THURSDAY, MARCH 08, 2012 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TEAM HIGHPOINT ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL 2012 CLIMB
Colorado based Team Highpoint is proud to announce the expansion of their 2012 schedule, which now includes a trip to Japan in late June to make an ascent of the country’s highest mountain and one of the most sacred on Earth, Mt. Fuji (12,389 feet). They will also be traveling to Europe in July to climb the highest points in the countries of Spain (11,414 ft.), Portugal (7,713 ft.), and Andorra (9,652 ft.). These four countries will be, if Team Highpoint is successful, the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th International country highpoints reached in a 25 month span.

Team HighPoint formed the non-profit 501(c)(3) 50 For Tibet fund raising project in support of The Rowell Fund For Tibet. They returned from Scandinavia in July where they successfully achieved four (4) new country international highpoints (Norway, Finland, Sweden & Denmark) from June 26th through July 10th. With the five (5) international country highpoints achieved in 2010, Team HighPoint has now accumulated nine (9) total international highpoints and 48 U.S. state highpoints (as well as Washington D.C.) since the project’s inception in June 2006. Since 50 For Tibet’s beginning in 2006, over 120,000 miles of travel have been logged and approximately $210,000 in donations have been raised to promote The Rowell Fund For Tibet (www.savetibet.org/about-ict/rowell-fund-tibet), an organization which provides grants to help preserve the threatened Tibetan culture.

Team HighPoint consists of John Jancik (Parker, Colorado), Terri Baker (Parker, Colorado), David Baker (Denver, Colorado) and Steve Gardiner (Billings, Montana). John and Terri, who originally met the late, legendary photographer and mountaineer Galen Rowell in 1995 as the three of
them prepared for their participation in the 1996 Top Of The World Expedition to northern Greenland, now serve on The Advisory Board of The Rowell Fund For Tibet. On September 23rd, 2006, Team HighPoint was honored with a special meeting with His Holiness The Dalai Lama during his visit to Colorado.

To learn more about Team HighPoint and its 50 For Tibet project, see the Team's website at www.50fortibet.org or contact John Jancik at echojj@aol.com. More information about the Tibetan situation is available from the International Campaign for Tibet at www.savetibet.org or by phone at (202) 785-1515.

50 For Tibet was featured in a story aired by local Denver CBS network affiliate, KCNCTV, Channel 4 on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006.

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