Andy Martin - An Autobiography

General Considerations
Summary

Home phone - (520) 760-0337
Profession - Software developer, mining background
Web sites - little parts of cohp.org; also here
Paper trail - County High Points, Blasting Cap Tin Catalog (see web sites above)
Hobbies - County highpointing, mining relics.
Clubs - State Highpoint club, EMC - Extra Miler Club (county collectors).

General Geographic Interests
Mountains in general, maps - particularly topo maps, political area highpoints - counties, states, nations, parks, etc.
Having lived in Arizona most of my life, I have a certain bias towards western US mountains :)

Outdoors / Highpointing / Mountaineering

Summary Best hike - Granite Peak (Montana state highpoint) Worst hike - Poison Ivy patch in New Jersey Highest Elevation - 14,491 ft on Mt Whitney (4 times) Quote - You don't have to get to the top today, the mountain will be there next year - Washington state excluded.
	Click on completion map for the full-sized version

Hiking Interests
State highpoints, county highpoints, mountains near Tucson. Enjoy trail hiking, some bushwacking,
and backpacking. Limited rockclimbing/rope abilities. Averse to snow & ice.

Developed the concept of Martinizing: Driving to a highpoint. In its ultimate form this allows occupants to simply open the car door and take the first step directly on the benchmark. A perfect Martinization is a rare feat.

A nice example of Martinizing is shown in this photograph of Andy with his infamous Honda Accord overlooking Telluride, Colorado in July 2006.