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:

Photos

I have over a hundred of these JOPC photos, but here are a few:

El Pico de Orizaba, Mexico, 18500', 2001  [205k]

Mauna Kea, Hawaii, 13800', 1997  [50k]

Mera Peak, Nepal, 21200', 1996  [77k]

Mt. Dana, Calif, 13057', 1994  [38k]

Mt Tom, Calif, 13652', 1979  [36k]

Mt Dixon, New Zealand, 1978  [18k]

Gunung Agun, Bali, ~10000', 1978  [25k]

Mt. Whitney, Calif, 14495', 1978  [56k]

Mt. Rose, Nevada, 10776', 1976)  [28k]

Mt. Ranier, Washinton, 14410', 1976  [25k]

La Malinche, Mexico, 14900', 1976  [28k]

El Pico de Orizaba, Mexico, 18500', 1976  [24k]

Lion Rock, Calif, 12360', 1973  [30k]