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In the 1970s, as a family project, we climbed the 46 Adirondak "high peaks" (those over 4000'). In the 1980s son Jeff and I started doing more serious climbs together, one result of which we are the first father-son team to climb the highpoint of each of the 50 US states. And there's more ...
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On the summit of Whiteface Mt. (of winter olympics downhill ski fame). We started the ADK-46 project with Whiteface in the summer of 1974. At the time we lived in upstate New York; we finished the 46 in 1981 after moving to Oklahoma. Click this photo for more, a link to the ADK 46-R page, and our final reports on this great project. |
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Click this Denali summit self-photo for more on the 50 state highpoints, and the meaning of 50/50#1. |
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Soon after completing the ADK-46 we began some bigger stuff in Colorado. This is on Beckwith, after negotiating our first "chimney", and was Jeff's first real Colorado climb; years later he would break the Colorado 14ers record - don't miss that story. (In the top photo the sun sets over the Sangre de Christos.) |
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On the summit of the Mettlehorn, with the Matterhorn in the background. Lots of climbs in Europe, including a harrowing narrow escape on Kebnekaise (Sweden). |
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Looking down the summit ridge on Canada's highest point, Mt Logan in the Yukon. In addition to the Logan, this section also features mountains in Central and South America. |
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Alas, not all are successes. Here we regroup after a near miss on the Matterhorn. Other near (and not so near) misses are also chronicled here. Click to get the Aconcagua miss. |
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