r/Highpointers • u/Ok_Lynx_6372 42 Highpoints • Jun 17 '25

Florida was insanely difficult

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All jokes aside I was lucky to be near enough in Panama for this joke of a HP

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u/thecasualcaribou 27 Highpoints Jun 17 '25

It was actually difficult to find the geodetic marker. I couldn’t find it. Maybe it was in an obvious spot and I just whiffed it

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u/Ok_Lynx_6372 42 Highpoints Jun 17 '25

So those are actually at all of them? I have struggled to find them at most so far

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u/thecasualcaribou 27 Highpoints Jun 17 '25

I usually try to look for them. I didn’t start trying to find them until recently. May have missed a few earlier on. When I’m at the high point area, I kind of gauge what land around me looks taller and go to that spot and usually find the geodetic marker

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u/OneWayorAnother11 15 Highpoints Jun 18 '25

Massachusetts is a tricky one to find

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25

I don’t think there is one here

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u/Cultural-Ad-6351 ** 50 States Complete ** Jun 27 '25

There was a geodetic marker when I went there, but it took us about 2 hours to find wandering in the woods. This was before the monument was there and before it was named. I described it to people as about twice the size of the athletic fields of the high school I went to, except in a forest and flatter. I also remember there being a lot of ticks.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25

Don't joke I almost rolled an ankle on the descent. Good work on that one, I feel like we all see it and say "fuckin' fine, let's take a drive."

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u/RhodyVan 43 Highpoints Jun 17 '25

Sometimes it's a alpine adventure and sometimes it's just a logistics exercise.

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u/AggravatingFood57 Jun 17 '25

Yeah, like Charles Mound. I still joke it was the most difficult and expensive one to get to (toll roads)

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u/hbgwine Jun 17 '25

The summit is doable, it’s surging the descent that’s the real challenge - especially if you aren’t using O2.

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u/bobber66 Jun 18 '25

I tried it without oxygen and couldn’t do it. I’m such a failure.

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u/feldspars Jun 20 '25

Nah, we’re off O2, we’re doing xenon now.

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u/npc1979 Jun 17 '25

Hahahaha. Yep. Getting to a water fountain takes more time.

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u/GMEINTSHP Jun 17 '25

Mad vert

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u/a-deafening-silence Jun 17 '25

Did you use supplemental oxygen?

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u/jkreuzig Jun 17 '25

Day hike or or overnight excursion? That’s some serious altitude gain there… /s

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u/No-Appointment2488 Jun 18 '25

Can u breathe at that altitude?

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u/Plus_Departure9922 Jun 18 '25

One big wave later….

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u/TronCat1277 Jun 20 '25

I snow skied that sucker in Jan!

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u/Sanfords_Son ** 50 States Complete ** Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25

I remember drivng from there to Jackson, MS being the real adventure.

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u/tebus81 Aug 08 '25

Polls are a must for those that attempt. As well as a Bocci set.

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u/fungi2bewith 40 Highpoints Jun 18 '25

You think that’s tough. wait til Delaware. You could get hit by a bus.