Douglas Butler
Author and Global Travel Photographer
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A Walk Atop AmericaFifty State Summits and a Dream to Reach Them All
by Douglas Butler282 pp., ISBN: 978-1-933251-44-8, Softcover. $24.95. Climb every mountain... or fifty state highpoints. Douglas Butler set out on a quest - a long-held dream - to hike, trek or climb to the highest geographical point of each state. His, however, was not a rushed excursion from state summit to state summit instead a journey of discovery along “blue highways” and secondary roads, exploring our nation and meeting its people. He carried a journal and camera along with an innate curiosity and love of adventure. A Walk Atop America - Fifty State Summits and a Dream to Reach Them All details that journey. In this book, author Douglas Butler vividly describes the challenges he faced trying to reach each state’s highest point, difficulties that ranged from blizzards and forest fires to obtaining permission from private landowners and forest service managers. He also recounts the people he met, the sites visited and the events that made this a life-changing adventure. Twenty-four black-and-white photographs and eight pages of color images taken by the author, an award-winning photographer, complement the text. Come, share the adventure. Book Available September 2007. Table of Contents Sample Chapter Press Release Winston-Salem Journal Article Carolina Living Book Review WFDD NPR Radio Interview |
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About HighpointingThe fifty state summits vary greatly in popularity, accessibility and difficulty. Four million people stand atop Tennessee’s Clingmans Dome each year - many without realizing that this Great Smoky Mountains attraction is a state highpoint - while hundreds of thousands of tourists reach Mt. Washington’s windy summit annually. Florida’s state highpoint is a sandy knoll, Delaware’s a street intersection. Yet state summits such as Mt. McKinley, also known as Denali (20,320 feet), Mt. Rainier (14,410 feet) and Mt. Hood (11,239 feet) challenge even the most experienced mountaineers.Thousands of “highpointers,” as these hikers and climbers call themselves, are members of the The Highpointers Club. However, reaching all fifty state summits is not easy. Since 1966 when John Hoeman became the first “completer,” fewer than 170 individuals have stood atop each of the fifty states. |
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About the AuthorDouglas Butler is an adventure travel writer and award-winning photographer whose hiking, trekking and climbing journeys have taken him to five continents. A love of people, sensitivity to native cultures and joy in exploring remote and pristine areas are shared through his prose and photography, work that has appeared in numerous regional and national publications. He has also published Ashe County - Discovering the Lost Province, a book about the North Carolina mountain region he calls home. An emergency and family medicine physician, Dr. Butler continues to work with underserved populations on American Indian reservations. |
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Appearances and Events
Lecture and Slide Presentation:After Appomattox--100 Years of North Carolina Civil War Monuments Friends of the Library Ashe County Public Library 148 Library Drive West Jefferson, NC 28694 336-846-2041 Wednesday February 23, 2011; 11:00 a.m. Lecture and Slide Presentation: After Appomattox--North Carolina’s Civil War Monuments, 1865-1965 Alleghany County Public Library 122 N. Main St. Sparta, NC 28675 336-372-5573 Thursday May 19,2011; 6:30 p.m. Lecture and Slide Presentation: Libya: Crossroad of Cultures Ashe County Public Library 148 Library Drive West Jefferson, NC 28694 336-846-2041 Tuesday June 28, 2011; 6:00 p.m. Photo Exhibit and Lectures: After Appomattox--North Carolina’s Civil War Monuments, 1865-1965 CSS Neuse State Historic Site 2612 W. Vernon Ave. (U.S. 70 Bus.) Kinston, N.C. 28502 Phone: 252-522-2091 Saturday July 9, 2011; 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (Lectures: 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.) Lecture and Slide Presentation: Tiebele to Timbuktu: Cultures of West Africa Ashe County Public Library 148 Library Drive West Jefferson, NC 28694 336-846-2041 Monday July 18, 2011; 1:00 p.m. Photography and Book Signing: Art on the Mountain Ashe County Arts Council 303 School Ave. West Jefferson, NC 28694 336-846-2787 September 24, 2011; 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Reading and Presentation: Festival of Books 2011 Davie County Arts Council Rich Park Park and Cemetery Streets Mocksville, NC 27028 336-751-3112 Saturday October 1, 2011; 2:30 p.m. Lecture and Slide Presentation: After Appomattox: North Carolina Civil War Monuments, 1865-1965 Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 810 Elks Lodge 100 Finley Ave. North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 336-838-8591 Thursday October 6, 2011; 6:30 p.m. Exhibitor and Book Sale: Tree Fest Ashe County Arts Council 303 School Ave. West Jefferson, NC 28694 336-846-2787 November 21-December 28, 2011 |
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Memberships & Links
HighpointersNorth Carolina Humanities Council Speakers Bureau Blair Publishers Wheeler & Associates, FRC Muddy River Art North Carolina Ski Resorts North Carolina Web Design Top Ten Search Engine Ranking North Carolina Vacations 
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Douglas Butler
Author and Global Travel Photographer
5754 US Highway 221 NCrumpler, NC 28617-9403 |
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A Walk Atop America-Fifty State Summits and a Dream to Reach Them All Mountaineering Books - Hiking Books - Climbing Books |
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