| Summary | 6 State High Points: SD, ND, MN, MI, WI, IL |
| Owner | Matthew Gilbertson |
| Creation Date | 2011-08-10 21:34:09 UTC-0400 |
| Description | 7/29/11 - 8/7/11
6 State High Points summitted: SD, ND, MN, MI, WI, IL Remaining state high points: 46 Total miles driven: 2800 Total miles hiked: 16.1 Maximum number of Gilbertsons: 4 Links: -Our quest for the State High Points -Link to our Dad’s blog Most any serious mountain has an accepted climbing season – generally in the spring when crevasses still have thick enough snow bridges to bear weight and the weather is starting to get warm and pleasant. The climbing season for Denali is generally April – June, and for Everest is generally in ~May before the monsoons start. The climbing season for Charles Mound, the highest mountain in Illinois, happens to be only the first full weekends of June, July, August, and September. As serious mountaineers, we chose to climb Charles Mound in season, on the first full weekend in August. The previous weekend we had climbed the highest points in South and North Dakota. But we also had other unfinished state-highpoint business in the area in the form of Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin – so another full mountaineering weekend was in store... Click an album to read the reports... |