History of the JOPC
The Jugglers on Peaks Club (JOPC) was founded in 1972 or 73 and at one
time boasted active members in various states of the US, Australia, and
some other countries. After 1980, only sporadic ascents have been made,
and the active membership fell off (ha ha) to about nil. Still, everytime
I manage to climb something, I always juggle on top, and have juggled on
over 300 mountain summits in Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada,
Washington, Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Korea,
Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Wales, and probably a few other places I forgot.
How to join
All you have to do is climb some peak, and juggle at least 50 throws of
any valid juggling pattern (more objects in motion than the number of hands
in use is the JOPC definition of "valid".) Then you are automatically a
member for life. Once you have climbed over 50 peaks, you need to juggle
one throw for each peak. You get extra style points for:
- Juggling more than three objects
- Juggling something other than rocks/snowballs/juggling balls
- Very precarious summits
- Adverse weather conditions
- Difficult climbing
- Remote location
- Bringing your unicycle with you
- etc.
Photos
I have over a hundred of these JOPC photos, but here are a few: