"Decided to revisit Taum Sauk for the 11th time. It's just a short walk from the parking lot but it's a state highpoint that has some good memories for me. It was Jack Longacre's favorite view from his glade across the road from his home. Jack, known to state highpointers as Guru Jakk started the club in the late 80's after he posted an inquiry in Outside Magazine wondering if anyone else had completed their quest to reach all 50 highpoints. Climbers answered and a Club was born. There are over 3,000 members now, some have completed the quest, others are lower 48 finishers and some are new to the hobby. Sadly, Jakk lost his battle to cancer some years ago but his legacy lives on. We created a memorial called Jakk's Glade at his view point with a bench, a plaque and sign posts of all the distances to each highpoint. It now sits along the Ozark Trail. The trail begins at a kiosk and reading on the CC Road for Russell Mountain. As a highpointer, I decided it would be fitting to visit Taum Sauk to remember Jakk as it marked the 500th time I have stood on a state highpoint since joining the Club in '92." — StoneMan • Nov 25, 2022

"Headed to Driskill today to measure several existing signs in order to fabricate several missing ones and decide where additional signs might help direct hikers especially in locating the False Mtn. Trailhead near the summit. It was a nice hike with the cooler Fall temps. This was also the 499th time I've stood on top of a state highpoint. Not sure which one I'll do for number 500 but I'm leaning toward Black Mesa in Oklahoma." — StoneMan • Nov 13, 2022

" From the gates at Under hill State Park I took the cut through trail to the Sunset Ridge trail. I summited Mount Mansfield and descended by down Sunset Ride bagging Cantilever Rock off of it’s short spur trail. Total distance was 6.6 miles with 2,578 feet of elevation gain." — Zardoz • Nov 5, 2022

"Just did the tiny summit trail. NOTE: GIS marker is behind a fence that blocks off access to the firetower. Museum/park staff are happy to open it so you can take a picture though!" — ThisGrrrlFriday • Nov 1, 2022

"An awesome hike with Avery up the Laura Cowles Trail. A perfect fall day! Good stair work and trail painted with blue blazes. Lots of people and dogs at the top. Over 30 cars on the road into Underhill campground. Leaves are almost all the n the ground. Parts of trail were a little wet. A rocky scramble at the river op. It reminded me of NH hikes. Sunset Ridge Trail was wonderful coming down. Passed lots of people on the ace down to Halloween party! " — lfrancois • Oct 29, 2022