hinchinbrook Island off the Queensland coast, when things go terribly wrong (Hint: From our previous posts - yes, rocks move unexpectantly) in "Trapped Under a Boulder." This closely parallels Aron Ralston's near-death ordeal when pinned by an errant rock. If you missed this first episode, it'll probably be rerun by April.

Other series titles are 'Ice Cave Survivor,' 'Shipwrecked,' and 'Alaskan Avalanche.' Get info, enter Sweepstakes, share your close-call stories (everybody's got one, aye?):
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/alive/alive.html?dcitc=w99-530-ah-0001