Highest Point in Pike County PA (almost) climb #34 of 67 tree on 67 mountains in 67 counties.

Climb #34
Pike County
41.29884, -75.12503
Elev 2100’
Climb number 34. One more than halfway to my goal of climbing the highest tree at the highest point in all 67 Pennsylvania counties. What a beautiful day to be in the forest. Today I climbed to the top of Highknob mountain in Pike county. I was joined by my friend, Marc Lewis and his dog Silva, as well as Josh Oculam, a reporter with Fox TV. We hiked up a steep, rocky hillside in Delaware state forest to the summit. The top was approximately 2100 feet in elevation. The views were absolutely incredible in all directions. Photographs just don’t capture the beauty. I selected a Red Oak near the top and climbed as high as I could. There is a point a few miles to the west on private property that is a few feet higher in elevation. I was unable to contact the landowner for that site and decided high knob would be my destination for this climb. Once I scaled to the top of the tree, I was higher in elevation than the official high point anyway. It’s been a few months since I have climbed SRT and I forgot an incredibly important piece of equipment in my setup. I ended up doing the climb without my “chicane”. That means all of my way was on a single piece of equipment called the “zigzag”. That is not how that is intended to work. It could have been a very foolish accident. Luckily, nothing happened and I’m able to learn from my mistake. My goal is to climb Lackawanna and Wayne counties today as well.

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Thank you. I always enjoyed your videos .