Tag: highpointing
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WY-Gannett Peak
Summit Date August 3, 2019 Party Ryan Cragun and Tom Triplett (with logistical support from Mark Woolley, who almost made it) Trip Report Eighteen years after completing my first state highpoint (Utah’s King’s Peak), Wyoming is likely my last state highpoint – #49. While not the highest state highpoint, Wyoming is the longest hike as…
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WA-Mt. Rainier
Summit Date July 31st, around 6:30 am Party Ryan Cragun & Tom Triplett (plus our guides – Travis and Matt – and two other clients – Drew Herdener and Olivier Colle) Trip Report While I do a fair amount of hiking, mountains like Mt. Rainier are really at the upper end of the types of…
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VT-Mount Mansfield
Summit Date June 12, 2013; around 11:00 am Party Ryan Cragun Trip Report Had the weather been cooperating, Debi and Toren would have done this hike with me. But with the entire mountain shrouded in clouds and wind gusts making it hard to keep your feet, I opted to go it alone. I’m sure, on…
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CT-Mount Frissell (south slope)
Summit Date June 11, 2013; around 12:00 pm Party Ryan, Debi, & Toren Cragun Trip Report I originally attempted to climb to the highest point in Connecticut – Mount Frissell (south slope) – in March a few years back and the summit was snowed in. I should have known better, but learned my lesson. This…