Father-son duo complete all 65 U.S. Tri-points
By Brian Colleran
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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vermont (WPTZ) — Robert and Gordon Simpson like to hike. They have completed all of the state high points in the lower forty-eight. While completing Oklahoma’s high point, Robert noticed something on his phone.
“While I was on top of the mountain, I looked at my phone and I saw that there was a tri-point just a 1/2 a mile away. I said “What’s a tri-point? Found out that’s where three states come together. So, we found this marker from 1881. An oblisque that they drug out in the middle of the desert in 1881 and I was fascinated…I said how many of these tri points are there? Turns out to be 65.” the 61-year old told us.
That moment started the father and his 11-year old son on a journey to find and complete the thirty-eight “dry” tri-points in the United States. They would eventually reach all sixty-five on the spots where three states come together. Twenty-seven of them are on water, places like Lake Michigan, Lake Superior and the Mississippi River.
The Simpsons joined us on NBC5 In Depth to share about their love of hiking, exploring and becoming the first Americans to complete all the tri-points in the country.
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