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Personal Climb LogsThe links below take you to dynamically generated lists of Tom Layton's peakbagging activity. Social NetworkingReports showing a climber's buddies and other climbers. Click for More Info Personal ListsLists personally created by Tom Layton. (Search for Lists from other climbers). - Personal Lists: Shows all lists created by Tom Layton. Includes Query Lists created using the Query Tool, and "Pick-and-Choose" Lists created by selecting individual peaks.
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- Wish List: A list of unclimbed peaks that are high-priority and/or have immediate climbing plans.
Time-Period Summary ReportsThese reports show number of peaks climbed, highest point reached, and other statistics grouped by year or month. User Created ContentUS County High Point LinksTom Layton has self-identified as interested in climbing to the high points of counties in the United States. |
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| "I took a topographic map and picked out on it, by means of the contour lines and the blank space showing no settlement, what seemed to be the wildest part of these regions; and there I went."
--Horace Kephart, 1922
Horace Kephart was a St. Louis librarian who became one of the founding fathers of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I was a Missouri journalism student when I discovered Kephart's epic "Our Southern Highlanders." In my own way, I have been plodding in his footsteps ever since.
Since my all-too-short Boy Scout days, I have had a fascination with mountains and maps. In my dotage, I have been delighted to discover peakbagger.com, cohp.org, and listsofjohn.com. I appreciate the insights of everyone who contributes to these websites. You inspire my explorations, guide my paths, and put my wanderings in context.
I post trip reports for all my hikes on Peakbagger and occasionally blog about my ramblings on tomlayton.blogspot.com. The blog also has a schedule of my upcoming hikes, in case you'd like to come along. Most weekends, I'm walking somewhere in NC, TN, VA, or SC.
I was raised in Anderson SC, worked 20 years as a sportswriter in Greenville SC, and have lived since 1999 in Boone NC, where I serve as print editor for the international Christian relief organization Samaritan's Purse.
From 2007 through 2011, I volunteered with the crew that built the summit trail to Elk Knob in my home county of Watauga NC. The view atop Elk Knob (5550+) is well worth the walk. I have seen 5 states (SC/NC/KY/VA/TN) and 32 county high points from the summit. There may be as many as 41 COHPs visible, according to peakfinder.org. Adjacent Snake Mountain (5560+) has a similar panorama. I would be interested in any other location where over 30 COHPs are visible.
Tom Layton
Boone NC
Email: TommyL810@hotmail.com (cut and paste it--that's L-eight-ten, not one-810)
My blogs:
Le Conte Log: Tracking the most relentless climbers on the Smokies' most addictive peak.
Come Walk With Me: Random thoughts on topics that inspire me.
The Stoneman Gazette: Revisiting the Civil War in my backyard.
Cell: 828-sevenonenine-1524 |
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