County Highpoint Celebrities

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Pioneers

Andy Martin - compiled lists of all county highpoints nationwide
and published the data in his book, County High Points.
Winford (Dub) Bludworth - identified and climbed the counties of Utah.
Dinesh Desai - prepared a list for CA counties, and arranges group hikes to them.
Paul Moore - listed the New England counties in Appalachia magazine in 1988.
David Olson - prepared a list for the CO counties.
Gary Suttle - first published guidebook on county summits.
Bob Walko - identified and climbed the 15 AZ county HPs in the late 1970's.

In the county highpoint group, first ascent credit for a given county's highpoint(s) is accorded the individual who made the earliest nike shox prezzi successful visitation of said highpoint(s) among all current county highpoint members.

It is acknowledged that the first visitation (i.e. first ascent) by anyone of a given county highpoint is likely to be earlier still for a county highpoint that is a mountain well known to the general climbing community.

First Ascent Rules - A detailed description.
First Ascent Map - A work in progress by Ken Oeser that identifies first ascent highpointers by color code.
Individual First Ascent Maps - An index to the first ascents of individuals in map format.
Virgin Map - Counties that have not yet seen a first ascent.

First ascent information for county highpoints on a state-by-state basis are available by clicking on the desired state(s) from the following map.

State Completions First state completions
First state completion maps (by Ron Tagliapietra)
Final counties and dates
Final counties map (by Garrick Meeker)
Completions indexed by year and month

Alabama - Bill Jacobs, Kevin Williamson (3-6-04)
Arizona - Bob Walko (7-77), Robert Packard, Scott Holzhauser, Andy Martin (twice), Bob Martin, Sarah Martin, Mark Nichols, Jim Huebner, Doug Kasian, Molly Martin, Jane Martin, Andy Bates, Ken Akerman, Scott Surgent, Fred Lobdell, J Vitz, Jobe Wymore, Colin Jones, Evan Jones, Karen Jones, Ken Jones, M Coltrin, Edward Earl, Scott Casterlin, Richard Joseph, Adam Helman, Peter Bengtson, Gordon MacLeod, Barbara Lilley, Gail Hanna, Richard Carey, Jennifer and Gerry Roach, Charlie Winger, Rick Hartman, Bill Jacobs, Roy Wallen, Larry Bagley, Scott Peavy, Dave Covill, Dennis Poulin, John Scott, Matt Ellis, Dean Molen, Sjaak Van Schie (Netherlands), Kurtis Probst, Art Janssen, Jim Retemeyer, Eric Kassan, Michael Knight, Chris Gilsdorf, Teresa Gergen
Arkansas - Hans Haustein, Doug Melton
California - Gary Suttle (7-28-93), Bill Broeckel, Fred Johnson, Norman Pease, Milton Gaines, John Sarna, Linda Moulton, Marilyn Mendelson, Pam Heaton, Bob Packard, Bill Hartman, Edward Earl, Adam Helman, Richard Carey, Gail Hanna, Wit Ashbrook, Ken Jones, Andy Martin, Bob Burd, Dan Baxter, Dennis Poulin, "Dingus Milktoast", Chad Thomas, Garrick Meeker, Jim Retemeyer, Jane McGrath, John Nicol
Colorado - John Mitchler, 9-14-96, supplier of the classy CO county T-shirt, Bob Martin, David Olson, Bob Packard, Dave Covill, G Vandersluis, S Mueller, C Winger, Dawn Howard, Gerry Roach, Gary Swing, Beckie Covill, Jennifer Roach, J Wymore, D Hill, Dan Nielsen, Kirk Mallory, Layne Bracy, John Kirk, Teresa Gergen, John Collard, Phil Congdon, Renata Collard, Kevin Baker, Adam Helman, Patrick Thornley, Steve Martin, Dave Pellegrini, Rich Allen, Travis Canon, Susan Pellegrini, Matt Ellis, Sue Personett, Marilyn Logan, Chris Gilsdorf
Connecticut - Lanny Wexler, Fred and Paulette Lobdell (6-19-97), Bob Packard, B Schuler, M Schwartz, N Cameron, D Hanson, Karen Jones, E Jones, C Jones, Ken Jones, Ron Tagliapietra, Roxanne Everett, Trapper Robbins, Bob Schwab, Akerman, Zerphey, Howbert, M Williams, R Carey, D Case, Pat & Jobe Wymore, Julie Kawa, Dave Covill, Roy Wallen, Clifford Young, Dick Ellsworth, Brennan Connelly, C Gilsdorf, J Gilsdorf, S Surgent, Don Desrosiers, Aimee Bouchard, Micah Schneider, Denis Dean, John Hasch, Alan Bernier, Dave Dunham, Scott Cockrell, Chris Percy, Jim Retemeyer, Bill Jacobs, Adam Helman, Oleta Piecuch, B Lostracco, Mick Dunn, Ben Carl, Chip Clark
Delaware - Michael Schwartz, Charles Zerphey, Fred Lobdell, James Wedekind, Bob Schwab, Don Desrosiers, Madison and Patrick Craft, Chip Clark, Bob Packard, Lanny Wexler, Ed Wandall, B Lostracco
Georgia - Kevin Williamson (2-13-09)
Hawaii - Don Nelsen, Dave Covill, John Mitcher, Bob Packard (all 2-12-06); Adam Helman, Duane Gilliland, John Klein (all 1-11-2013) and Rob Woodall (1-12-2013); Bob Burd (6-9-2014)
Idaho - Ken Jones and Bob Packard (separately achieved yet simultaneously completed on 9-3-01); Dan Robbins, Dennis Poulin, Adam Helman, Chris Anderson, Terry Wofford
Illinois - Dick Ellsworth, John Mitchler, Jon Mann, Tim Worth, Bob Schwab
Indiana - Bob Schwab (5-17-02), Dick Ellsworth
Iowa - Bob Schwab (3-20-04), Dick Ellsworth
Kansas - Bob Martin (7-31-04), Bob Schwab, Bob Packard, Doug Melton
Maine - Fred Lobdell (7-13-96), Bob Packard, Cliff Young, Charles Zerphey, Bob Schwab, Mike Schwartz, Roy Schweiker, Stony Burk, Scott Cockrell, Roy Wallen, Rod Emerick, Ken Jones, B Lostracco, Alan Bernier, Dave Dunham, Lanny Wexler, Jane Gibbons, Dave Covill
Maryland - Chip Clark, Don Desrosiers, Mike Schwartz (all 6-24-06); Charles Zerphey, Fred Lobdell, Bob Schwab, Bob Packard, Bob deGrandcourt, Don Holmes, Terry Witherington
Massachusetts - Fred Lobdell (5-22-99), Bob Packard, A Lomax, M Lomax,
M Schwartz, Roxanne Everett and Trapper Robbins; Bob Schwab, Dave Covill, Dick Ellsworth, Charles Zerphey, Lanny Wexler, Dave Dunham, Roy Wallen, Don Desrosiers, Scott Cockrell, Micah Schneider and Aimee Bouchard; Ken Jones, Alan Bernier, Bob Whitney, Mick Dunn, Ben Lostracco, Adam Helman, Jim Retemeyer, Denis Dean, John Hasch, Chris Gilsdorf
Michigan - Bob Schwab (12-8-02)
Minnesota - Mark Ness and Bob Schwab (09-24-05)
Missouri - Bob Schwab (11-22-07), Dick Ellsworth
Montana - Bob Packard (8-4-04), Jim Perkins, Adam Helman
Nebraska - Bob Martin (5-23-2003), Bob Schwab, Bob Packard
Nevada - Guy Cloutier & Andy Martin (9-18-98), Bob Packard, B Lilley, G MacLeod, J Vitz, B Martin, M Coltrin, Bill Hartman, Rex Reed, Adam Helman, Jobe Wymore, Edward Earl, Tyson Reed, Richard Carey, Gail Hanna, Dennis Sanders, Dennis Poulin, Scott Casterlin, Scott Surgent, Charlie Winger, Dean Molen, Greg Juhl, George Vandersluis, Bob Sumner, Jim Bishop, Jennifer and Gerry Roach, Ted Martinez, Susan and Victor Henney, Jim Retemeyer, Patrick Thornley, Bob Burd, Adam Jantz, Roxanne Faike, Joel Brewster, John Ide, Rick Hartman, Jonathon O'Donnell, Eric Kassan, David Porter, Sharon Wilcox, Collin Kamholz
New Hampshire - Roy Schweiker (10-14-93), Bob Packard, Fred Lobdell, Trapper Robbins, Michael Schwartz, Clifford Young, Lyn Beattie, Alan Flint, Denis Hanson, Dick Ellsworth, Mohamed Ellozy, Roxanne Everett, Stony Burk, Dave Covill, Mick Dunn, Bob Schwab, Roy Wallen, Charles Zerphey, Chip Clark, Alan Bernier, Marc Howes, John Thompson, Scott Cockrell, Lanny Wexler, Dave Dunham, Don Desrosiers, Ben Lostracco, Karen and Ken Jones; Ethan Paquin, Steve Brown, Adam Helman, Denis Dean, Jane Gibbons
New Jersey - Michael Schwartz (4-25-99), Rob Grub Jr, Fred Lobdell, Charles Zerphey, Bob Schwab, Dan Case, Roxanne Everett and Trapper Robbins, Dianna Willix, Bob Packard, Don Desrosiers, Scott Cockrell, Lanny Wexler, Ed Wandall, Ben Lostracco
New Mexico - Andy Martin (10-7-95), Bob Martin, Bob Packard, Mark Nichols, Jobe Wymore, Adam Helman, Ken Jones, Scott Surgent, Edward Earl, John Kirk, Richard Carey, Gerry and Jennifer Roach, Dave Covill
New York - Bob Packard, Mike Schwartz, Fred Lobdell, Bob Schwab, Charles Zerphey, B Lostracco
North Carolina - Brian Bockhahn (3-7-09)
North Dakota - Julie Kawa, Jobe Wymore, Pat Wymore (5-9-02); Bob Packard, Bob Martin, Art Tauchen; Bob Schwab
Ohio - Bob Schwab (5-26-03), James Wedekind
Oklahoma - Bob Martin (5-15-04), Bob Packard
Oregon - Ken Jones (8-29-99), Bob Packard, Bob Bolton, Bob Schwab, Terry Richard, Dennis Poulin, Mary and Peter Green; Adam Helman, Edward Earl, Martin Shetter
Pennsylvania - Michael Schwartz, Charles Zerphey, Bob Schwab, Fred Lobdell, Bob Packard, Don Desrosiers, B Lostracco
Rhode Island - Fred Lobdell (7-3-96), Lanny Wexler, Ken Jones, Evan Jones, Colin Jones, Bob Packard, Ron Tagliapietra, Scott Surgent, Dave Covill, Mike Schwartz, Ken Akerman, Bob Schwab, Trapper Robbins, Roxanne Everett, Needles Reitman, Charles Zerphey, Eugene Daniell III, William Clark III, Eugene Daniell IV, Mouser Williams, Roy Wallen, Clifford Young, Pat and Jobe Wymore, Julie Kawa, Denis Hanson, Chip Clark, Brennan Connelly, Alan Flint, Dick Ellsworth, Jim Sutton, Sue Ann Miller and Frank Price; Duane and Pattie Gilliland; Don Desrosiers, Denis Dean, Alan Bernier, Dave Dunham, Dan Case, Mark Howes, John Hasch, Jim and Seth Retemeyer; John Dayton and Scott Cockrell, Aimee Bouchard and Micah Schneider, Ryan Courtney, Chris Percy, Ben Carl, Bill Jacobs, Adam Helman; Chris and John Gilsdorf; B Lostracco, Josh Carlson, Darryl Montgomery, Ed Wandall, Craig Willis, Mick Dunn, RuthAnne Heselbarth, Iona Feldman
South Carolina - Mike Schwartz (5-30-09), Charlie Zerphey, Tom Layton
South Dakota - Bob Martin (10-27-04), Bob Packard, Bob Schwab, Art Tauchen, Dick Ellsworth
Tennessee - Ken Oeser, Alexandra Oeser
Utah - Winford 'Dub' Bludworth (9-26-1992), Paul Hatch, Ty Hanson, Evan Hanson, Vernon Bonfield, Michael Weibel, Dan Miller, Bob Packard, Andy Martin, Bob Graham, Jobe Wymore, Bob Martin, Val Todd, John Vitz, Scott Casterlin, Edward Earl, Barbara Lilley, Gordon MacLeod, Kline Barney; James and Jessica Wedekind; Rik Dunham, Adam Helman, Gerry and Jennifer Roach; Lowell Hurst; Ben and Sherilyn Bennion; Doug Springmeyer, Ben Knorr, Dennis Poulin, Dean Molen; Charlie and Diane Winger; Dale Millsap, Dan Iverson, Bob Schwab; Ken, Evan and Colin Jones; Ryan and Marshall Harris; Michael Hannan, Alan Isaacson, Wesley Wright; Randy and Melissa Winters; Brian Frankle; Jared and Tom Tolman, George Vandersluis, Blaine and Linda Sorenson; Kirk Mallory, Sam Grant, Lana Christiansen
Vermont - George Pearlstein (7-28-95), Roy Schweiker, Bob Packard, Fred Lobdell, Trapper Robbins, Roxanne Everett, Mohamed Ellozy, Denis Hanson, Bob Schwab, Mike Schwartz, Clifford Young, Gene Daniell III, Charles Zerphey, Brennan Connelly, Mick Dunn, Andy Martin, Roy Wallen, Scott Cockrell, Mark Howes, Lanny Wexler, Don Desrosiers, Ben Lostracco, Karen and Ken Jones, Dave Dunham, Alan Bernier, Adam Helman, Peter Barr, Dave Huber
Virginia - Don Desrosiers (7-1-05), Charles Zerphey, Bob Schwab
Washington - John Roper (8-2-94), Bob Bolton, Bob Packard, Martin Shetter, Paul Klenke, Duane Gilliland, Edward Earl, Andy Boos, Paul Michelson, Craig Willis, Adam Helman, Greg Schmidt, Dennis Poulin, Tom DeRoo, John Plimpton
West Virginia - Michael Schwartz, Bob Packard, Charles Zerphey, Bob Schwab, Fred Lobdell
Wisconsin - Wendy Hecht (5-10-02), Bob Schwab, Jobe Wymore, Dick Ellsworth, Gustav Sexauer
Wyoming - Bob Packard (9-15-98), P. Taylor, Jobe Wymore, Adam Helman, Steve Martin, Edward Earl

County Completions Century Club Completion maps

Records

See the Front Runner Lists for a complete account of current county highpointing records.

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