A Daytona visits the highest point in AZ and NM with no scratches or scrapes accrued.

**stever500** · 09-12-2011 11:25 PM

Went to state highpoints #42 and #43 last week. Only 7 left to go... The Daytona made it to thehighest points in the states without getting scratched or messed up. Yeah! With all the scree (loose rock) on Boundary Peak, I'm grateful the few times I lost my balance and fell I protected the watch. A little OCD can definitely help to prolong the good looks of our Rolexes.

On the way up to Humphey's Peak in AZ wearing the Daytona:

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At the top of Arizona - 12633 ft

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At the windbreak on top

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3 Days later on the top of Boundary Peak, NV. - 13141 ft

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Next Summer in June, the Daytona may attempt Oregon's highest point (Mount Hood) and in August, Utah's highest point (King's Peak)

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**WatchFan1** · 09-13-2011 08:49 PM

Steve,
I am sure you are preparing a serious conditioning regimen for your 'FL expedition" ;-)
Give us a shout when you get here.
BTW, we have a GTG here in Tampa again this fall (SAT, Oct 29th), so why don't you come
down here and cross the FL peak off your list.

"At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill is the highest point in Florida and the lowest highpoint of any U.S. state.[19] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 – 30 m) above the water. Much of Central and North Florida, typically 25 miles (40 km) or more away from the coastline, features rolling hills with elevations ranging from 100 to 250 feet (30 – 76 m). The highest point in peninsular Florida, Sugarloaf Mountain, is a 312-foot (95 m) peak in Lake County"

**stever500** · 09-14-2011 06:16 AM

Hey, thanks for the invite. If it was around Thanksgiving time I might have been able to come as I come down each Thanksgiving to Miami for a week to see family.

And, I've already done Britton Hill. It was actually quite beautiful and peaceful. I left work at 4pm last year the Friday before Thanksgiving, made it 3/4 of the way to Mississippi's high point, the next day I did that around lunch time, then Alabama's high point the next morning, Florida's later that day, then blew down to Miami.

Here's a pic of that high point in FL with the Daytona

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And Alabama's High Point the day before...
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I've done everything east of SD and ND now...

Next June I may try Oregon's Mount Hood after learning how to hike up snowy peaks with an ice axe and crampons (traction devices that slip on hiking boots to be able to walk on snow and ice without slipping).

Then in July or August I hope to do Kings Peak (UT's highest point) - a 30 mile, 3 day trek. I'll be sure to take some more Rolex pics on those trips!

I have not done the ones with an asterisk... yet.

Rank State Peak Elev-Ft Range (Level 3)
1. Alaska * Mount McKinley 20,320 Alaska Range
2. California Mount Whitney 14,495 Sierra Nevada
3. Colorado Mount Elbert 14,433 Southern Rocky Mountains
4. Washington * Mount Rainier 14,411 Cascade Range
5. Wyoming * Gannett Peak 13,804 Greater Yellowstone Rockies
6. Hawaii Mauna Kea 13,796 Hawaii
7. Utah * Kings Peak 13,528 Western Rocky Mountains
8. New Mexico Wheeler Peak 13,161 Southern Rocky Mountains
9. Nevada Boundary Peak 13,140 Great Basin Ranges
10. Montana * Granite Peak 12,799 Greater Yellowstone Rockies
11. Idaho * Borah Peak 12,662 Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains
12. Arizona Humphreys Peak 12,633 Colorado Plateau
13. Oregon * Mount Hood 11,239 Cascade Range
14. Texas Guadalupe Peak 8749 Southwest Basins and Ranges
15. South Dakota Harney Peak 7242 Great Plains
16. North Carolina Mount Mitchell 6684 Blue Ridge Mountains
17. Tennessee Clingmans Dome 6643 Blue Ridge Mountains
18. New Hampshire Mount Washington 6288 Northern U.S. Appalachians
19. Virginia Mount Rogers 5729 Blue Ridge Mountains
20. Nebraska Panorama Point 5426 Great Plains
21. New York Mount Marcy 5344 Canadian Shield
22. Maine Katahdin 5268 Northern U.S. Appalachians
23. Oklahoma Black Mesa 4973 Great Plains
24. West Virginia Spruce Knob 4861 Appalachian Plateaus
25. Georgia Brasstown Bald 4784 Blue Ridge Mountains
26. Vermont Mount Mansfield 4393 Northern U.S. Appalachians
27. Kentucky Black Mountain 4139 Appalachian Plateaus
28. Kansas Mount Sunflower 4039 Great Plains
29. South Carolina Sassafras Mountain 3554 Blue Ridge Mountains
30. North Dakota White Butte 3506 Great Plains
31. Massachusetts Mount Greylock 3488 Northern U.S. Appalachians
32. Maryland Backbone Mountain 3360 Appalachian Plateaus
33. Pennsylvania Mount Davis 3213 Appalachian Plateaus
34. Arkansas Magazine Mountain 2753 Ozark Highlands
35. Alabama Cheaha Mountain 2405 Appalachian Ridges
36. Connecticut Mount Frissell-South Slope 2372 Northern U.S. Appalachians
37. Minnesota Eagle Mountain 2301 Midwest-Great Lakes Area
38. Michigan Mount Arvon 1978 Midwest-Great Lakes Area
39. Wisconsin Timms Hill 1951 Midwest-Great Lakes Area
40. New Jersey High Point 1803 Appalachian Ridges
41. Missouri Taum Sauk Mountain 1772 Ozark Highlands
42. Iowa Hawkeye Point 1670 Great Plains
43. Ohio Campbell Hill 1549 Midwest-Great Lakes Area
44. Indiana Hoosier Hill 1257 Midwest-Great Lakes Area
45. Illinois Charles Mound 1235 Midwest-Great Lakes Area
46. Rhode Island Jerimoth Hill 812 Northern U.S. Appalachians
47. Mississippi Woodall Mountain 806 Appalachian Plateaus
48. Louisiana Driskill Mountain 535 Ozark Highlands
49. Delaware Ebright Azimuth 442 Northern U.S. Appalachians
50. Florida Britton Hill 345 Piedmont-Southeast Coast