WORKIN' ON THE SOUTHWEST, Plus a chilly Mt. Sunflower

The Highpointer's Club skydivers, Lois and Randall Horne, gave up their usual 'turkey day' weekend to get 'er done in the Southwest. From NY state they flew to El Paso, rented a car, and camped 2 nights at Guadalupe NP to bag TX then moved on to Wheeler. (Summit pic - left). They climbed this one the long way, 14.2 mi. rt, for a tiring trek. Snow fell amounting to 2 in. on their return and partially covered the trail, cause for some concern.

OK was next. "Easy," said Lois, and "the flat-topped Black Mesa would have made for a fun hp skydive." On their descent, a couple they met heading up mentioned Kansas - not too far away - and the Hornes were off on an unplanned side-trip to Mt. Sunflower. But, as they drove across the Kansas plain to their destination, the weather turned nasty. They maneuvered dusty dirt roads leading to their #21. Freezing fog festooned this "cute" state high point and visibility was poor though they didn't miss much of a view, flat every direction even at 4039 ft. (Ice on KS hp fence - right).

Back home in Waterville, NY, with 4 new ones gained: TX/NM/OK/KS, could these fearless hp newcomers now be scheming a few highpoint sky dives twixt 21 and 50? Hmmm....
Even more mysterious: What are The Highpointer's Club rules on this approach? Can you descend to a hp and then descend again? Or, must you always ascend and then descend?

Note: For an answer we phoned Roger Rowlett, HP Club guru stationed in the Big Apple. He said there are no club hp access criteria. You can sky dive to a high point, helicopter to it, do a balloon, a jet plane, rocket, a flying carpet, whatever. Cool. Is HighPointing fun, or what?