The Sierra Echo - Sierra Club - Angeles Chapter

y Barbara Lilly
MOUNTAIN SICKNESS HELP
Larry Pemberthy, founder of Mountain Safety Research, known for the MSR stove and metal-shafted ice
ax, did research on mountain sickness in the 1970’s involving climbers, urine and litmus paper which
suggested that excessive acidity was a contributing factor. He recommended that climbers consume
Rollaids or similar anti-acid tablets while ascending, and the results were good. I saw this actually work
with someone who usually felt ill at higher altitudes. It might be handy to bring some along in your first
aid kit.
MT. ANDREA LAWRENCE
For those interested, this recently named summit in the Sierra Nevada is Pk. 12,440’ on the Koip 7.5
map and is located 0.6 miles ENE of Donohue Pk. in Yosemite National Park. (It shows as Pk. 12,223
on the Mono Craters 15’ map.) And it does indeed take an act of Congress to name a peak in a Wilderness
Area.
Having an incentive to climb unlisted peaks in the Sierra is great. However, it is suggested that the
amendment be “amended” to include any peak recognized by the Board of Geographic Names, as it can
take considerable time for a new peak name to appear on a topographic map.
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Don’t forget to renew!
The 2012 SPS Renewal Form was sent to members with last issue or go to
http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/SPS_Membership_Renewal_Form_2012.pdf
SPS List Serve
You can find the information you need as a subscriber by checking out our listserv
support site. Go to this address to enroll for the SPS E-mail list service: http://angeles.
sierraclub.org/sps/listserver.htm.
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Meeting info
The SPS Management Committee will hold meetings every quarter at a location to be determined.
Please contact SPS Chair Greg Mason at chair@sierrapeaks.org. for meeting times, date and place.
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