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This short story tells the true tale of the author's visit to Oklahoma's highpoint, Black Mesa. A highpoint is the highest naturally occurring geographic point in a state. Black Mesa is the 23rd-highest highpoint in the 50 states. The visit to Black Mesa took place in the same year as the second Ameritrek, the subject of the main book, Stalking the Wild Thirteeners. This is one chapter from that book, so you can travel vicariously to Oklahoma's highest...
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This booklet is about the author's 1995 visit to Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of a massacre of Native Americans in 1890. You can travel vicariously to that infamous place and sample the writing at the same time.
The main book resulted from an 8,000-mile, weeks-long road trip. Along the way the author discovered parks, battlefields, and highpoints, plus much more while driving through 23 states.
Over the years Joseph Whelan drove more than...
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This short story tells the tale of the author's 1995 hike to the top of Guadalupe Peak in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas. Guadalupe Peak is the Texas highpoint, or highest naturally occurring geographic point in the state. The elevation is 8,749 feet above sea level. Starting from the campground of the remote and beautiful National Park, the climb was a half-day walking adventure on a hot summer's day. The hike occurred on the return leg...
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