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Volume XC, Number 13 MazaMa 2008

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President’s Report. ..........................3
Gerald H. Itkin
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Mazama 2008
Feature Articles
The Long Way in, Uncertainty and Perseverance
In the Western Dhaulagiri Range ................4
Pete Dronkers
Bleeding Your Way Off the Top of the World .......9
Monty Smith
Multigenerational Multisport in the Swiss Alps. .....10
Gerald Itkin
Climbing an Icon: My Journey up the Matterhorn ...14
Ryan Christie
My 40th Year, Mount Hood ..................16
Keith K. Daellenbach
Bolivia Trekking and Climbing. ................18
Steve Heikkila
Climbing Clementine .......................23
George Cummings
Brain Swelling, Bereavement and a Summit:
50 hours on Aconcagua. ....................24
David Zeps, M.D.
Hiking Through History in Northern Spain
Buen Camino! ............................26
Janice B. Moss
MazaMa
Co-Editors:
Dean Land, Leslie Morrison
Photo Editor:
George Cummings
Associate Editors:
Jack Grauer, Steve Heikkila, Brett Lloyd, Barry Maletzky,
Jon Putnam, Diana Schweitzer, Ginny Sorensen, Jim Wallace
Layout and Design:
Steve Burton
Table of Contents
Front cover: Mt. Washington.
Photo by George Cummings
Annapurna Circuit Trek. .....................28
Bob Breivogel
Pulling the Tooth. ..........................30
Shawn Donley
The Olympic Marmot: Sentinel of the High Country ..31
Suzanne Griffin, Ph.D.
Where is the Benson Glacier (if it Still Exists)?. .....32
Charles M. Cannon and Andrew G. Fountain,
Portland State University
Annual Reports
Outings. ................................34
Mazama 2008 Awards .....................38
Committee Reports .........................41
Executive Director’s Report ...................51
Capital Campaign Report ....................52
Mazama Membership Report .................55
The Mazama Foundation ....................55
Treasurer’s Report .........................56
Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Post Audit Financial Statements .56
Official Mazama Climbs. ....................59
Official Mazama Trail Trips. ..................62
In Memoriam. ............................68
Back cover: James Jula and his daughter Jadzia on her first summit of Rooster Rock.
Photo by Kerry Mager

President’s Report
by Gerald H. Itkin
Forty years ago, a remarkably prescient man was the Mazama president.
In the 1969 Mazama Annual, Chad Karr wrote:
We must respond to change. If we fail to recognize the
changes taking place … in the world around us, our
present structure will increasingly become outmoded. . . .
It is my hope that the Executive Council will actively
study alternative ways of reshaping the … Club to meet
the challenges of today and tomorrow.
Today, as I write my own outgoing president’s message, I can
report a lot of good news, President Karr, but be careful what
you ask for….
What have we done recently to meet the challenges presented
by the changes in the last 40 years in the world around us?
• We have 20 times the annual budget, 20 times the nontrust
assets, and 20 times the trust (now Mazama Foundation)
assets, so we are much more business-like in our
financial affairs. We have annual audits, we have separated
the trust assets into an independent foundation to protect
them from exposure to potential claims resulting from our
high risk activities in a litigious world, and we have the
tighter financial procedures and office policies expected of
an organization of our size, high profile and heft.
• After renting for over a century, we finally have a home
of our own and control of our destiny. Ten years ago we
looked at the impending end of our sweetheart lease on
the old “clubrooms” as an opportunity, not a pitfall, and
now we ‘live’ in a facility for which Mazamas a century
from now will thank us.
• We suffered a tragic avalanche death in the ’90s on a
Mazama climb, and rather than just mourn the awful loss,
we looked inward and grew. We can now boast of having
a proactive risk management approach that has improved
our teaching, leadership and safety and perhaps more
significantly is an institutionalized ongoing process that
should keep us on the cutting edge in this litigious world.
• We have grown 40 percent in numbers since your
term, Mr. Karr, and are recognized in the region as the
preeminent alpine climbing organization to whom most
everyone turns when any issue arises, from newsworthy
events, to scientific issues, to help with a program, to
outdoor leadership, to conservation, and so much more.
• Communications are now 21st century, with electronic
mid-month newsletters and a Web page where you can
get almost any information you need. Leaders are updated
and can update key information or file reports, climb availability
is updated instantaneously, and on and on. . . .
• We have paid particular attention to seeking input on
important decisions, be they at the Executive Council,
committee, or staff level. Most often it felt like herding
cats to get members to speak up (although sometimes
they spoke up and caught us by surprise with the vehemence
of their feelings).
All this and more we have accomplished. But there are challenges,
not a few of which are the products of some of the most
significant successes and strides toward adjusting to a changing
world:
• Yes, we are more business-like, but the cozy comfort of
a small coterie making decisions without a lot of debate
and handwringing, such as a smaller Mazamas may once
have enjoyed (and some of my Old-Timer friends say it
was never as warm and fuzzy as nostalgia would have us
remember), is difficult to maintain.
• The membership rolls may have grown, but so has the
average age of the membership. Who is going to follow
in our boot steps?
• Instant communications may be great, but do we lose the
personal touch in having them so readily available?
• We may manage risk in a responsible manner, but in
doing so, have we sacrificed some spontaneity and added
too greatly to the burdens on leaders, teachers, staff and
committees?
• Member input is so very important in decision-making,
but as Mazamas—like everyone else in this ever-speedingup
world—continue to be pressed for time, how do we
effectively mine that potential input? Additional methods
to obtain member input, such as letters to the editor or
blogs, should be explored by future councils.
So, Mr. Karr, … as your successor more than a generation
removed, I thank you for your spot-on warning of the need to
embrace change that has served us so well. But now I ask my
fellow Mazamas: How will my successor 40 years down the
road view how we have dealt with these new challenges and
others yet to be perceived?
Climb on. . . . s
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The Long Way In
Uncertainty and Perseverance in the Western Dhaulagiri Range
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by Pete Dronkers
I called this expedition Himalayan Exposure 2008, carrying on the tradition of exploratorytype
endeavors in remote places. Curtis Gray, Blue Eisele, and I were to explore the northwestern
Dhaulagiri Range, and we arrived in Kathmandu on April 3 after months of planning.
We knew virtually nothing about the area, and after picking through countless journals
and Internet resources, we had discovered only a handful of reports from northern ascents on
the two main peaks of the western Dhaulagiri Range: Churen Himal (24,185 ft), and Putha
Hiunchuli (23,750 ft). We expected to encounter no other teams.
Pete Dronkers treks into town, solar panel attached to his pack. Photo by Blue Eisele
After we met our agent, sirdar and two porters, we
received our permit for Churen Himal and a briefing about
the remoteness and uncertainties of that region. Our liaison
officer—barely capable of such an endeavor—kindly stole
$2,000 dollars from us (more than twice the pay of our sirdar)
for his “duty” and then proceeded to take a two-month vacation.
We chose to take the long way in. In terms of distance
from road heads, this is the most remote portion of Nepal,
and our approach was to take 15 days to reach base camp
within the Kaya Khola river valley. It would involve crossing
the Himalayas from south to north and into the arid, Tibetlike
region that lies within the rain shadow of the Dhaulagiri
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Range (Dolpo region). That was, of
course, if everything went as planned.
We left Pokhara for Beni by chartered
bus to meet our donkeys, but the road
continued to Darban (3,000 ft). On
April 7, we hit the trail with six donkeys
and a donkey “driver,” three climbers,
and our staff: Lakpa “Junior,” Lakpa
“Senior” and our trusty sirdar, Lakpa
Gilje (LG). Our group’s gear and food
kit weighed half a ton.
For days we traveled through
villages that rarely see westerners.
Children crowded our camps, which
often used public school yards. Our
staff cooked three meals each day,
most often dal bhat and whatever
canned “meats” we brought with us,
plus a “local vegetable,” which LG
sometimes had never seen before and
in one case, simply picked from the
ground without knowing what it was.
Our bulky kitchen tent doubled as the
sleeping quarters for the staff, all of
whom traveled with marginal clothing
and equipment. They’d be up at 5 a.m. to serve tea to us at 6
a.m. sharp—no matter what.
The scale of the landscape began to register in our brains.
Our first pass was 11,100 feet, and already we encountered
traces of snow above rhododendron and oak forests. Tales of
heavy snowpack that had blocked access for trekkers elsewhere
were proving true. We left Dhorpatan three days later, uncertain
if we could cross the next pass. Locals said it was impossible.
We ascended to 13,000 feet with ankle-deep snow and
nothing worse. But it was becoming obvious just how
demanding this approach would be. The trail would climb
thousands of feet only to lose it again, and we seemed to be
heading in all sorts of directions. But temporarily, at least, the

pressure was off as we strolled through forests for a few days
until the next passes.
We had acquired new donkeys because the ones we hired
in Darban were borderline hypothermic. LG negotiated with
a family living in a stray house at 11,000 feet to hire a new
driver and their donkeys, which were larger and more adapted
to the cold. It was difficult to imagine that we’d be climbing
mountains at some point, as it was becoming an expedition
in itself to move a half ton of food and equipment and seven
people across 150 miles of mountainous terrain.
Then I became seriously ill and vomited my way up the
trails, but the train had to keep moving. A day later we hit
the real difficulties, with 2 to 3 feet of snow leading up to a
14,500-foot pass. The donkeys struggled to keep from falling
over, as they were fully loaded and punched through to their
abdomen constantly. When they did, we’d run to them,
unhitch the load, get them back to their feet and re-load
them, but it grew late and conditions worsened. We hacked
out trails to avoid a catastrophic accident on the steep slopes.
From an overlook we could see our campsite, but the donkeys
were beat, so we dragged our bags down one by one. It was
here that we saw the only westerners we’d see in a month: two
European blue sheep hunters with a staff of 20. They had
covered only a few miles from the point where the helicopter
dropped them off.
We left for our final pass at 15,000 feet and had more
of the same problems experienced the previous day. But
finally we arrived at the Barbung Khola at 8,000 feet and
knew we’d have only another 6,000 to 7,000 feet before
base camp. Here, things were much drier, as we were now
in the rain shadow. Instead of lush forests, there were
junipers, desert scrub brushes, and virtually no grass—
domestic animals had eaten most of it, leaving a desperate
environment.
Two days of gorgeous eastward trekking through this
deep canyon brought us to the last town, called Kakkotgaon
(11,500 ft), where our yaks dropped our load and
turned back. It had already taken two weeks of trekking to
get there. Villagers wanted us to pay for yaks and porters
to go toward base camp, but we didn’t, and felt we could
manage with our two porters if we lightened the load.
They pointed to a rocky pass as the way in, not the Kaya
Khola valley we expected to follow, which turned out to
be impassable. (Google Earth isn’t always right.) The next
day we all hauled 70-pound loads to the pass (estimated at
15,000 ft), only to find it surrounded by loose ridges and
cliffs. Ahead was what we believed to be Putha Hiunchuli.
After a rest day, it was back to the grind and one more
carry up to the pass. We were told that if we followed the
ridge, it would end up in the river valley we were aiming
for. Still unconvinced, we had no choice but to carry the
rest of the kit up to the pass and put in a camp, which
involved hours of stacking shale. By then, Curtis had
developed a similar illness as that which churned my guts
a week before. We reassured him that we’d carry loads and
establish base camp without him if he needed more rest.
Earlier, Curtis explained that he had been apprehen-
sive and was struggling to keep up his psyche. I told him
that I too had times when I was annoyed and wanted to be
elsewhere. But I also explained that this was an adventure,
and that true adventures not only are difficult physically and
emotionally, but also require uncertain outcomes. I said we’d
all need to build emotional (and intestinal) fortitude to keep
moving ahead, but that’s exactly what makes us stronger and
more resilient, and what we appreciate years later. Being no
stranger to big mountains or long expeditions, I knew Curtis
would persevere. But the next morning he declared he was out
for good, and we couldn’t change his mind. When LG and
Lakpa Junior arrived with more supplies and to say farewell,
we let Curtis explain his wish to fly from the airstrip a few
days away. We wished him luck and that was that.
Blue and I were alone now, which meant more weight for
us to carry, as our porters explained they wouldn’t be returning
until more snow had melted, and by then we’d have already
established base camp. We looked at the ridge and realized
it would take a triple carry and three days to get ahead. We
took a load up and cached it with nothing promising in sight.
But through the patches of snow we could see a trail that the
villagers had built, so there must be something beyond.
On the second carry, I pushed on a bit further than the
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A stupa in Kathmandu. Photo by Blue Eisele
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first, and the heavenly gates opened. I yelled to Blue, but he
couldn’t hear me. I was finally in direct view of the northwest
face of Churen Himal, with grassy, rolling foothills rather than
the loose ridge we had walked twice with death-fall potential
in a few places. We dropped the load where we’d pitch base
camp the following day and returned to the pass.
When we returned, we had 18 days of supplies and a small
assortment of climbing gear, plus one tent each and our solar
array for the gadgets. We calculated the days and realized that
this was the longest Himalayan approach either of us had ever
heard about in modern times. It had taken 21 days to get here,
and we had covered about 150 miles and perhaps 35,000 feet
of ascent, encountering westerners only once.
From the pass we believed we were looking at Putha
Hiunchuli, and from our new camp we could see its lower
flanks. The following day we headed up some slopes to gain a
better view of the east and north ridges. It was like the photos,
with a long, gently sloping east ridge, and we figured we could
climb it relatively quickly.
Our permit, however, was for Churen, and we decided to
hold off until we had a better view of its west ridge (gained
from Putha, as the two peaks are separated by a saddle at
20,500 feet). We ruled out the northwest face of Churen for
its sheer difficulty, lack of a well-stocked base camp, lack of
a full climbing team and ropes for fixing, lack of courage,
and objective hazards such as catastrophic rock fall seen the
previous day. When planning the trip, we had only marginal
photos of the face and thought it might be possible.
Churen would be a mighty accomplishment, as people in
Kakkotgaon later told us that only one expedition had tried it
from the Kaya Khola. The 1996 Japanese Expedition lost two
members on the west ridge, and the northwest face has never
A spectacular campsite after 21 days on foot. Photo by Pete Dronkers
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been attempted. They told us we were messing around with
an evil force to even consider those routes. I’ll be reading the
journals until I’m old and gray to see what happens. . . .
With no liaison officer and the likelihood that we would
see no others, we decided to go for Putha Hiunchuli. Since
our base camp was assumed to be around 17,000 feet and we
felt well-acclimatized, we packed for a four-day push and left
a note in the tent. We followed hollow snow on loose rock
until we gained a talus gulley, which led us to the start of the
glacier that forms the east ridge. It had been a long day, but
we figured we could summit the next day. We hiked around to
gain a view of the summit cone. It looked less than a thousand
feet above. No problem!
I led out the next morning, crested the east ridge, and
could finally see peaks to the south. The previous night, while
interviewing for the documentary, we told the camera how
this expedition had been defined by uncertainties, and how
every time we thought something was going right, something
else would compromise it.
I stared into the distance, partly overwhelmed and partly
embarrassed. Here was the first view of Putha Hiunchuli, and the
mountain we were climbing was surely not it. The defining characteristics—long,
sloping east ridges—were identical on both
peaks, but the one beyond was much larger. On the summit,
we realized we were probably no higher than 19,000 feet. Using
maps with 500-foot contour intervals, having uncalibrated
altimeters and no reliable trip reports for the area, it was tough to
blame us for bad judgment. We rarely knew our altitudes, so we
just used our best guesses. I suppose that’s what happens when
you set off for an adventure. You might actually get one.
We stood on our first Himalayan summit, disappointed
and bitter, with no idea how we’d get to the real mountain. I
exclaimed that this expedition was becoming a big joke. Now I
realize it may well have been the first ascent of a 19,000-foot peak
(later found to be called Turka Himal), but
at that moment, we were devastated and I
didn’t know if it would be the end of the
expedition. After all, we still didn’t know
how to get to Putha Hiunchuli, as the route
was not obvious and was complicated by
ridges and valleys.
After some discussion, we cached
gear on the descent to save effort when
we returned. It was a critical point; by
caching we would be obligated to return,
and it was a good way to force ourselves
to stay motivated. We returned to base
camp to find that Blue’s rock patio had
been demolished, and our trash pile was
torn apart. Apparently someone had a
message for us. The next day we saw the
perpetrators: a group of ten youngsters
from Kakkotgaon. With their limited
English, they said they had taken loads
to Putha Hiunchuli base camp (the same
location for Churen Himal base camp?).
We had no idea what was going on. We

never authorized the expenditure of additional
porters, and at that point we didn’t need them.
Everything was confusing. They said they’d be
back the next day and perhaps, we thought, LG
would be there.
This was also the high season for the cash
crop in Dolpo—the Yarchu Gombu fungus. The
Japanese believe it to be an aphrodisiac, and it
was worth enough for the people of Dolpo to
drop everything to find it in the alpine soils. The
kids from Kakkotgaon believed we were camped
at our location to harvest the fungus, acting as
mountaineers to hide our real purpose. It didn’t
help that, unbeknownst to us, we weren’t camped
at the base camp previously used for Putha
Hiunchuli (ascents we knew little about). Nor
did it help that, as we found out later, those same
kids found our note and reported it to the village
leader, who knew our permit was for Churen.
We took another two rest days and decided
that no one else was coming. It was time to
head out for a real alpine-style attempt on Putha Hiunchuli.
We packed for eight days and pared down the loads even
more—no ice axes, only self-arrest grips on the poles, two ice
screws, two pickets, one thin rope, and one tiny tent.
Ten minutes from camp, we encountered another small
group coming from Putha Hiunchuli base camp. This time,
it was an agent who spoke some English. He said something
about a French expedition on Putha, so we assumed that he
and his porters were securing the approach for them. We were
in denial that another expedition had chosen to come here.
When we entered the valley that appeared to lead to Putha,
we saw a blue kitchen tent like ours. We were beyond confused
and still didn’t know if we’d find our staff there. We had been
climbing the wrong peak for some time, during which they could
have passed. But it was not our tent, and no one was in sight. It
contained hundreds of pounds of supplies, and we walked by
with simply the packs on our backs. It was a great feeling.
We assumed that the French team would come later, and
that they’d be fresh after only a three-day approach from the
Juphal Airstrip. We set up Camp I a few miles from their
kitchen tent and the next morning proceeded to get seriously
lost. The mountain’s lower flanks seemed to be inaccessible
from our valley, so I convinced Blue it would be wise to exit
up some talus slopes to gain the start of the glacier. We spent
half the day wrangling through dangerous loose blocks and
cliffs until we could see that we had wasted extraordinary effort
and had to descend 1,000 feet to access the glacier. Shaken, we
headed up the terminal moraine until placing Camp II somewhere
around 18,000 feet, where we saw footprints.
The next morning we followed the footprints and within
two hours met up with the French group while they were
descending from a carry to their Camp II (our Camp III). The
French team comprised five clients, one mountain guide, one
organizer, and their two high-altitude Nepali porters. They
must have passed near our base camp while we were on Turka
Himal. The group of 10 porters we saw earlier was working for
Loaded donkeys. Photo by Blue Eisele
the team, which was climbing in siege style and had already
made several carries above their base camp. Their kit probably
weighed 30 times what Blue and I carried on our backs.
They had heard about us in Kakkotgaon, so they knew we
were intending to climb an unauthorized peak. We kindly
explained that we were potentially interested in the west ridge
of Churen Himal, which we would access from the saddle
that separates the two mountains. The French climbers were
very kind, but we had a bad feeling about their main highaltitude
porter and their organizer. We left on good terms and
continued to their cache location for our third camp at about
20,000 feet (confirmed by their better maps), where we were
engulfed by snow and forced to stop.
Camp IV was only a thousand feet higher because it may
have been the last good flat place and because, once again, the
daily snow hit us. I took a crevasse fall on the way in, but we
were breaking trail and I was on lead, so what would I expect?
It was my first time camping above 21,000 feet, and I definitely
felt the altitude. Later that night, the guide came up for
a reconnaissance … unroped. No big deal for him, I guess.
We awoke to clear skies and bitter cold and by 7 a.m. were
ready to leave camp for the summit. The conditions were not
ideal. We postholed to our ankles and occasionally deeper,
but we had no idea of the scale of the upper mountain. By
noon, after we could gauge our progress by a serac band, we
understood that we had a long way to go. It was absolutely
exhausting. Each step was followed by two to three inhalations,
and every 100 vertical feet required a five-minute break.
Blue and I swapped leads every hour, and he moved faster on
lead than I. But I knew that the summit was quite distant, and
I wanted to reserve my strength for what might take all day. I
was determined, as I didn’t want to attempt this twice.
Clouds swirled around, obscuring the view, and we
wondered if we’d be able to find our way back in a whiteout or
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Self-portrait at 15,000 feet. Photo by Pete Dronkers
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darkness, with no wands to mark the route. By 2 p.m. we felt
weak, dehydrated, hungry, and low on motivation. Blue said
we wouldn’t make it. I said we might. He set a turnaround
time of 3:30, but by then the summit wasn’t even close. I was
moving progressively slower, but Blue was remaining negative.
In some respects, his bursts of power kept me pushing to
follow faster, and my determination and persistence kept him
going. The turnaround time became 4:30.
By then it seemed possible. The blue-ice summit cone would
make for faster travel, and I said I’d summit no matter what time
it was. I set off on a lead much faster than I could handle and
my heart accelerated to a speed I’ve never experienced anywhere.
My crampons finally had something to bite into, and the feeling
of solidity brought on an adrenaline rush. The last few kicks
were barely tolerable and I collapsed onto the summit chest first,
lungs heaving. I took a minute until I could pick myself up onto
my feet, and when I did, Blue was just emerging into view.
I’m not sure why it happened that way. Maybe it was the culmination
of all the emotions of the last few months that caused that
summit surge. It had been six months in planning, tons of work
to afford the trip, six potential partners, five committed partners,
two pre-departure dropouts, and one bailout during the trip. A
week before leaving the states, I nearly died of anaphylactic shock
from a severe allergy-induced asthma attack that landed me in an
ambulance, struggling for consciousness. It had been a 21-day
approach to base camp, entailing one of the most tedious voyages
I’ve ever attempted, with uncertainties emerging daily. It had
involved getting our hopes up high, climbing the wrong mountain
and nearly calling off the expedition, and then ascending a
huge peak, barely known to us, in alpine style while another team
employed a dozen people to accomplish the same thing.
It had been wild. And that’s how we wanted our first
Himalayan expedition to be. We had little interest in going
to a place with dozens of teams and every detail of the mountain
known—even if that meant a steep, technical objective.
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We wanted an experience with all the craziness
and uncertainties that the Himalayas could offer,
and we wanted to enter one of the most remote
and culturally interesting mountain environments
anywhere in the world. Perhaps we underestimated
things a bit, but in the end it proved possible. I’ll
never forget when LG declared one week into our
trip that it had already become the most physically
and mentally demanding of the dozen expeditions
he’s served. It would be another 32 days until things
would come to an end—the longest expedition of
our lives.
Three days later we met up with LG and Lakpa
Junior at base camp. They hiked up from Kakkotgaon
and brought peanut butter, a satellite phone,
and the desire to leave for the Juphal airstrip ASAP.
The next day we descended and hired semi-nomadic
porters (who possessed almost nothing) to carry our
things for two long days to the airstrip. We could
have flown there to begin with, just as the French
did, but we knew it wouldn’t have been the same. We had
crossed the Himalayas and spent weeks within a vastly different
culture to climb our peak. This was not just mountaineering
for mountaineering’s sake. It was a humbling experience where
the people we met displayed toughness greater than ours just
by living their daily lives. Our staff worked tirelessly but never
realized it, and although we arrived thinking we were elite
mountaineers, we left with an understanding of the vanity of
so many westerners, including climbers. When we boarded our
plane to Kathmandu, Lakpa Senior chose to keep the airfare
money by walking another 65 miles to the road head to take
a bus home—as if it was nothing on top of the 40 days he’d
already spent walking.
Once back to the hotel, our liason officer showed up to
complete the debriefing paperwork. He noticed that we actually
told the truth where it asked us what dates he was present:
none. He made us write that he was present during the entire
expedition, and with the sway of a pen, we changed history.
Two months later our agent e-mailed to let us know that
someone had snitched on us, and that he was forced to pay a
bribe to avoid fines and an investigation. Our officer got away
with thievery, and our staff made pennies on his dollar. The
separation of those in power from those who actually work
for a living made me furious. But the next time I think that
dynamic exists here, I’ll think of Nepal and realize just how
fortunate we are.
And so it was a life-changing experience. I can’t say I’ve hung
on tools on a 5,000-foot, 80-degree ice face at 23,000 feet, but I
will never let that fact devalue the experience we did have. Hopefully
it won’t be long until I climb a face like that on Churen’s
northwest side, or summit Everest. But if I can make it through
such climbs, I won’t be changed any more than Nepal has already
changed me. In some respects, I think it took an expedition like
this to make me more humble and appreciative. Perhaps that is
what lies at the center of alpinism. In between the numbers and
grades, somewhere beyond the hype, there’s another reason why
people climb mountains in distant lands. s

Bleeding Your Way Off the Top of the World
by Monty Smith
In April-May of 2008, I had the opportunity to take a crack at Everest via the South Col
route. This was during the Chinese-imposed closing of the mountain while they brought a
specially-designed Olympic torch to the summit. Closing the mountain involved the Nepali
police searching tents, snipers at Camp 2, and one protesting American climber being forced
out of Camp 1 and deported. In the end the Chinese moratorium had little effect, as they
summited before the prime season opened up. Everyone who wanted to go for the summit
had ample chance, with good weather.
That included my partner and me. We’d teamed up on
Shishapangma (8,012 m) in 2005 and agreed to tackle the
South Col route together. Everything was ready for the
summit—we felt great, the weather was stable, fixed ropes
and camps were in. What could stop us?
Of course, even thinking such hubris is to court disaster.
Only hours later, my summit bid was halted by a “massive
internal hemorrhage next to my brain”—known in lesser
circles as a nosebleed. At 3 a.m. on the morning we were due
to move to Camp 3 (24,000 ft), I felt my nose running. No
problem. I rolled over to wipe it and, as I leaned, found the
runny nose was blood. Drat! Why now? (That’s a family-safe
approximation of what was actually stated.) Never having had
serious problems with nosebleeds, I wasn’t worried, at least
until it wouldn’t stop. Soon I had one emergency room doctor
join me in my tent with two more on the radio, and we tried
everything, all to no avail. After about five hours, I made the
difficult decision to descend to base camp while my partner
left to ascend to Camp 3.
Moving down the Western Cwm, and
then the Khumbu Icefall, was extremely
difficult. I had toilet paper plugs jammed
into both nostrils, which became disgusting
bloody projectiles when I sneezed. Following
climbers must have wondered about the
numerous blood patches dotting the icefall.
I don’t mind saying I was fighting horrible
emotional reactions due to abandoning the
summit bid … to a nosebleed!
Upon arriving at Base Camp, I headed
straight to the medical tent of the Himalayan
Rescue Association. Examination
showed the bleeding was somewhere
inside my nasal cavity and could not be
reached by cauterization methods. Since
we couldn’t stop the bleeding, the next
step was to block it—with a product
known as a nasal tampon. If you’ve never
had the pleasure of one, imagine a 3 /8-inch
by 3-inch-long stick shoved into your
brain. Trust me—it sounds better than it
feels. And the resulting headache is not to
be missed!
This helped—sort of. Now all the blood
was simply re-routed out the other nostril. So the following
day I had a second one driven in (oops, I mean “inserted”). My
nose was no longer bleeding, but it was all running down my
throat. It didn’t take long to get horribly nauseous, so now my
only choice was to lean over a bottle and spit.
Any activity caused the bleeding to start again, plus I
was getting very fatigued—and it’s a 34-mile walk to the
nearest airport. (There are no roads in the Khumbu.) After
wondering how I was going to get out of there, the doctors
finally authorized a military helicopter evacuation. That was
the final humiliation—being evacuated, apparently healthy,
with big plugs sticking out of my nose, which was the size of
a balloon.
Once in Kathmandu, with the bleeding finally stopped,
I had my nasal tampons removed. Overall it was a great
adventure, although it did not end the way I wanted. But
standing atop Mt. Everest, reaching the highest summit on
the planet—to some the pinnacle of climbing achievement—
I hear is overrated. s
“Nasal tampons.” Photo by Monty Smith
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Multigenerational Multisport in the
Swiss Alps
by Gerald Itkin
Question: How do you amuse a group of Mazamas on an outing when their ages are thirtysomething
to seventy-something, and their activity levels vary even more (and not necessarily
in relation to their ages)?
Answer: Go to the Alps—a place where the inter- and intra-mountain infrastructure is so
well-developed that in three weeks we could stay in four distinct environments and on any
day hike up or down, climb, or sightsee all from right outside our hotel. But be prepared to
pay dearly for the privilege.
I met the group as it emerged from the security door
in Zurich airport. I had been in Europe for awhile already
and led my jetlagged friends to the train station below the
airport. Off we went with too many bags and too many close
train connections, heading for Kliene Scheidegg (2,061 m).
Somehow we managed, and the first glimpses of the peaks in
the distance had us all clicking away with our digital cameras.
Once we really got into the mountains, all those distance shots
were deleted.
The 1840s-era hotel built for the English gentlemen
climbers of the 19th century, with its hardwood floors and
moldings and Persian carpeted library and stairs, was our first
“bivy.” Sitting as it does at the base of the Eiger, I could look
out the window of my room (shared with recently retired
Kliene Scheidegg. Photo by Marty Hanson
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Mazama office guru Marty Hanson) and look up at the
2,000+ meters of the infamous Nordwand, made popular by
Clint Eastwood’s Eiger Sanction. At night we could see the
eerie lights shining on its face from windows in the tunnel
of the rail line carved through it more than a century before.
It was this “you must be kidding” project that has led to the
infrastructure that frees us all to explore the Alps in a manner
suiting our skills and strengths.
Always the symphony of the cowbells—especially at night,
these ambling animals covering the alpine glades with their
large bells clanging became the music to which we went to
sleep.
The plan called for two of our number (Ryan Christie
and Erika Markel) to marry on the summit of The Monch
(4,107 m), the peak that separates
the ogre Eiger from the
chaste Jungfrau. The group
took the first train from the
steps of our hotel through the
Eiger, with stops to peer out
the windows in the Nordwand
and down the famous face, to
the Jungfraujoch, aka the Top
of Europe (3,454 m), in order
to beat the crowds of tourists
coming up from lower down.
This remarkable route, built at
the end of the 19th century,
began the amazing Swiss predilection
for transportation infrastructure
to the most remote and
unlikely spots that continues
today. I mentioned expensive …
this trip alone was $86. Like so
many trains that ascend amazingly
steep terrain, this one is a
cog rail, necessitated where the
friction of wheels on track is
insufficient.
The wedding plan in Gary

Beck’s words:
My most special time … came at the
so-called “Top of Europe,” surrounded
by the big three: the Eiger, Jungfrau
and Monch. After failing to make the
summit of the Monch, where we had
a special plan, we were able to put
aside our disappointment and have a
ceremony that I will always remember.
Six years earlier, I had two students in
a BCEP group, Erika and Ryan, whom
I could tell were special. After finally
getting them to tie their knots correctly
and learn which end of an ice ax did
what, they went on to represent the
future of the Mazamas. What could be
more special than to have the privilege
of conducting a ceremony in which they
exchanged their wedding vows and
promises for a life together? The smiles,
thumbs-up and photos by the surprised
onlookers made for quite the wedding
entourage.
A snowstorm the night before had
left The Monch slower going than anticipated, and fearing
missing the last train down, leader and marriage officiant
Gary turned the marital climb party (which also included
Mary Heim) around and performed the nuptials in the huge
multipurpose Ice Palace before a crowd of gaping Japanese
tourists, who no doubt assumed they were photographing
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It was a truly unique spot for a
wedding.
Grindelwald, down valley
from Kliene Scheidegg, was
“
our next destination, and
some of us forewent the train
and hiked down the 1,000
meters and 8 kilometers.
Conveniently the train took
our bags, which awaited our
arrival at the bahnhof, a block
from our hotel.
The skies above Grindelwald
are a paraglider’s mecca.
It seemed that at any time one
looked up there might be three or four dozen aloft.
The surrounding glaciers and mountains present almost
too many options, and the roads and trails are a delight for
road and mountain bikers. The fabulous mass transit means
you can hike, climb or ride off in any direction and when
tired, catch a bus, tram, lift, train, funicular or gondola (or
combination) back to your hotel.
Gary and I took time out and hiked up to the high Glecksteinhutte,
just below the Wetterhorn, where former Mazama
president Terry Becker (Gary’s best friend and climbing
partner) died in a tragic accident while leading a descent. We
The wedding party: Gary Beck, Ryan Christie, Erika Markel and Mary Heim.
Photo by Mary Heim
Arriving in Zermatt in the early evening
under overcast skies, I was not prepared for
the stunning view the next morning when I
walked outside our hotel and there, towering
over the city, was the largest block of rock I
have ever imagined: the Matterhorn.
quietly placed a few more stones on the cairn Gary started a
few trips back and on which he adds a few more each visit.
Again in Gary’s words:
Having the chance to place a few more rocks on the cairn in
memory of my good friend Terry Becker and, in the same trip,
help start a new life for special people, shows that all things
in life evolve. The Mazamas are no exception. I hope we will
continue to return to the roots
of the activities we all love.
Exhausted by too many
choices in Grindelwald, we set
off for Zermatt, with some of
us stopping for a delightful
day taking the boat from Interlaken
to Turn, and then after
exploring both for a few hours,
”
boarding another train for
Zermatt.
Arriving in Zermatt in the
early evening under overcast
skies, I was not prepared for the stunning view the next
morning when I walked outside our hotel and there, towering
over the city, was the largest block of rock I have ever imagined:
the Matterhorn.
Zermatt is an automobile-free zone. But watch out for the
silent electric carts of every shape and size that you first admire
as a clean and quiet alternative but soon come to silently
curse, as they regularly act as if you aren’t there.
Notwithstanding the dangers of walking in town, the
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Swiss Alps, continued from previous page
surrounding peaks, valleys, glaciers and transportation infrastructure
make it a hiker’s, climber’s, photographer’s and
shopper’s wonderland. Suffering a second acute back episode
on this trip, I decided most of my daily undertakings would
be human-powered up and mechanized down (easier on the
back). The result was a daily dose of the most extraordinary
hiking, biking and scrambling without once having to
descend on foot. I could pick any elevation gain I wanted,
find a close-by trail that led to some delightful place with
views that filled several gigabytes of memory in my digital
camera, and always find a
handy way to descend that
spared my back the agony of
“
walking down.
Not everyone had such
benign adventures in mind,
and with capable bodies,
Gary, Erika, Ryan and Mary
continued their search for
and play on the Klettersteigs.
I began to call these
remarkable via-ferratta-like courses “chutes and ladders,”
jealously watching them set off (four times on the trip)
with my pathetic back forcing me to stay behind. Erika
describes them as “a vertical obstacle course.” Mary tells
it this way:
Our first day hiking the Eiger trail, we caught a glimpse of
what was to become a recurring theme of the trip—a wall of
ladders up a steep rock face. This was the Rotstock Klettersteig
Gerald Itkin deciphers the route. Photo by Gary Beck
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Our first day hiking the Eiger trail, we
caught a glimpse of what was to become
a recurring theme of the trip—a wall of
ladders up a steep rock face.
on the northwest flank of the Eiger. Of course we wanted to
try it! So the next morning, Gary, Ryan, and I harnessed up
and began Chutes and Ladders, part I. The climb begins with
the ladders (one dates from 1899; so glad I didn’t know that
at the time), then alternates between easy climbing/scrambling
on a fixed cable and some staircases cut in the stone. We selfbelayed
using two slings and locking ’biners. At the top, we
learned from other climbers about the special via ferrata kits,
and the carabiner lust began. This was a great introduction
to Klettersteigs, as it’s a short route (2.5 hours) without too
much exposure.
Next up for Erika, Ryan and me was the Schwarzhorn
(9,606 ft) Klettersteig, which
involved a gondola ride from
Grindelwald to the station at
First and an hour’s hike to the
trail before the fun began on
the southwest ridge with more
ladders, a little more exposure,
”
and a fixed cable along the
top of the ridge. The expensive
‘biners were sounding better and
better after the constant clipping
and unclipping. We descended via a lovely scree field, and
then blasted downhill on a Trotti bike, a fun scooter/bike
combo.
The Murren-Gimmelwad Klettersteig kicked it up a
notch with a new level of difficulty. I rented the coveted via
ferrata kit, and it really made a difference with the speed of
moving through the protection. We (Gary, Erika, Ryan and
Mary) were lucky to have a beautiful day, but the previous
day’s rain left the trail a little muddy, and we had to watch
ourselves on the rebar “staples” that were
our footholds. The climb traverses a cliff
face between the two villages, crossing
several gorges along the way. A zip-line, a
Tyrolean traverse and a suspension bridge
kept things interesting. This was a little
different in that a lot of the climbing was
down-climbing or traversing.
Weather prevented us enjoying any
Klettersteigs in the Zermatt area, but the
Gornerschlucht gorge provided wonderful
chutes and glacial torrents viewed by
walking along an elevated path above
the river.
We had time for one more: the via
ferrata at La Clusaz outside of Chamonix.
This was graded the most difficult of the
ones we’d tried so far; there were fewer
rebar steps, more rock climbing, and
more exposure. We roped up for a short
section, as a fall from one of the ladders or
vertical sections would have been painful.
Another suspension bridge and a steep
overhanging section made this an exciting
finale to the trip.

Ryan had even bigger plans
and set off with the lead Zermatt
guide to climb the Hornli Route
on the “big fellah” itself. (See p.
14.) Suffice it to say, Ryan not
only kept up with this lead dog,
but the photo of his return to the
Hornli Hut shows that he looked
a lot better than the guide.
When we met up for dinner
with longtime Mazama and
climber extraordinaire Jim Craig,
who was vacationing in Zermatt,
Ryan, Gary and Jim made a
threesome of Matterhorn veteran
summiteers the rest of us could
only sit and admire.
Even my aching back (brace
and all) was up to the “challenge”
of the Breithorn. At 4,165 meters
and, from downtown Zermatt a
most impressive and forbidding
peak, it can be “climbed” easily
with the help of two tram rides
and a walk through the tunnel
of the Kleine Matterhorn, which
deposits you on the Italian side of the ridge south of Zermatt
and leaves just a roped ascent of a snow-covered summit
dome. The highlight of the ascent may have been when,
just as I led my rope team to the summit, a paraglider rode
an upwelling current and
appeared out of the corner
of my eye, rising up the steep
Zermatt-side face no more
than a few yards away, smiling
and waving.
Gornergrat at 3,100 meters
is a delightful, steep hike with
the de rigueur train ride back
to town. It features scientific
observatories, restaurants,
souvenir shots, “the highest
shopping mall” on the planet
and, of course, views of
“
dramatic peaks and glaciers. On most of the steep and tall
hikes, you see almost no one ascending and only a few hearty
souls (who took the train up) descending. One exception was
this hike, on which a runner passed me going up like I was
standing still.
Our days in Zermatt ended all too soon, and early one
morning we took the train (seen off despite the early morning
hour by Jim and Marilyn Craig) to Chamonix, and a chance
for me to use my mediocre French, which I did with varying
degrees of success.
Ah, Cham (as the aficionados say) … a place for the relentlessly
outdoorsy, but in France. The food was now French.
What a delight to be able to order in French and pay in Euros.
Mary Heim on an exposed Klettersteig. Photo by Erika Markel
Just as I led my rope team to the summit, a
paraglider rode an upwelling current and
appeared out of the corner of my eye,
rising up the steep Zermatt-side face no
more than a few yards away, smiling and
waving.
There is a certain something about eating in France that is
special—as Susan Nelson so aptly put it, “eating out continental
style, slow and relaxed, no hovering waiters.”
Like Zermatt, there are hikes and climbs in all directions
from the valley floor, with
trains, gondolas and trams to
either take you up or bring you
back down. As usual I hiked
up and rode down, but others
had more exciting adventures.
Led by Gary, they rode up from
Chamonix, taking the tram up
to the Aiguille du Midi (3,842
”
m), descending the ridge to
the glacier, hiking across the
glacier to the Italian side, and
returning via gondola to the
tram and then down to town.
I settled for a hike up from Cham (1,042 m) to the Plan de
l’Aiguille (2,317 m) and a tram to the Aiguille du Midi and
back down to town.
Gary’s wife, Sally, Lon and Susan Nelson, and Marty
Hanson took the train up to the wonderfully named Mer de
Glace (sea of ice), where a gondola from the train provides
access to the glacier.
Each venue we visited had so many options for hiking,
biking, climbing, sightseeing, photography and exploring.
This short summary barely skims the surface. The short hike
inside Trummelbach Mountain with a dozen waterfalls themselves
inside the mountain barely merits a sentence.
The Alps truly have to be experienced to be believed. s
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Climbing an Icon:
My Journey up the Matterhorn
by Ryan Christie
Zermatt, Switzerland, evokes one image: The Matterhorn. Its presence is omnipotent
wherever you are in the Zermatt valley. When I started making preparations for our threeweek
trip to Switzerland, climbing this magnificent and iconic mountain was one of my
foremost goals.
I had been told that I could not climb it without a guide,
and that no one else in our party was going to be climbing
with me. So essentially I had to do it by myself, and it would
cost at least a thousand dollars to make this goal a reality. I
figured that this may be a once-in-a-lifetime chance, so I went
online and signed up with the local guiding service.
For two days following our arrival in Zermatt, the mountain
was shrouded in clouds of its own creation. (Big mountains
really do create their own weather.) When the Matterhorn
finally revealed itself to us, it was breathtaking.
In anticipation of the climb, I did a lot of hiking, along
The Matterhorn. Photo by Gerald Itkin
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with leading a four-pitch 5.6 rock climb in the days leading
up to the main event. The morning of the approach, the rest
of our group headed out to climb the Breithorn, another
4,000-meter peak in the area. I spent most of the day relaxing
until it was time to head up to the Hornli Hutte on the
shoulder of the mountain, where I would be spending the
night. At 3:30 p.m. I set out for the first of two gondola lifts
that would whisk me up to about 8,000 feet. From there I
climbed another 2,400 feet, arriving at about 5:45 p.m.
As soon as I checked in, there was a commotion outside. I went
out to see a helicopter landing on the undersized helipad next
to the building. As I watched, a rescuer strapped
into the helicopter and connected himself to the
lowering winch. They took off and flew up to
about 12,000 feet on the ridge, where the rescuer
was lowered to pick up an injured climber. Before
long the fallen climber was back at the hut being
attended to by medical personnel.
After dinner I met with my guide, and by the
luck of the draw, I got the head guide! This meant
that we would be the first ones on the route.
The Swiss have very strict rules about guiding,
especially on the Matterhorn. Unguided climbers
are allowed, but they must wait until around
4:20 a.m., after all the guides have started up the
mountain with their clients. As the first one on the
mountain in the pre-dawn, I had the privileged
view of approximately 75 headlamps dotting the
route down the mountain behind me.
Once everyone had met with their guides, we
were encouraged to go to bed early since we would
be getting an alpine start. I went to bed and read
my book (View from the Summit, by Sir Edmond
Hillary) until the lights went out. Now when I say
“bed,” what I really mean is “bunk.” I shared my
bunk with 11 other people and had a bunk over
my head with 12 people in it! I put my ear buds
in to block out the noises of the old building with
my music, but it didn’t help me to sleep.
I was too keyed up, so I was still awake at
around 10 p.m. when I heard the rescue helicopter
come back, land and take off again.
For about five minutes, I could hear the rotors
beating the air in the distance, so I sat up to look
out the window. There was a spotlight illumi-

nating the ridge some 3,000 feet above where I
lay. While I watched, the spotlight went out, and
I could see the helicopter move away from the
ridge, with the light of a headlamp suspended a
hundred feet below it. I continued to watch the
ridge and saw more headlamps moving around
where that one had been plucked. Four more
headlamps were moving down the ridge below
that spot and another group of two more below
that. These three groups of climbers had been
on the mountain for over fifteen hours! They
had obviously gotten off route and lost their
way. With two helicopter rescues in one night,
this climb was getting more exciting.
The next morning, people started moving
around and getting ready before the requisite
wake-up time; because I couldn’t sleep either, I
did the same. We ate a quick breakfast of toast,
jam and tea, then launched ourselves into the
night. Starting at the base of the route, it was
straight up a vertical wall using a rope with knots
in it to help pull ourselves up. For the next three
hours we hauled ourselves up ropes and rocks in
a variation of face climbing and ridge climbing
up to 5.4. My guide, Richard, was moving as fast
as I could go. At one point he asked me about
the pace, and I told him that he could slow down
a bit, but his speed didn’t seem to change.
We reached the Solvay Hutte, an emergency
shelter about two-thirds of the way up, as dawn
started to lighten the sky around us. From
there we climbed straight up a crack, the most
technically difficult pitch of rock climbing on
the route. Until then, I had simply followed
my guide 10 to 20 feet behind on a rope leash
that he would loop over horns of rock along the way in case
I slipped. At that point, however, he led the pitch while I
waited. Once he was at the top, he looped the rope around a
steel bar sticking out of the mountain and belayed me up.
Before long we were crossing patches of snow and ice. We
stopped and put on our crampons where we stood because there
was nowhere flat enough to sit down. (The whole climb was like
that.) Then we made our way up the 60-degree-plus snow slope
of the north face, through the clouds and onto the summit. The
snow conditions were great, and we had 270-degree views east
to Monte Rosa, south into Italy, and west along the line of the
summit ridge. Through the clouds to the west, I could see a cross
and the Italian summit of the Matterhorn. I was told that Swiss
guides were not allowed to go to the Italian summit and Italian
guides were not allowed to go to the Swiss summit, which was
OK because we were standing on the true summit.
Most mountains look like they have such a small summit
until you get there and realize that it’s much more spacious on
top than expected. This was not the case on the Matterhorn,
which has a very narrow and corniced ridge wide enough for
only one person at a time. From the east where we climbed
onto the ridge, it was only 15 or 20 feet to where it dropped
Ryan Christie escorts his guide back to the Hornli Hutte.
Photo by Erika Markel
down again into a depression before rising again to the Italian
side, the whole of which was maybe 50 feet end to end. We
spent less than 10 minutes on top taking pictures and taking
in the views. Due to our speedy ascent, we didn’t have to share
our summit with anyone. By the time the next climbers were
coming up, we were on our way back down.
The trip down the mountain was at the same breakneck
speed as our flight up the mountain, and we were back down
to the base again by 10:05 a.m. The only scare came when,
after crossing a patch of wet snow, I stepped down a steep friction
slab and my feet went out from under me. I landed on
my butt and started sliding but made it only a couple of feet
before being stopped by my leash. I am glad I hired a guide.
When we got back to the Hornli Hutte, my new bride,
Erika, the Reverend Gary Beck, Mary Heim and Lon Nelson
were there to greet me. We had taken 5 hours and 45 minutes
to go to the summit and back. Richard said that it was his 206th
successful summit, and he hadn’t climbed it that fast in a long,
long time. Of approximately 80 people on the mountain that
day, we were the second fastest team to climb it! My feelings of
pride and jubilation will last for many years to come, thanks to
everyone who made this successful climb possible. s
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My 40th Year, Mt. Hood
by Keith K. Daellenbach
Our newborn caused me to reset climbing expeditions to far off places, and, turning 40 in
June 2007, I looked close to home for adventure to commemorate my 40th year. As the crow
flies, the summit of Oregon’s highest peak, at 11,239 feet, is 48 miles east-southeast of my
home. I decided to climb Mt. Hood once each month.
The final summit of Keith Daellenbach’s 40th year.
Photo by George Laird
“Wy’east” is Mt. Hood’s Native American name. Legend
has it that Wy’east competed with his brother, Pahto (Mt.
Adams), for the affection of the beautiful maiden Loowit
(Mount St. Helens). In their ensuing eruptive battles, the
Bridge of the Gods crossing Wimahl (the Columbia River)
was destroyed. Lieutenant William Robert Broughton of
Captain George Vancouver’s expedition named it “Mt.
Hood” after the British Royal Navy’s Lord Samuel Hood
after sighting it on October 29, 1792, from near the mouth
of the Willamette River. Vancouver commented, “A very
distant high snowy mountain now appeared rising beautifully
conspicuous in the midst of an extensive tract of low, or
moderately elevated, land.”
Having summited Mt. Hood a dozen times previously by
four routes (South Side, Wy’east, Leuthold, Sandy Glacier), I
wondered what adventure might remain. My first mountain
climb was the South Side when, as a high school sophomore,
my geology teacher, Mr. (Doug) Eaton, led me to the summit
in February 1984.
My commemorative 40th year got off to an auspicious
start. Friends Jon Siok and Toni Roberts were getting married
at Silcox Hut on June 30. Climbing associate Scott Perkins
of Atlanta and I climbed the Sunshine Route and descended
South Side with Keith Langenwalter and Brian Flick. Scott led
a 4th-class mixed crux above Snow Dome, and I led through
crevasses and the steep upper Coe Glacier. We enjoyed the
nuptials, gemütlichkeit and alpenglow later that day from
Silcox Hut. Two days later, Scott, Jon, and I teamed up for
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our first reunion climb since Cerro Aconcagua in 2000, along
with John Putnam, via South Side.
In August, I soloed the remote Cathedral Ridge and
descended South Side. This ridge is the mountain’s left skyline
from Portland. I hiked the Mazama Trail (thank you Ray
Sheldon et al.!) and reached the McNeil Point Shelter past
dark. I slept under krummholz in my emergency space bag,
occasionally warming up with arm windmills. The view from
this remote flank of the Sandy Glacier headwall is spectacular.
I headed up at first light, the day marking the 130th anniversary
of the first ascent by Newton Clark, William Smith, and
Elmer Rand. There was a short, steep ice section on the upper
Glisan Glacier and then many routefinding decisions skirting
gendarmes never harder than class 4.
I thought September would be the hardest because the
absence of fresh snow would make the South Side ascent up
the Coalman Glacier tricky. It was cloudy, windy and dark as
I started, but I broke out of the clouds before Silcox Hut and
followed the Magic Mile and Palmer chair lifts. There was no
snow until I reached the terminal moraine damming a small
pond at the base of the low-angle Coalman Glacier. Gaining
the Hogsback proved difficult because of poor purchase on
hard glacial ice. Above, I picked my way up the Old Chute
using French technique and, after taking a small rock on the
chin, gained the dusty summit. A sea of clouds was below,
and by the time I returned to the Palmer lift, the summit was
engulfed in a menacing lenticular. I dropped into the clouds
like an airplane on final approach.
The first fall snow on Mt. Hood marks the change of
seasons. In 2007, the first snow fell on September 28. This
past winter presented one of the harshest in recent memory.
The strongest La Niña in eight years produced a cold, wet
winter. At Timberline Lodge, 869 inches of snow fell, and a
maximum 224 inches of snow accumulated at the USDA Mt.
Hood Test Site (5,400 ft) below Timberline Lodge on April 25.
That said, October’s solo climb up South Side was a pleasant
surprise under a nearly full moon, clear skies and a light breeze.
The mountain was covered in the first well-settled snow of the
season. With no crowds, it must be a secret that conditions
could be so good. After summiting and descending, I was back
in Portland sitting at my work desk by noon.
Chris Haagen, up from the Bay Area, joined me on my
November climb of Cooper Spur. We started early from
Cloud Cap, and the katabatic winds buffeted us severely
as we approached Tie-In Rock in the dark. Higher up, we
crossed two rock bands with one short 50-degree ice section
simul-climbed using pickets for protection. This is not a route
I would wish to descend, for it receives the sun’s first rays,

softening the snow early. We descended South Side.
Storms battered the mountain in December and on only three
days did it not rain in Portland. Finally, a brief window appeared
to materialize so I struck out with “Mr. Mazama,” Monty Smith,
to climb the Newton Clark Glacier headwall from Mt. Hood
Meadows. It ended up being one more successful test of “red
sky in morning, sailors take warning.” We made it to 9,100 feet
on the lower headwall when the brilliant pink alpenglow quickly
turned to whiteout, so we bailed. I gave it one more try on the
last day of the year with my dad, Chuck Daellenbach, and Chris
Haagen, but we were turned back by wretched weather and
extreme avalanche conditions. I got skunked!
A break in January’s storms offered a brief window when
the cold, clear winds blasting the summit receded as a high
pressure system moved slightly east, allowing me to hit the
summit via “Direttissima Sud.” February’s solo climb was
deep snow up South Side and required climbing an icechoked
55-degree tunnel-like gully through which I bashed
up phantasmic rime ice formations below the West Crater
Rim to the summit. In March, Chris Haagen joined me on
the deep snow slog up South Side. I was able to touch the
Palmer’s ski lift cable hanging from the mid-station pulley.
I soloed South Side again in April. To avoid crowds and
minimize objective hazards from falling rock and ice, I timed
the climb to reach the summit at sunrise. I made tracks through
deep snow all the way, especially right below the Hogsback,
Item
#
South Side:
Location North Latitude West Longitude
where I sank to my knees. I reached the summit crest at
sunrise and saw the morning sun glinting off the Columbia
River far below. It was a spiritual, contemplative moment on
the summit, looking out over it all, thankful for the good life
I have been given, thankful for the steel it took to summit. My
last summit push in May was with first-time climber George
Laird via South Side. On the summit, we found fresh marten
tracks. I was glad for our early summit bid, for we passed more
than a hundred climbers on the descent.
Epilogue:
My disappointment for not having summited all twelve
months of my 40th year was appeased by circumnavigating
the mountain on alpine touring skis in late March. Jim Mount
and Ralph Calkin first accomplished this traverse on April
29, 1934, from Cloud Cap Inn. For this project I called up
the meat, Doug Hutchinson, a hardman closer. Our 11.2mile
clockwise tour from Timberline Lodge took us across
10 glaciers (Palmer, Zigzag, Reid, Sandy, Glisan, Ladd, Coe,
Eliot, Newton Clark, and White River) with a total elevation
gain of 5,200 feet and took 10 hours and 7 minutes. This
amazing big mountain tour deserves to be more popular. For
my 40th year, I came home for my staycation on Mt. Hood, a
place for adventure, mystery and love of life. These climbs are
dedicated to our boy, Micah Christian; may he never forget
from whence he came. s
Elevation
(feet)
Distance from Timberline
Lodge (miles)
1 Timberline Lodge 45° 19.885’ 121° 42.623’ 5,959 0
2 Top of Palmer Ski Lift 45° 21.518’ 121° 42.309’ 8,515 2.0
3 Southeast Base of Crater Rock 45° 22.113’ 121° 41.941’ 10,182 2.8
4 Hogsback 45° 22.246’ 121° 41.945’ 10,458 3.0
5 West Crater Rim/Old Chute 45° 22.424’ 121° 41.868’ 11,187 3.3
6 Summit 45° 22.410’ 121° 41.756’ 11,243 3.4
Circumnavigation Tour:
1 Illumination Saddle 45° 22.104’ 121° 42.504’ 9,316 2.8
2 Yocum Ridge 45° 22.614’ 121° 43.324’ 7,580 4.0
3 Cathedral Ridge #1 45° 23.076’ 121° 42.624’ 7,968 5.1
4 Cathedral Ridge #2 45° 23.228’ 121° 42.429’ 7,933 5.3
5 Coe Glacier 45° 23.127’ 121° 41.407’ 8,201 6.2
6 Snow Dome 45° 22.856’ 121° 41.288’ 8,626 6.7
7 Cooper Spur 45° 22.512’ 121° 41.027’ 8,985 7.2
8 Newton Clark Glacier 45° 21.472’ 121° 41.135’ 8,288 8.4
9 White River Glacier 45° 21.287’ 121° 41.428’ 7,951 8.8
10 Palmer Glacier 45° 20.894’ 121° 42.145’ 7,347 9.6
203° TN bearing from southeast base of Crater Rock to top of Palmer ski lift; 16° 29’ East of North magnetic declination
Table: Mt. Hood Coordinates (Garmin eTrex Vista HCx, Datum: NAD83/WGS 84)
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Bolivia Trekking and Climbing
by Steve Heikkila
The rustic block and mortar refugio at Huayna Potosi base camp is unheated, and at roughly
15,500 feet at midnight on June 26 (five days after the South American winter solstice) it’s
quite cold—only in the teens Fahrenheit indoors. Six of the 10 members of the Mazama
Bolivia outing lie on thin mattresses, bundled deeply in their sleeping bags, thankful to be
sleeping indoors for the first time in six days. We all struggle to get some much-needed sleep
before climbing to the 17,000-foot high camp and hopefully, on the following day, into
mountaineering’s coveted 6,000-meter club.
I lie curled in the fetal position with stomach cramps,
listening to Kurt Hiland snoring lightly next to me. His
breathing pattern has a mesmerizing Cheyne-Stokes pattern
to it. Every three to five minutes he snores loudly and powerfully
for about five rapid breaths. The breaths are emphatic
and desperate, and then they simply stop. It’s quite different
from the breathing pattern I’ve grown accustomed to from my
tent mate, John Schmitt, who essentially stops breathing altogether
for nearly a full minute. Just when I fear that he may
have expired in his sleep, he suddenly gasps for breath and
pants a few times before resuming a normal breathing cycle. I
do it as well. I know because I frequently wake up gasping for
breath as though I am drowning. The panic-induced surge of
adrenaline makes it difficult to fall back asleep.
Most of us are suffering from varying degrees of gastrointestinal
distress, and all of us are on the acclimatization drug
Diamox, one of the side effects of which is frequent urination,
so every 45 minutes or so someone gets up to use the
bathroom. Occasionally I hear Benjamin Vincent, our outing
leader, break into violent coughing fits. He has asthma and
has been having a rough time acclimatizing. His cough is
alarmingly deep, raw, and raspy. I’m impressed that he’s even
attempting to summit.
For most of us, the acclimatization process began on
Sunday, June 15, the first day of the outing. Ben, John and I,
along with Dyanne Foster, Julie Zeidmen, Joan Schaan and
Stone heads at pyramid ruins: Tiwanaku, Bolivia. Photo by Steve Heikkila
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Missy Maxwell, flew from the Lima airport to the Peruvian
city of Juliaca near Lake Titicaca. Lima, a coastal city, is at
sea level, whereas Juliaca is at over 12,000 feet. Consequently,
stepping off the plane was akin to being instantly transported
to the summit of Mt. Adams. You feel it immediately: the
shortness of breath and light-headedness that attends even
mild exertion, the thumping pulse in the temples that heralds
an approaching headache.
Once packed into a green van, we careened through the
packed, narrow streets of Juliaca on our way to the town of
Puno, 45 minutes south along the coast of Lake Titicaca.
With the exception of the bright, colorful clothing that the
indigenous Peruvian women wear, everything in the town
is a drab and dusty brown. The buildings are made either
of earthen bricks that are virtually indistinguishable from
the ground itself or from reddish-brown clay construction
blocks (the South American correlate to our concrete cinderblocks).
Nothing is painted. Everything exists in natural
earth tones that blend into the high-desert background. The
only splash of color you see on structures comes from handpainted
advertisements on the walls, soliciting support for
political candidates in elections long since passed, or peddling
consumer products like Inca Kola, a bizarrely fantastic, lightly
carbonated soft drink with a vaguely vanilla flavor and the
luminescent color of antifreeze.
We spent our first afternoon visiting the Uros Islands—a
complex of huge floating islands crafted of reeds
by the Uros, a pre-Incan ethnic group. Here we
rendezvoused with the remaining two members
of our group: Eric Hoem and Paul Steger. Some
of these islands are massive—big enough to
support several families and their homes—and
there are over 40 of them. Almost everything
is constructed from the totora reeds that grow
abundantly in the lake: huge reed boats, buildings
and huts, towers, and of course the very
islands themselves. We traveled by boat to one
of the islands and were met by a stout, healthylooking
man wearing a colorful Inca hat, and
his wife, a cherubic, smiling woman with long
black pigtails, wearing the indigenous Andean
women’s trademark bowler hat and bright blue
multi-layered petticoats. Like most traditionally
dressed Native American women of the

Andean Altiplano, her long pigtails were tethered
together by large ornamental tassels, which
performed the practical function of keeping the
pigtails from dangling on the ground when she
bent forward.
These reed islands originally had a defensive
purpose. The Uros have been living on them
for hundreds of years. It’s hard to imagine
what their economy consisted of all of these
centuries and how they’ve managed to subsist in
such an improbable place. That’s part of what
makes these artificial islands so amazing and
awe-inspiring, and yet in another sense this is
also what is disappointing about them. Despite
their history, the Uros Islands are now a classic
“tourist trap” where inhabitants ply a hard-sell
souvenir trade on their temporarily captive audience.
That’s not to say, by the way, that they
aren’t a must-see for anyone visiting the region.
On the following day we traveled south
along the coast of Lake Titicaca and crossed
the border into Bolivia. Along the way we
visited the Complejo Arqueológico Sillustani,
a complex of pre-Incan burial towers (huge cylindrical stone
structures reaching 40 to 50 feet tall), and in the Peruvian
town of Chuchito, the fertility ruins of Inca Uyo (a temple
complex consisting of rows and rows of stone phalluses). As
an anti-colonial gesture, the town’s Catholic church has a
stone phallus in the church tower rather than the customary
Christian cross.
Once across the border we worked our way to the resort
town of Copacabana on the
shores of Lake Tititcaca, which
proved to be unexpectedly
“
colorful compared to Puno
and, for that matter, most of
the rest of Bolivia. We stayed
in a hotel called La Cupala,
which is situated on a hillside
overlooking the entire town.
The view is amazing. The
town sits in a valley along the
coast of Lake Titicaca. Most of the buildings are painted in
pastels. Pinks and yellows and pale blues abound. In the center
of town is a huge cathedral. To the right is a little bay where
dozens of boats of various sizes were docked. The hillsides all
around are terraced to make use of every bit of arable land for
as far as the eye can see along the shoreline, but there is no
sign of current agricultural activity. They are ruins, remnants
testifying to the agricultural needs of an extremely large Incan
and pre-Incan population. This town would be our home for
the next several days and nights—a launching point for visits
to The Islands of the Sun (Isla del Sol) and the Moon (Isla de
la Luna), sacred sites central to Incan civilization.
Landing on Isla de la Luna, home of the Inca goddess
Mama Quila, we visited the ruins of a temple to the Virgins
of the Sun. The temple ruins consist of three rectangular stone
Group shot near Condoriri Base Camp—Cabesa de Condor in background.
Photo by Steve Heikkila
Sometime between the ages of 14 and 16,
the girls would be taken to Isla del Sol to
enjoy the dubious honor of being offered as
human sacrifices to the gods.
buildings enclosing a large grassy courtyard. Our guide—a
very knowledgeable and affable fellow from La Paz named
Caesar—explained that young virgin girls from all over the
Inca world, if their families were lucky enough to be selected
for such a privilege, would come to live at this compound. It
functioned as a kind of nunnery where the girls occupied their
time creating textiles and other handicrafts. Then, sometime
between the ages of 14 and 16, they’d be taken to Isla del Sol
to enjoy the dubious honor of
being offered as human sacri-
fices to the gods.
Isla del Sol, home of the
Inca god Inti, proved to be
much larger and far less “tour-
”
isty” than Isla de la Luna. After
a lunch of trucha (trout was
introduced to Lake Titicaca
from Canada in the mid-20th
century) and French fries (the
Andes are the birthplace of the potato, so French fries come
with nearly every Bolivian meal), we went on a five-mile
hike down the length of the island along an old Incan trail,
which was quite beautiful. The trail meanders through several
traditional villages, simple, primitive places with gardens,
populated, in addition to people, with donkeys, pigs, sheep,
llamas and alpacas.
Caesar proved to be a delight. It was Caesar who first
told us about the Tiwanaku culture that predated the Incas.
Whereas Inca culture thrived only several hundreds of years
before being destroyed by the Spanish, Tiwanaku culture
spanned a millennium—dying out only around 1200 A.D.
Consequently, much that is attributed to the Incas—from
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architecture and art to hydrology, agriculture, and political
economy—was simply appropriated from the Tiwanaku. If
the Inca are more famous, it’s only because they were immortalized
by their Spanish conquerors.
On our final morning in Copacabana, Caesar agreed to
take us to the Stations of the Cross—a Roman Catholic
holy site at the summit of the very mountain on which our
little hotel rests. From the back of a churchyard, the faithful
climb a series of stone steps to the top. The path is extremely
steep in places, and as we climbed we could all feel the
altitude. At the top is a monument consisting of a series of
huge crosses. As the highest point in the area, the views of
Copacabana are spectacular, which makes the strenuous trek
well worth it.
Caesar explained that the worn stone steps were pre-colonial.
In fact, the entire site used to be an Incan temple. The
Spanish co-opted the site for the glory of the Catholic Church,
but they left the original foundation and path intact. This is
actually a rather apt metaphor for the way Christianity functions
in Bolivia in general. About two-thirds of the way to the
top there is a large altar with a glass-enclosed, painted statue
of Jesus. Stopping to rest, we noticed some local people in the
corner being attended by an old man wearing a colorful alpaca
Inca hat who was clearly not a Roman Catholic priest. He was
burning some sort of incense on top of an altar table. Caesar
explained that this appeared to be a purification ceremony—
not Catholic but traditional. Many traditional ceremonies
occur here, he explained, and beer is an extremely important
element in most of them. “You open a beer and pour it on the
ground as an offer to Pachamama (Mother Earth),” Caesar
told us. “That’s why you see so many caps from beer bottles
on the ground.” For the first time I noticed them, hundreds
Huayna Potosi Summit: John Schmit, Steve Heikkila, Kurt Hiland.
Photo by Steve Heikkila
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of beer caps everywhere. The indigenous religious element
was suddenly so apparent that Julie asked Caesar if the people
before us were the faithful of some traditional indigenous
religion or Roman Catholics. Naturally Caesar replied, “They
are both.”
On June 18 our party traveled to the Bolivian capital of La
Paz, which is a remarkable journey in its own right. La Paz is a
city of nearly a million situated in a vast valley surrounded on
all sides by huge mountains. Consequently, the city is hidden
from view until you actually crest a prominent ridge on one
of the surrounding mountains. We entered the city through
El Alto, a vast, sprawling slum of nearly a million souls of its
own situated at 13,600 feet, and the fastest growing city in
Bolivia. The city is grim and dirty, and despite its huge size it
is packed with people. The poverty is obvious and unsettling.
Once over the rise, as we began to leave the city, our bus pulled
over to allow us to take photographs of La Paz opening up in
the valley below.
The city is huge. Like a sea of jewels, the twinkling lights
of its buildings carpet a massive valley that spans the entire
horizon. Despite the fact that I was over a thousand feet
above and several miles away, and the skyscrapers of the city
center appeared as tiny colorful spines, the city encompassed
my entire field of vision. Indeed, it was too big for me to take
in all at once. The experience was positively sublime. My
imagination couldn’t process what I was seeing. And behind
the city, as its pristine white backdrop, is 21,122-foot Illimani,
the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real, a section
of the Andes in which we would all soon be climbing. We all
jumped around, giddy with joy, snapping photos that would
prove woefully inadequate to their documentary goal. And
as if this weren’t picture-perfect enough, next to Illimani, as
we stared in awe, a full moon rose above the horizon, casting
the whole city in bright moonlight. This is arguably the most
spectacular cityscape in the world.
The next two days were spent sightseeing
and shopping in La Paz, where the only really
unfortunate event of the outing occurred. Ben’s
Gore-Tex shell—containing both his camera
and passport—was stolen from the back of his
chair in a local restaurant.
After La Paz the climbing portion of our
trip commenced. Loaded up on Diamox again,
we traveled to the Condoriri base camp 2,300
feet above La Paz, beginning with a bumpy bus
ride, and finishing with several miles of trekking
on foot with our gear packed on llamas and
donkeys.
A herd of pack llamas is quite a site to
behold. Llamas are not exactly cooperative
about being burdened with a load of climbing
gear. However, the herd instinct is very strong
in them. As long as you have a herding pen—in
the Bolivian Altiplano they consist of a three-
sided enclosure with walls about four feet high
and open on one end—and you can coax the
lead llama into the pen, you’ve got the whole

herd. This was the situation we encountered when the bus
dropped us off with all our gear seemingly in the middle of
nowhere. We climbed expedition style, with cooks, porters,
various animal shepherds, and several highly knowledgeable
guides from the outfitter who supplied most of our climbing
gear.
By the time we got to base camp, I had a thumping altitude
headache and took Extra Strength Excedrin. My GPS
read 15,317 feet, which was a new altitude record for most of
us. You enter the camp from the southwest, passing a small
alpine lake. All around are magnificent, jagged Andean peaks.
Straight up to the northeast is the glacier leading to Pequeño
Alpamayo—our first climbing objective. It is protected just
to the left by a peak called Pirámide, and due north is the
impressively intimidating Cabeza de Cóndor (head of the
Condor), a challenging second climbing option with several
pitches of 65-degree mixed climbing. There is a
spring in the midst of the camp with a garden
hose attached that spews water night and day,
and several bathroom structures made of stone.
While the days were relatively mild given the
elevation and season, the temperature quickly
plummeted the moment the sun went down,
driving the entire team into the mess tent to eat
dinner and drink hot coca tea. These cramped
sessions, huddled around a small table, built a
strong sense of camaraderie among the group.
The nights got quite cold, making the inevitable
Diamox-induced late-night tent exodus
most unpleasant. It was amazing how hard it
was to do anything at base camp. Just unzipping
my sleeping bag to sit up made me out
of breath. Leaning over to tie my boots made
me pant.
Our first full day at base camp, June 22,
happened to be Missy’s birthday. We spent the
day doing skills practice on relatively highangled
glacial ice. It was Missy’s first time in
crampons on a glacier, and although she was
along as a trekker with no aspirations to climb,
she learned to walk up 40-degree water ice using
French technique.
At around 3:00 the next morning, Julie,
Dyanne, John and I headed out with two
guides, Pedro Mamani and Patti Altamirano
(the first and only female climbing guide in
Bolivia) to summit two peaks: Pico Tarija
(17,275 ft) and Pequeño Alpamayo (17,750 ft).
The climbing to Pico Tarija was relatively easy
and uneventful until the last few hundred feet
before the summit block, where a snow ridge
narrows to a catwalk with extreme exposure.
The ridge falls off precipitously for thousands
of feet on either side at a grade of perhaps 70
degrees. This proved quite unsettling to most
of us as we gingerly crossed the hard spine of
snow, but after a bit of scrambling we were all
quickly on the rocky summit: our first Andean peak.
Moments after arriving on the summit, the sun crested
the side of Pequeño Alpamayo. The view was intimidating.
Pequeño Alpamayo is a steep sided spire of a mountain,
snowcapped with what appeared to be a very sharp, pointy
summit. Despite its name (Pequeño means ‘little’ in Spanish)
this peak was far taller than anything we’d encountered in the
Cascades. From where we sat we could see the route. First we
had to downclimb the severely exposed summit of Pico Tarija
along a steep section of 4th class rock wearing heavy double
boots. There is then a traverse along a narrow, exposed spine
of snow. Then the route is a straightforward climb up the
steep spire. From where we were standing it looked like 50
or 55 degrees.
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Steve Heikkila and John Schmit near summit of Pequeño Alpamayo.
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Julie was the first to acknowledge that the prospect of
climbing this thing scared the daylights out of her. She began
a round of self-deprecating chicken noises until we all began
to laugh nervously. Dyanne bowed out next, exclaiming that
she had nothing to prove.
John and I agreed to proceed. At the base of the spire
Pedro offered me the lead. “I will give you my two tools,” he
explained. “You will be our
anchor. It is very secure. You
will see.” And with that off
we went, up the steep spire,
with me leading the rope,
John behind me with his one
ice ax, and Pedro behind him
with my ice ax. The steepness
coupled with the high elevation
made for grueling work. John and I would climb maybe
four steps and rest—sometimes for a full minute. It was
absurdly slow going. The higher we got, the more extreme the
exposure. Reaching the summit was exhilarating.
Ben and Kurt made their own attempt the following day.
Both reached the summit of Pico Tarija. Kurt went on to
summit Pequeño Alpamayo.
On June 26 we all trekked several miles to the grim high
desert town of Tuni. We camped on the outskirts of town.
This was the last night we camped together as a group. The
next morning Eric, Paul, Joan and Missy began a three-day
trek to Huayna Potosi base camp. John, Dyanne, Kurt, Julie,
Ben and I trekked to a bus, which shuttled us back to El Alto
for supplies, and then directly to base camp for our night
indoors in the refugio.
Huayna Potosi high camp is a bit over 17,000 feet. The
whole camp is basically a pile of massive, automobile sized
boulders, with the flatter, more horizontal slabs reserved as
tent spots. There is a refugio there as well, but Pedro counseled
against its use, saying it was dirty, overcrowded, and
noisy. There were maybe 20 or 30 other climbers waiting
there: a French team, a few Brits, a few other Americans,
some Austrians, and several Spanish-speaking teams. High
winds were forecast, threatening our climb. Ben continued to
have difficulty breathing, so he and a guide, Andreas, planned
to head out an hour earlier than the rest of us to get a head
start—maybe 1:00 or 1:30 a.m.
We were suited up and stepping onto the glacier at around
2:30 a.m. It was bitterly cold. Patti, Julie and Dyanne headed
out on a rope team well ahead of us. Pedro, John, Kurt and
I were on the second rope. The first part is just a slog up
a long snowfield with some steep sections that made us all
suck wind hard. The climb becomes interesting at around
18,000 feet, where we hit a large crevasse. The lower lip of the
crevasse is about five feet lower than the upper lip, and it was
perhaps three feet across and unfathomably deep. Crossing
required stepping over onto the uphill crevasse wall, with ice
ax planted, and climbing kicked steps to the top. Just on the
other side we caught up with Ben. We actually recognized him
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“
The consequences of a slip would be dire,
and yet, surprisingly, there was no protection,
no hand line, no pickets. Nothing.
well ahead of time by his distinctive, brutal cough. He told us
later that he turned back at around 19,000 feet. He said he
simply couldn’t get enough air.
The sun rose at around 18,500 feet. A gain of 1,500 feet
had taken hours. Somewhere thereafter John began having
difficulty breathing. He suggested turning back for fear that
he was holding up the rest of us, but we convinced him to
go on “just a little further.” At 19,500 feet we happened
upon Dyanne, sitting in the sun. She’d begged off at this
point, claiming she was spent.
We were only 500 feet from the
summit, and yet I completely
understood. Looking up, the last
500 feet was extremely steep—
”
maybe 50 degrees—requiring
a long series of switchbacks
up the glacier. We could see
Patti and Julie high above us,
approaching the summit. This was the grueling, suffering
bit. Two steps, then rest. Two steps, then rest. I became dizzy
from exertion myself. I could feel my pulse pounding in my
temples. Only Kurt and Pedro seemed to continue to climb
strongly. Kurt runs marathons and Pedro, well … Pedro lives
in El Alto.
The challenge of climbing 19,974 foot Huayna Potosi is
the altitude. There’s nothing very technical about it. Much
to our surprise, however, when the last switchback placed
us on the summit ridge, we found ourselves on an icy, hard
knife-edge with unfathomable exposure. The opposite side
was perhaps a 70-degree slide into oblivion—many thousands
of feet—and maybe 55 degrees on our side. You walk right
along the ridge top, a little to one side at first, but eventually
right on top. The consequences of a slip would be dire, and
yet, surprisingly, there was no protection, no hand line, no
pickets. Nothing. The only thing that could have made it
worse would have been to have to depart from the frozen but
well-beaten path to allow a descending team to get by, which
of course is precisely what happened. As luck would have it, it
was Patti and Julie, who several days before passed on Pequeño
Alpamayo because the exposure and lack of trustworthy pro
had sketched her out. “How you doing Julie?” I asked her.
Omitting the expletives, she said something on the order of
“Oh my God! I can’t believe I’m even up here. I just want to
get off this thing!”
For a mountain so large, there is not much real estate
on top. Moreover, the summit is pitched at an angle so you
cannot set your pack down. It would simply slide off into the
abyss. We all immediately planted our ice axes deep into the
glacier and clove hitched into them to take in the view and
snap some photos. It’s not a comfortable place to hang out.
Apart from the first 100 feet or so, the down climb was
relatively uneventful. We climbed all the way back to base
camp and in no time were reunited with the rest of the
outing group and on the bus back to La Paz to wash off a
week’s worth of grime, eat in a proper restaurant, and sleep
in a proper bed. The next morning we began heading back to
Peru, and ultimately back home. s

Climbing Clementine
On a ridge high on a mountain
Where the wind doth howl and whine,
There’s a solitary climber,
Pining for his Clementine.
[Refrain:]
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling, Clementine,
Thou art lost and gone forever;
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
Army surplus was her clothing
Liber-ally caked in grime,
And her climb rope was cotton clothesline
That she had purchased for a dime.
[Refrain]
Skilled she was and most courageous,
So she always led the climb;
She put her foot into a cree-vass
And disappeared before her time.
[Refrain]
From within the icy cree-vass,
I could hear her yelling fine;
Alas for me, I couldn’t belay her,
So I lost my Clementine.
[Refrain]
by George Cummings
A thousand feet beneath the glacier
Where the sun can never shine,
Lies my frozen-hearted true love,
Preserved for everlasting time.
[Refrain]
When I rope up on a mountain
Preparing for to make a climb,
Her hoary ghost appears beside me,
Sending chills along my spine.
[Refrain]
Though she still would gladly lead me,
I regretfully decline,
’Cause I’m afraid of getting frostbite
If I hold her hand in mine.
[Refrain]
On a ridge high on the mountain,
Patiently I bide my time,
Till global warming melts the glacier
And resurrects my Clementine.
[Refrain]
Harken all you would-be climbers
To this woeful tale of mine;
If you can’t belay your sweetheart,
She will join sweet Clementine.
[Refrain]
Photo by Chuck Aude
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Brain Swelling, Bereavement and a Summit:
50 hours on Aconcagua
by David Zeps, M.D.
On a guided climb of Aconcagua (22,800 ft) in January 2008, my most intense experiences
were not the physical effort or the joy of success. Dealing with serious illness and death made
the summit anticlimactic.
After losing a day due to acute mountain sickness at Plaza
Argentina, my climbing party acclimatized well during a
10-day approach to high camp at 19,800 feet. I expected to
get some sleep before our 3 a.m. start for the summit. At about
11 p.m., a solo climber without a headlamp stumbled into our
camp shouting for water. A few minutes later, our lead guide
called me from my tent to examine the climber. The athleticlooking
young man was disoriented and seemed ill.
We internists are trained to consider multiple possible
diagnoses as we gather information about an ill person.
Perhaps it was my training or maybe it was fatigue and high
altitude that kept me from leaping to the obvious, but I spent
the next 30 minutes tediously arriving at the diagnosis. The
ill climber was a Latvian who spoke good English, yet he
was inconsistent and muddled in his responses. I thought his
stumbling entry into our camp was due to lack of a headlamp
and rocky, irregular terrain.
We got him out of the wind and minus-10-degree cold
into the guides’ three-man tent, now holding four men and a
ton of gear. Even sitting quietly, the Latvian was breathing 40
times a minute, twice the normal rate. His oral temperature
was 97 degrees (taken with a rectal thermometer, but the guy
turned out to be an ass, so it was OK). His lungs sounded
clear through a stethoscope, with no abnormal chest noises
David Zeps tops out on Aconcagua. Author’s collection
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and no frothy sputum. He couldn’t drink because of caked dry
secretions in his throat.
The disoriented climber suddenly lurched toward the tent
door, needing to pee. Our camp was on a rocky bench with
significant exposure to cliffs and steep scree, and at this point
he was my patient, so I went with him. He stumbled, needed
my help to get his fly opened and then fell forward into me.
“He is really ataxic,” I thought, and the diagnosis was finally
obvious. This dude had high altitude cerebral edema (HACE)
and could die.
I got him back in the tent; we arranged some packs to let
him rest in a semi-sitting, head-up posture. I gave him an
injection of dexamethasone from my medical kit. We offered
sips of water when he thought he could drink, but then
needed a plastic bag when he tried to vomit. We kept him
warm, radioed that we would need help, and were told to sit
tight until dawn, when the rescue team from Camp Berlin
would come up. The rescue team’s orders trumped the dictum
that the proper treatment of HACE is to descend, descend
and descend. So I nursed him through the night, hauling
him upright when he slumped down, helping him with a pee
bottle, offering sips of fluid and a plastic bag when he was
retching. Surprisingly, after a few hours he improved, and his
breathing slowed toward normal; he was more coherent and,
unlike me, slept a little.
We learned later that he had started climbing
with three friends, spending one night at Plaza
de Mulas (14,300 ft), one night at Nido de
Condores (17,500 ft) and then attempting the
summit with the intent to return to Plaza
de Mulas from the summit. His friends were
stronger and made the summit ahead of him.
He refused to turn back when they passed him
on their way down. He continued up, without
water or a headlamp, and, having had essentially
no acclimatization, he became ill. He made the
summit and somehow got down to our camp.
When the rescuers arrived after dawn, he
was still ataxic but could walk with support. He
was belligerent, making demands and speaking
angrily with the rescuers. I didn’t get involved
with why he was belligerent and didn’t care. He
was off my turf; he would survive. I was dogtired
and uncomfortable, much worse than after
an all-night shift at the hospital.
As two rescuers left our camp with the

Latvian, another guide asked me to go quickly
to a camp about 300 yards below ours. At
the lower camp, two other rescuers asked me
to examine someone inside a tent. Inside,
a young distraught Romanian woman was
sobbing and touching her husband’s face. I
introduced myself as a doctor and did a cursory
exam of her husband. He was dead and already
had blue-purple mottling of his face and torso.
There was no need for CPR, as impossible as it
would have been to try.
I put my ear on his chest to listen for a heartbeat,
knowing it was weird medical theatrics.
Taking 15-20 seconds for a solemn, symbolic
exam for vital signs before pronouncing him
dead seemed necessary to make it “official.”
Pronouncing someone dead when the deceased’s
spouse is present is a wrenching experience.
The pronouncement is so monumental I knew
I must use great care and sensitivity. Properly
done, the pronouncement of death seems to
move the spouse from initial disbelief to the
start of the grieving process.
After pronouncing him dead, the next hour was a blur
of trying to comfort the dead climber’s wife, allowing her
to speak and start grieving, and holding off the rescuers,
now body recovery, who simply wanted to pack up the body
and get on with their day. They were primarily interested
in my willingness to fill out some paperwork when I, as the
attending doctor on the scene, got down to the rescue station
at Plaza de Mulas.
Gradually, after maybe 20 minutes, the grieving spouse
lifted her hand from the corpse for the last time. After more
time sobbing, she agreed to leave the tent so the rescuers
could bundle up the body. The rescuers were not gentle, and
I tried to position myself between her and the body-bundling
scene to spare her seeing the body bumped and dropped and
flopped around as they got the corpse into a thick vinyl body
bag. The woman told me in English that her husband was a
climber, and they had paid for this long-anticipated trip with
borrowed money. He had not felt well for the last three days,
having some kind of abdominal pain. His guides thought it
was altitude or food but decided not to cancel the summit
attempt. She wanted him to go down but he refused. He had
complained of more pain the prior night but seemed to fall
asleep. She awoke and found him dead around 7 a.m. She
didn’t know how she would pay for getting the body back to
Romania.
She stepped past me to watch the rescuers carry the body
bag away. A guide from her group, who had been helping the
rescuers, came over and took her to another tent. I offered her
my sympathy and told her I would fill out the medical report
for the authorities. She didn’t seem to hear me.
Heading back up to our camp, my mind distracted, I made
the mistake of starting out too fast and within a dozen steps
was completely out of breath. I stopped for about 30 breaths
and then readjusted my pace to the altitude. Rest-stepping
The long descent. Photo by David Zeps
back to camp, I was drained. I wanted to go home, and the
whole business of being on Aconcagua seemed stupid. My
climbing team, on the other hand, was surprisingly enthusiastic,
talking about a summit attempt tomorrow and minimizing
the impact of this additional day’s delay. I just shut up.
I was amazed that my team could be upbeat.
At this point it was easier for me to ignore their enthusiasm,
get some cereal and tea, and climb into the tent to rest.
In the bright sun at nearly 20,000 feet, a tent is not a comfortable
place. It becomes a hot, bright, infrared-radiating capsule
that turns on and off, hot and cold with every passing cloud.
Being outside is worse. Any rest that day was fitful at best.
We decided on another 3 a.m. attempt but were awakened
that night about 10 p.m. by a distressed American climber,
without a headlamp, who, mercifully, could be redirected
to his own camp nearby and didn’t need more help. “Stupid
climber,” I thought.
Our summit attempt went well. I was second from the
last of our group of 10 to make the summit, but I’m good at
descending and felt stronger with each 1,000 feet of descent.
To compensate for our two lost days, we made the descent
from the summit to Plaza de Mulas down miles of loose screeover-ice
in one long effort. We arrived in Plaza de Mulas at
1 a.m. It was a 22-hour summit day, with a descent of 8,400
feet on the heels of a really bad night, but I felt OK. The guide
service had soup, bread and tea waiting at Plaza de Mulas, and
we slept in a frame tent with a loose plywood floor. Even in
our sleep we sensed more oxygen in the air.
In the morning I visited the rescue hut, where a very attractive
Argentine doctor helped me fill out the report regarding
the Romanian’s death. We discussed the case but came to no
conclusions. She thought there would be an autopsy. The
whole incident seemed routine to her.
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Hiking Through History in Northern Spain
Buen Camino!
by Janice B. Moss
The pilgrimage trail across northern Spain, called El Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St.
James, runs from the Pyrenees Mountains in the east to Santiago de Compostela in the west.
The trail runs for 500 miles and dates back well over a thousand years.
The trail has been traversed by people of all faiths and
stations in life, from farmers to nobles to modern movie stars.
In October 2008 a group of nine Mazamas added themselves
to the list. We hiked the trail and soaked up the Spanish countryside
and culture. We absorbed the Spanish history and were
amazed at the old architecture. We enjoyed the exquisite food
and locally made wine as well as grappa, a local heavy mead.
Our outing was 17 days long, so we walked only portions
of the trail from Burgos to Santiago, where the pilgrimage
culminates at the tomb of St. James in the magnificent cathedral
that stands in the Plaza del Obradoire in Santiago de
Compostela. Our guide on the trip was good-humored Carlos
Linares, who spoke perfect English and was a walking history
book. Our minibus driver, the very gracious “Pepe,” spoke no
English at all.
Our outing was jam packed and nonstop. How else could
you fit the sights and happenings of centuries into our short
visit?
The architecture of the churches is incredible. Each
building told a visual story. Spain’s history was sculpted,
The group takes a break at the rock monument. Photo by Carlos Linares
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painted and carved on and in the structures. The architecture
spans from Medieval, Gothic, Romanesque, Baroque and
Fresco styles to the styles of Spain’s occupying forces, such as
the Romans, Visigoths, Moors and so on.
Our first two days were in Madrid, taking in museums,
plazas, palaces and shopping, and eating an incredible array of
tasty tapas. We traveled by bus to the train station where we
started a four-hour train ride to the medieval town of Burgos.
This is where we began our pilgrimage trail.
Thanks to the undertaking of a monk in the 1960s, the
trail now is well marked. He refurbished the stone markings
and painted yellow arrows all the way. Because of his efforts,
getting lost or off trail is difficult. Yellow arrows and carved
scallop shells, the symbols of the trail, are found on posts,
pavement and the sides of buildings; these guide you through
the towns and villages.
People from all around the world hike and bike the
pilgrimage trail. As we set out on the camino, we crossed a
medieval Roman bridge, and I caved in to my John Wayne
urge to say “Hey Pilgrim.” Once I got that out of the
way, I became comfortable with
the official trail greeting of “Buen
Camino.”
We were honored to receive a
camino passport, usually reserved
for pilgrims traveling the entire
trail. Carlos was able to persuade
the officials to give us passports,
and we filled the pages with stamps
dispensed by priests and officials
at hostel points along the trail. It
was a lot like collecting Olympic
pins. These stamps are treasures in
themselves. Those that complete
the entire trail by foot or bicycle
receive a certification, but we were
happy with the stamps.
The portions of the trail we
walked were very scenic and gave us
a good sampling of the culture and
lifestyle of Spain. We had a choice
of a long or short daily hike, which
was a nice option to have. We met
many friendly folks. One memorable
couple was from Australia.
They were traveling by bike with

Bob Vreeland wards off evil spirits. Photo by Carlos Linares
their dogs in a carrier in the back. They had been on the trail
three months.
We spent two nights in the large city of Leon. It is the
home of the Cathedral Ventanele, famed for its beautiful
stained-glass windows. It is still an active church, and it hosted
several weddings the day we were there. Siesta hours in Spain
are from 2 to 5 in the afternoon. The shops close and the
streets are pretty bare. At 6 p.m. the shops open again and
the streets come alive with wall-to-wall people. Traditionally
dinners aren’t until at least 8 p.m.
Back on the camino, we spent one night in the village of
Rabanal del Camino. The quaint inn where we stayed had
a beauty, charm and serenity that captured everyone. We
enjoyed a church service of monks chanting in the evening.
We also enjoyed the local specialty of delicious kale soup.
The next morning we started our ascent
through the Cebreiro mountain pass that marks
the divide between Castilla-Leon and Galicia.
The weather changed drastically due to the
elevation of 4,241 feet. We were in the clouds,
which we mistook for fog. We stayed overnight
in the mystical Celtic town of Cebreiro.
It was cold and rainy, which made this area,
already fabled for witches, even spookier. As we
ascended the trail, there were crosses made from
twigs strewn along the fences which, according
to legend, kept the evil spirits away. Tales of
haunting are prevalent in this area. A hearty meal
at the Celtic inn warmed us, and for dessert we
were treated to the famous almond torte, which
is the official dessert of that section of the camino
and an instant favorite with all of us.
Once we descended the pass, the weather
returned to warm and sunny. We had exceptional
weather at the lower elevations for the
whole trip. When we started the camino, Carlos
told us to collect a stone from the trail and keep it with us
throughout our journey. He said we would eventually come
to a monument-in-progress where everyone traveling the trail
would place their stone onto the pile. When we got to the
marker, Carlos revealed that the size of the stone represented
the amount of treasure and blessings you would receive in
heaven. When he said that, we all scrambled to find bigger
stones. Size does matter!
We saw signs everywhere in Spain that they respected and
wanted to preserve their historic past while moving forward in
the modern world. Everywhere, windmills dotted the hills and
rolling plains, harnessing energy from the wind.
We continued on to Sarria, where we stayed at a beautiful
farmhouse. That evening we were treated to a sangria
ceremony to ward off evil spirits, with a flaming cauldron of
brew being stirred while chanting incantations. Bob Vreeland
got the honor of reciting the incantations in English.
Onward we went past the bare red dirt hills where in antiquity
the Romans mined gold. We passed burial sites of knights
and nobles, visited old monasteries, walked past Roman walls,
and went over stone bridges to the Mount of Joy leading into
Santiago de Compostela. The city streets were lined with
shops, the restaurants displayed seafood and several whole
octopuses in their windows, and the great cathedral pinnacles
rose above all else.
Our final dinner of the trip was the traditional Spanish
seafood paella. We were also served baked scallops in the
shell and were allowed to take the shell for a keepsake. Our
camino passports complete, we were good to go! Thanks to
our wonderful outing guide Carlos, we bridged the language
barrier and were steeped in the rich history of his country. A
great time was had by all, and best of all everyone stayed in
good health.
It is difficult to relay the soulful earthiness of the region of
Spain that we explored, but if you have the opportunity to go
there, I highly recommend that you do. Vaya con Dios! s
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. Photo by Janice Moss
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Annapurna Circuit Trek
by Bob Breivogel
I led this trip, with Jim Ronning of Newberg assisting. We were joined by Mark Salter of
Covington, Washington, Sue Dimin and Matthew Marquardt from Portland, and Pat Riley
of Florence.
Jim and I had co-led the Mazama Khumbu trek in October
2006 and were eager to return to the Himalayas and see a
new part of Nepal. Annapurna seemed the obvious choice. To
provide a more mountaineering- (Mazama-) style experience,
we did a high crossing via Tilicho Lake. This absolutely required
high camps, there being no lodges on the alpine portion of the
route. The usual Thorang-La route can be done entirely using
teahouses and lodges, without the need to camp.
October 16–17. Arriving in Kathmandu on October 16, we
were met by our outfitter, Tendi Sherpa, who operates Iceland
Trekking, and our Sirdar, Ranjee. Kathmandu’s crowding
and traffic are always a shock to first time visitors. We spent
two nights in Kathmandu at Hotel Tibet—a great place in
Lazimpat neighborhood—which we had used on the previous
trip. On the second day we toured nearby Bhaktapour (one of
the ancient capital cities, better preserved and much quieter
than Kathmandu), visited the stupa, and shopped for carpet
in Bodhanath, the Tibetan district of Kathmandu.
October 18. An early morning start began a long, seven-hour
bus ride to the trailhead at Besisahar (2,500 ft). We collected
the porters, organized the gear and supplies, and camped for
the night. The sherpas distributed warm boots, mittens and
other clothes to the porters and cooks.
October 19. We started out with 25 porters (plus one cook
to feed the porters), two sherpas, a sirdar, one cook, and five
kitchen assistants—a large staff for six trekkers, but typical for
groups that are camping. Porters carried all our gear except our
light daypacks. This provides critical employment and income
to the Nepali people, who live in one of the poorer countries
in the world. The cooks prepared all our meals, even when we
stayed in lodges, which added a bit more food safety.
Sue Dimin above Tilicho Lake. Photo by Bob Breivogel
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A very long, hot day up the Marsyangdi river valley brought
us to Bahundanda (4,300 ft). We had planned to camp at the
school, but the sherpas felt it was far too dusty, so we stayed
in a lodge (the worst of the trip) instead.
October 20. We followed the river valley past innumerable
rice terraces, reaching Jagat in four hours, where the cooks
prepared us a hot lunch (as they did most days). Another two
hours put us in Chyamche (4,700 ft), where we spent the
night at a much nicer lodge.
October 21. A long hike to Danagyu (7,200 ft) took around
nine hours, including a two-hour lunch break. We gained about
4,000 feet of cumulative elevation. The camping area (an abandoned
apple orchard) was quite uneven, and we decided to do
yet another unplanned lodge stay at the cost of $2 per person.
October 22. We climbed steeply out of Danagyu, quickly
gaining about 1,500 feet. A high traverse through apple
orchards and pine forest eventually reaches Chame (8,500 ft),
the major town in the Manang province. Here we camped
in the pasture of a lodge. There were several Internet cafes in
Chame, which we made good use of at moderate cost.
October 23. We walked six hours from Chame to Lower
Pisang (10,500 ft) among pine forests and spectacular rock
formations. We camped in a yak pasture outside town below
Annapurna III and Annapurna IV.
October 24. On this cold morning (25 degrees at 6 a.m.),
one porter was sick and left the trek. We trekked from Lower
Pisang to Ngawal (12,100 ft), four and three-quarters hours
walking. We camped in a yak pasture.
October 25. This was another cold morning. On the way
from Ngawal to Manang we passed through Bragga, famous
for its “German” bakery (which we found to be mediocre). It
took about four and a half hours walking. We stayed in Hotel
Marsyangdi. Manang is a fair-sized town with many lodges,
several Internet cafes, and even movie (video) theaters. Dark
clouds moved in, but we had no rain.
October 26. We spent an acclimatization day in Manang
(11,700 ft). We did a short hike up to 13,100 feet to visit a
small monastery (only one lama), where we were blessed and
had great views down the valley under clear skies. We visited
the Gangapurna glacial lake west of Manang, attended a lecture
on altitude sickness at the Himalayan High Altitude clinic, and
found a nice café/bakery, better than the prior one in Bragga.
October 27. We hiked three and a half hours from Manang
to Khangsgar and on to Thare Gompa (monastery), where we
camped at 12,900 feet. We visited the monks in the afternoon
and watched a ceremony. There was a great view of “The
Barrier” and Tilicho peak.

October 28. On this day we hiked four and a quarter hours
to the Tilicho Basecamp lodge, where we camped at 13,500
feet. This required crossing a half-mile long landslide area
(so-called “middle” route), on a reasonable but exposed trail,
with some danger of rolling rocks from above.
October 29. We hiked six hours from Tilicho Basecamp lodge
to high camp at 16,500 feet, on a rocky knoll overlooking
Tilicho Lake. The trail was good to start, but we hit snow at
15,800 feet. The camp had a wonderful overlook on Tilicho,
the world’s highest permanent lake.
October 30. This was the coldest morning of the trip, 3
degrees F. We had planned on a second night at the lake’s
north end, but the porters didn’t want a second cold night at
altitude. We hiked a long traverse northwest to an unnamed
pass one and a half miles north of the marked Mesokanto
pass. Our guide called this “Pony Pass,” as he had seen horses
go over it. It is safer but a bit higher than Mesokanto (which
requires rope work). Everyone used instep crampons because
the descent is a bit steep, with 500 feet of icy snow. We
camped lower down in the valley at 15,000 feet, after nine and
three-quarters hours of walking.
October 31. Today was warmer—10 degrees at 6 a.m. We
packed up and headed down the valley (nine and a half hours of
walking, almost all downhill) to Jomson (8,900 ft) and the OM’s
home hotel. We had reached the arid Mustang region of Nepal,
in the Kali Gandaki Valley, which has many apple orchards.
November 1. We explored Jomson and saw the first motor vehicles
since early in the trek. There is an airport here, and many of
the supplies are brought in by air, there being no road connections
to the outside. We took a Jeep down the valley to Ghasa (about 20
miles of rough dirt road) and camped in the pasture of a lodge.
November 2. We walked south three miles past landslides that
have completely destroyed the road. Here we hired another
Jeep, and continued several hours south to Totopani at 4,000
feet. This is a popular trekker destination due to the hot
springs and abundant lodging. Bananas and poinsettas grow
here in the subtropical climate. We camped in the garden of a
lodge overlooking the river.
November 3. We walked a bit south then ascended steeply
east to reach the village of Sikha (6,700 ft) after six and a half
hours. We stayed in a lodge.
November 4. We continued to Ghoropani (9,400 ft), taking
four hours. Many very large lodges are located here—ours
even had flush toilets! The weather turned a bit misty, and we
had light rain in the evening.
November 5. We woke at 4:30 a.m. and hiked 1 hour to see
sunrise from Poon Hill (10,500 ft). The weather cleared and we
got great views of Dhaulagiri, the Annapurnas and Machapuchare.
We then returned to the lodge and hiked five and a half
hours down to Hilhe (5,000 ft) on many thousands of stone
steps. There we camped in the pasture of a lodge amid rice
terraces. We ate a nice dinner and distributed tips to the staff,
who threw a spontaneous celebration with singing and dancing.
November 6. We hiked four hours to Naya Pul (3,300 ft).
The porters and cooks received their pay and left us. Here we
The group gathers at Tilicho Lake. Photo by Bob Breivogel
took a public bus for a three-hour ride to Pokhara. We lodged
at the Lake Palace hotel, with full western suite rooms (though
lacking much hot water).
November 7. We toured the central city and shopped for
souvenirs. Pokhara is much quieter and saner than Kathmandu,
and it has great handicrafts and artwork. We lunched
by the lakeside at a nice restaurant.
November 8. We got up early for the one-hour flight to Kathmandu
on Yeti Air. We returned to Hotel Tibet, ate lunch at
Northfield café, and did more shopping.
November 9. Most of us visited Swayanabath, the Monkey
Temple. Then we continued on to the Tibetan refugee camp
carpet factory, where we purchased more rugs. We lunched at
Kilroy’s restaurant in Thamel and had a drink at Rum Doodle
bar. Tendi and Ranjee gave us a farewell party, dinner and a
show with traditional dancing at the Banchha Ghar restaurant.
How does the Annapurna circuit compare to the Khumbu
trek to Everest base camp? Annapurna covers much more
distance (200 miles) and cumulative elevation gain (35,000 ft),
and on average it stays at lower elevations (starting at 3,000 ft). It
traverses a greater variety of climatic zones, from tropical to pine
forests, to high alpine tundra, to desert-like area near Jomson. It
frequently seems to lose and gain elevation, crossing in and out
of river valleys with little net gain for a day’s trekking. There are
generally more and a better variety of lodging and places to eat.
One downside is the greater risk of thievery on the Annapurna
circuit, making it necessary to never leave camps unguarded.
Our sherpas posted watches all night long, which kept us safe.
The Khumbu trek begins at 9,200 feet in Lukla and spends
most of the time above 12,000 feet, in the alpine zone. Many
people are bothered by the continuous cold higher up. It presents
more dramatic mountains (like Ama Dablam, Lhotse and
Everest) close up than the Annapurna circuit, but the latter
passes through many more scenic villages, agricultural areas
and impressive river valleys. Khumbu is mostly an in-and-out
trip, not a loop. Annapurna seemed more crowded with trekkers
and more densely populated overall.
On balance, I preferred the Annapurna trip, though both
are highly worthwhile. s
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Pulling the Tooth
by Shawn Donley
“What do you keep staring at?”
Everyone else at the beach sat facing the water. I was the only one looking in the other direction,
at some desert mountains rising almost directly from the beach. They weren’t huge, but
they were beautiful in a rugged kind of way. My wife, Yoshimi, probably would’ve preferred
if I’d been staring at the German girl in the bikini sitting next to us in a hammock. Yoshimi
knows that once I start thinking about climbing, I have trouble focusing on anything else.
One peak in particular caught my eye. It looked like a tooth sticking up above all the rest.
In the last five years, climbing has been the focus of all
my traveling, both international and domestic. Yoshimi has
always been supportive and understanding of my obsession.
She helped lug my gear up the steep cobblestoned streets of
Bolivia and sat waiting in cheap hotel rooms for me to get back
two or 20 hours late. She didn’t mind when I left Vegas and
her visiting family from Japan to climb Mt. Whitney, or when
I snuck away from the Shakespeare Festival for a snowboard
descent of Shasta. However, on this trip, an overland journey
from Istanbul to Cairo, I made her a promise that there would
be no climbing. And until now there hadn’t been any temptations.
After all, it’s a region known more for its deserts than its
mountains. We’d just arrived in Egypt, and before tackling all
the required tourist sites, we had decided to relax at the beach
along the Sinai Peninsula. I’m not so good at relaxing.
The next morning, after a long and mostly silent breakfast,
she gave in. “Why don’t you just climb the damn thing? I know
we’re not going to have a decent conversation until you do.” I
had been granted a reprieve, a get-out-of-jail-free card. I grabbed
a bottle of water and some snacks and was off. I was so excited
I almost started running. There was a valley leading directly
up from the beach hut where we were staying. My plan was to
follow this valley as high as I could, scoping out a possible route.
There wasn’t much of a trail, just a dried-up river bed with a
scattering of camel droppings here and there. The valley twisted
and turned with narrow canyons leading off from both sides.
I stuck to the main valley, which continued up at a nice grade.
After a few hours I reached a saddle, with the valley dropping
off steeply and a broad ridge leading up. I scrambled up the
ridge to a large summit plateau. I could see down to our beach
hut, south to the port where we arrived by boat from Jordan,
and across the Red Sea into the emptiness of Saudi Arabia.
Turning around, I could also see that jagged peak, the Tooth,
staring back at me. It was a lot further away than I’d thought or
hoped. I’d have to get an early start the next morning.
Up at dawn, I got a couple bottles of water and made some
sandwiches with the leftover pita from dinner. I threw it all in
my bag and was off. It was liberating to travel so lightly. At
home, climbing in the Pacific Northwest, along with all the
necessary camping and climbing gear, I also bring photocopies
of the route description, a topo map, and my GPS. I always
check the weather forecast, scope out the avalanche risk level,
and read a couple of trip reports. Here in Egypt, I had only food,
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water and the clothes on my back. I wasn’t sure if this peak had
ever been climbed or was even climbable without gear. I had no
beta and none of the ten essentials. It felt like a real adventure.
Like the day before, I started off at a quick pace, happy to be
in the mountains again. I went up the next valley to the north.
It was narrow and rugged with many identical-looking canyons
shooting off the main route. It wasn’t easy trying to figure out
which one to follow. I hit a few dead ends and was forced to
backtrack and try a different way. In the Cascades I get annoyed
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Shawn Donley tries to relax on the beach.
Photo by Yoshimi Kanagawa

The Olympic Marmot:
Sentinel of the High Country
by Suzanne Griffin, Ph.D.
Hiking through the high country of the Olympic Mountains 20 years ago, you would almost
certainly have seen or heard Olympic marmots. Protected within our fourth largest national
park, where they spend summers foraging in pristine subalpine meadows and winters hibernating
beneath the snow, marmots appeared insulated from the threats facing so many other
species.
Yet even our largest parks are influenced by external forces,
and in the 1990s hikers noticed that marmots were missing
from long-occupied locations. These reports coincided with
a precipitous decline of the Vancouver Island marmot population
and a growing concern about the effects of climate
change on alpine species. Beginning in 2002, I have led
comprehensive research, funded in part by the Mazamas,
into the extent and causes of the decline. My University of
Montana colleagues and I have monitored birth, death and
movement rates of marmots marked with eartags and, in
some cases, radio transmitters. We also surveyed for marmots
throughout the Olympic high country.
Marmots appear to have declined throughout the Olympic
Mountains. In the northeast, marmots disappeared from
several areas that were occupied for many decades. Many
remaining local populations continued to decline from 2002
to 2007. There is a high ratio of abandoned to occupied
habitat throughout the park. Importantly, the spatial pattern
of extinctions is not consistent with a natural process whereby
small colonies occasionally go extinct and subsequently are
recolonized. In light of these observations, Washington State
Two yearling Olympic marmots at the entrance to a burrow.
Photo by Suzanne Griffin
recently added the Olympic marmot to its Candidate Species
List.
Why are marmots declining in the remote interior of
Olympic National Park? Although most of their habitat
is technically protected as wilderness, the marmots are
not entirely isolated from human influences. Recreationists
disturb animals, climate change has generally reduced
snowpack in the region, and the predator community in the
Olympic Mountains has changed dramatically since wolves
were extirpated and coyotes arrived in the early 1900s. Our
research indicates that neither climate change nor human
disturbance seem to be directly responsible for the decline.
Marmots exposed to frequent human disturbance have similar
birth and death rates to undisturbed marmots. Likewise,
reproduction, body condition and survival of most age classes
are similar to those characteristics measured on Olympic
marmots in the colder, snowier 1960s.
Instead the declines appear to be caused by coyote predation.
From 2002 to 2006, survival of adult female Olympic
marmots was much lower than has been reported for this
important age class in any other species of high-elevation
marmot. Coyotes are found throughout the park
and are the most common predators of Olympic
marmots, responsible for 33 to 90 percent of
mortality. My colleague, Julia Witczuk, found
that marmots constitute up to 10 to 20 percent
of coyotes’ summer diet. Demographic models
indicate that the marmot population would be
growing in the absence of coyote predation.
Marmots are still abundant in some areas, but
if conditions don’t change, coyote control may
be necessary to prevent catastrophic declines.
However, predation was lower in 2007 and
2008. Is it possible that consecutive years
of relatively high snowpack have reduced the
coyote population? Climate scientists believe
that we have entered a cold phase of the Pacific
Decadal Oscillation. Will this grant Olympic
marmots a reprieve from coyotes? My research
now focuses on how climate change will affect
marmots both directly and indirectly, with the
goal of predicting what the future holds for
these high-country sentinels. s
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Where is the Benson Glacier (if it Still Exists)?
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by Charles M. Cannon and Andrew G. Fountain, Portland State University
Introduction
The Benson Glacier is located in the Wallowa Mountains
of northeastern Oregon. It was named for former Oregon
governor Frank W. Benson by a mountaineering expedition
in 1914 (Skovlin et al., 2001). The USGS Geographic Names
Information System (GNIS) lists a Board of Geographic
Names decision year of 1944 and an entry date of 22-May-
1986. Benson Glacier is not labeled on the USGS 7½-minute
Eagle Cap quadrangle (1990). Exactly which glacier is the
actual Benson is unclear.
Location
The location of Benson Glacier is inconsistent. The GNIS
lists coordinates in decimal degrees (NAD83 Datum) of
(-117.3010137, 45.1665423) and the Portland State University
Glaciers of the American West (Glaciers Online) database
shows a permanent snow or ice feature about 170 meters
southwest of this point with that name. This glacier feature,
like all the rest on this Web site, was taken directly from USGS
1920 Photo by Harley Richardson
1992 Photo by David Jensen
Figure 1: Repeat photograph of Benson Glacier from
Skovlin et al. (2001). The photo caption states that “The
peak shown in the photograph is informally known as
Glacier Peak. Glacier Peak is a satellite point along Eagle
Cap Ridge, which is the central watershed feature of the
Wallowa Mountain Batholith.”
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topographic maps (Fountain et al., 2007). This particular
feature is based on USGS aerial photographs taken in 1981.
A study of landscape change in northeastern Oregon
(Skovlin et al., 2001) describes the Benson Glacier as a feature
on the northwest slope of Glacier Peak (informal name)
(Figure 1). It is our understanding through the lay literature
(Sullivan, 1999) and through informed conversations that
the glacial feature on Glacier Peak is colloquially considered
Benson Glacier. Comparing recent (2007) oblique aerial
images (Figure 2) depicting the same Benson Glacier photographed
in Skovlin et al. (2001) with georectified vertical
aerial imagery (Figure 3) and topographic map, it is apparent
that the glacier Skovlin identifies is in a different location than
the Benson Glacier location as defined by the GNIS.
Glacier Peak is a 9,495-foot sub-peak of Eagle Cap and lies
on its southeast ridge. A mountaineering expedition in 1914
acquired photographs of what they identified as Eagle Cap
Glacier(s) (David Jensen, personal communication, photographs
from Wallowa County Museum). Based on landmarks,
these photographs appear to be taken from the northwest slope
of Glacier Peak. Stadter (1931) notes a small ice field on Eagle
Cap, but does not specify exactly where it is located. Bentley
(1974) states that a glacier existed in a depression located at the
head of Glacier Lake cirque in 1940, but that “one would be
hard-pressed to identify a ‘glacier’ in the Wallowa Mountains.”
It is clear from Figure 4 that the glacial feature on Eagle Cap,
the GNIS Benson Glacier, is a rock glacier, or debris-covered
glacier. The location of the GNIS point is probably close to
this feature. The Skovlin et al. Benson Glacier appears to be
a true glacier—a perennial body of ice that moves (Paterson,
1994). We noted some anecdotal discussions in the lay
community whether this feature is really a glacier or stagnant
ice. Close inspection of a September 2007 aerial photograph
by John Scurlock shows crevasses, an indicator of movement.
Therefore we conclude that the Skovlin et al. (2001) Benson
Glacier is a true glacier. However this classification is just a
fine point. This glacier is so small that continued shrinkage
will soon result in a stagnant ice mass.
Summary
There are two features that have been identified as Benson
Glacier: the official GNIS location is the feature on Eagle
Cap’s north face, and the one colloquially considered to be
Benson Glacier is located on Glacier Peak along Eagle Cap’s
southeast ridge. Both of these features are visible in Figure 4.
We believe the feature on Glacier Peak to be the true Benson
Glacier given the cultural history of the photographs, recent
identification in the published literature, its visibility from
Glacier Lake (a commonly visited location), and that it is a
true glacier. Correspondingly, we believe the GNIS identification
is an error because the feature is essentially a rock glacier
with little or no snow and is, as far as we can tell, undocumented
in the scientific and lay literature. s

Acknowledgements
Special thanks to David Jensen for sharing his knowledge of
the Wallowa Mountains with us. Much appreciation goes to
Matt Hoffman for his review of this paper and suggestions for its
improvement.
References
Bentley, E.B., 1974, The Glacial Morphology of Eastern
Oregon Uplands: Ph.D. thesis, University of Oregon,
250 p.
Fountain, A.G., Hoffman, M., Jackson, K., Basagic, H.,
‘Glacier Peak’
‘Glacier Peak’
Serrated ridge
Skovlin et al. Benson Glacier
Base of smooth ridge
Remnant moraine-dammed lake
Glacier Lake
Serrated ridge
Skovlin et al. Benson Glacier
Base of smooth ridge
Remnant moraine-dammed lake
Glacier Lake
Figure 2: Matching landmarks between vertical
(TerraServer) and oblique image taken by John Scurlock
of the region northwest of Glacier Peak.
Nylen, T., and Percy, D., 2007, Digital Outlines and
Topography of the Glaciers of the American West: U.S.
Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006–1340, 23 p.
Paterson, W.S.B., 1994, The Physics of Glaciers, 3rd edition:
New York, Pergamon Press, 480 p.
Skovlin, J.M., Strickler, G.S., Peterson, J.L., and Sampson,
A.W. 2001, Interpreting Landscape Change in High
Mountains of Northeastern Oregon from Long-term
Repeat Photography. United States Department of Agriculture
General Technical Report PNW-GTR-505.
Stadter, F.W., 1931, Glaciation in the Wallowas: Mazama
Annual, v. 13, no. 12, p. 26-31.
Sullivan, W., L., 1999, Exploring Oregon’s Wild Areas, 2nd
edition: Seattle, The Mountaineers, 302 p.
Eagle Cap
‘Glacier Peak’
GNIS point location for Benson Glacier
Glaciers Online Benson Glacier
Figure 3: Vertical aerial image (TerraServer) of the Eagle
Cap vicinity illustrating possible locations of Benson
Glacier.
‘Glacier Peak’ Eagle Cap
Skovlin et al. Benson Glacier
Glacier Lake
Skovlin et al. Benson Glacier
GNIS Benson Glacier
Figure 4: Eagle Cap north face showing both features that
could possibly be Benson Glacier. The snow/ice feature
in the background is the Benson Glacier of Skovlin et
al. (2001). The feature in the foreground is the Benson
Glacier as identified by GNIS and Glaciers Online.
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Ruben, his family, and the group at his home in Choquecancha
near Lares. Photo by Alfredo Fisher
My Vacation is in Ruins!—
Peru Trekking
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by Ellen Gradison
We explored the mountains, rivers, valleys, flora and fauna
of the Vilcabamba region of Peru, immersing ourselves in the
local culture and history and meeting native people along the
way. The seven of us completed two treks, one starting where
the other left off, led by Apu-Andino Expeditions.
We flew via Lima to Cusco and immediately headed on April
29 to the charming town of Ollantaytambo for acclimatization.
Around 1,500 feet lower than Cusco, Ollantaytambo is built on
and near magnificent Inca ruins. Nearby excursions included the
terraces of Moray, the salt flats near Maras, the pre-Inca town of
Choquecancha (where several of us ate guinea pig, and the home
of our trek cook), and a delightful camp at the Lares hot springs.
After sightseeing and hiking in and around Cusco (including
the ruins at Pisac, Tipon, Sacsayhuaman and others), we began
our first trek from Soraypampa to Huancacalle. This seven-day
trek took us over three passes higher than 15,000 feet, including
the pass between Nevado Salcantay, the highest mountain in
the Cordillera Vilcabamba, and Nevado Huamantay. Near
Huancacalle, we had the ruins of Vitcos and Nusta Hispana
essentially to ourselves. Along the way we visited small villages
and the family and friends of our guides and wranglers.
We rested a day in Huancacalle, enjoyed showers, and ate
panchamanca (lamb and potatoes cooked underground) with
a group from Bend, Oregon.
Our second trek, a six-day jungle adventure, followed the
possible path of the Incas on their final and unsuccessful flight
from the Spanish to the mysterious site of Espiritu Pampa, believed
to be the last Inca stronghold. We delivered school supplies to the
remote and under-equipped elementary schools along the way.
When we reached Chaunquiri, our van took us to Santa
Teresa where we luxuriated in well-deserved hot springs. The
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next day we hiked the railroad tracks from the hydroelectric area
into Aguas Calientes, the village at the base of Macchu Picchu.
Our full day at Macchu Picchu included the climb up Huayna
Picchu, a peak that gave us a spectacular view of the ruins below,
where we could see how Macchu Picchu resembled a condor in
its layout. The near-vertical climbing ladders for descending the
other side to the Temple of the Moon thrilled the group.
Our excursion ended and the relative solitude was broken
upon our return to Cusco to join the throngs gathered for the
wild celebration of Corpus Christi on May 22.
Dates: April 28 – May 25, 2008
Participants: Ellen Gradison, leader; Gloria Fisher and Tim Hale,
co-assistant leaders; Carol Bryan, Chris Hagerbaumer, Linda
Hamilton, Madison Ivory.
Glacier National Park
by Richard Getgen
Wildlife sightings? Yes, there were mountain goats, bighorn
sheep, marmot, deer and a few bears. There were the two
young bears growling at each other over what they could find
on the banks of the St. Mary River one afternoon.
Then there was the “Grinnell Glacier Glissading Grizzly.”
In what was the most interesting bear sighting of my 20-year
tenure on the trail, during a 90-minute span we watched the
grizzly circumvent an area of trail only to find hikers in its
path, forcing a retreat onto an ice chute. With its four-inch
talons lodged into the ice, it negotiated an awkward standing
glissade to the base of the snowfield, leaving behind four skid
marks down the length of the hundred-yard chute. Once at
the base of the snowfield, the bear then regained its composure
and sauntered on, grazing for huckleberries.
Our hikes included Two Medicine Lake Loop, Grinnell Lake
Loop, Siyeh Pass, St. Mary Falls, Ptarmigan Tunnel, Iceberg
Lake, Swiftcurrent Pass, and Grinnell Glacier Trail. Even though
the weather was sunny and warm, lingering winter snow kept
the Garden Wall closed during the week. Wildflowers (including
beargrass, penstemon, paintbrush, aster, spirea, arnica, buckwheat
and forget-me-nots) were at their peak, and the waterfalls
were flowing heavily for our digital recordings.
With base camp at KOA, our amenities were more than
adequate. A supper club in Babb boasted of being the best
steakhouse in all of Montana, and with free-range cattle
grazing a few feet from the back door, they weren’t lying.
Dates: July 13 – 19, 2008
Participants: Richard Getgen, leader; Ann Brown, assistant
leader; Natalie Arndt, Sara Brian, Tina Cantlin, Charlie
Feris, Marie Feris, Carol Getgen, Karl Kratzer, Mary May,
Garrett McClung, Shirley McClung, Sara McKenzie, Brett
Nair, Mary Lou Pratt, Fenella Robinson, Claudia Sanzone,
Mark Sanzone, Dennis Stevens, Eira Stevens, Bob Vreeland,
Marty Wilson, Sara Leigh Wilson.

Moraine Lake, Valley of the 10 Peaks Hike. Back row,
left to right, Rich Carville, Ginger Remy, Max Schwartz,
Phylis Wolfe, Marty Hansen, Elizabeth McLagen, Bob
Vreeland, Karl Kratzer, Jennifer Trask, Brian Goldman,
Gary Beyl, Cecille Beyl. Front row, left to right, Dean Lee,
Merle Clifton, Megan Johnson, Kitty Tsoi.
Rustic Canadian Rockies
by Ginger Remy
This was the second outing led by Ginger Remy to the
magnificent Canadian Rockies. The first four days we spent
at Lake Louise and the last three days in Jasper. Our accommodations
in Lake Louise were the three-star Paradise Lodge
Cabins. The Pine Bungalows in Jasper were a bit more rustic
but immediately adjacent to the Athabasca River.
Our first night was highlighted by an outdoor barbeque on the
grounds of Paradise Lodge Cabins, where Ginger laid out her plans
for our days in Lake Louise. The first hike was to Eiffel Lake and
Valley of the Ten Peaks. The trail starts at Moraine Lake Lodge, goes
up through the woods, and then traverses the ridge, with great views
of the lake and the ten peaks that surround it. Magnificent views
lasted for about eight miles. Our second hike through Paradise
Valley was the most strenuous of all our hiking. We went all the way
in to the “Giant Steps” for a round trip of 14 miles. Again, we were
in a valley surrounded by high peaks and glaciers. Our third hike
was to the Lake Agnes Tea House and Little and Big Beehives above
Lake Louise. This was the busiest hike, as it is right above the Lake
Louise Hotel. We had wonderful views and good exercise for about
eight miles, with a stop for a tasty snack at the Tea House.
On Wednesday, we drove up the Icefields Parkway to Jasper.
It was well worth starting early with so many sights along the
way. Particularly memorable were the Columbia Icefield and
Visitor Centre, Peyto Lake, and Athabasca Falls.
Our first hike in Jasper was a two-part trek. We did a very early
morning short hike out to Moose Lake in hopes of seeing some
wildlife. We took on a variety of activities in the afternoon. Some
participants took the boat ride out to Spirit Lake and learned some
history, some took a hot springs bath, and some went for a short
second hike in the Valley of Five Lakes. It was a low-exertion, highscenery
day. Our second hike was to Edith Cavell Meadows. We
viewed the Angel Glacier, which has seriously retreated, and viewed
the many wildflowers on our way up to the top of the ridge for
lunch—caribou and calf viewing included. Some people took the
tram to the top for a spectacular view of the Jasper townsite and
mountain ranges. This was a high-exertion, high-scenery day.
We ended our visit with a group dinner at the local Cantonese
restaurant and celebrated seven days of perfect weather!
Dates: July 19 – 25, 2008
Participants: Ginger Remy, leader; Marty Hanson, assistant
leader; Cecille Beyl, Gary Beyl, Rich Carville, Merle Clifton,
Brian Goldman, Megan Johnson, Karl Kratzer, Dean Lee,
Elizabeth McLagan, Maxine Schwartz, Jennifer Trask, Kitty
Tsoi, Bob Vreeland, Phyllis Wolfe.
Sarah McKenzie, Stan Enevoldsen, Mary Stadler and Art
Harvey at John Swallows’ grave. Photo by Larry Stadler
North Santiam
by Ray Sheldon
This six-day outing was based at Riverside Campgrounds,
located 14 miles east of Detroit, Oregon, on the banks of the
North Santiam River. The weather was perfect and, with the
number of trail trip leaders in camp, we were able to provide at
least two hikes per day. Marion and Pamelia Lakes, Coffin Mountain,
Triangulation Peak and the Middle Pyramid, and Maxwell
Butte were among the trails we hiked. In the evenings, after
dinner, we would sit by the fire and relate the day’s experiences.
The trail in to Pamelia Lake has completely changed from a hike
through an old-growth forest to a trip through the tail of a rock,
ice and water avalanche from Mt. Jefferson. The ice dam on the
Milk Creek Glacier gave way in 2006 and swept across the forest,
fanning out as far as the Pamelia Lake Trail. Boulders, some the size
of a compact car, completely covered the terrain. Huge trees were
snapped off. The trail has been reconstructed over the debris. The
power and force that was apparent here left us totally amazed.
A Mazama first must have occurred when Stan Enevoldsen
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led a group to John Swallow’s grave. According to Oregon
Geographic Names, one tale claims that John Swallow was
a sheepherder who drowned in nearby Swallow Lake. “His
friends attempted to pack out his body, but the delay in
discovering the corpse coupled with summer heat caused them
to abandon the project and perform a hasty burial.”
On the trip to Independence Rock and the Marion Forks
Fish Hatchery, we were given a tour of the fish marking facility.
Through the viewing cameras we could see the complex equipment
that automatically removes a tiny fin from the three-inch
fish and places a micro-tag in its snout. The electronic systems
were very accurate and impressive.
The final night in camp was a little lonely, as many of the
folks opted to leave that afternoon. There was a threat of rain,
and home wasn’t that far away.
Dates: July 27 – August 1, 2008
Participants: Ray Sheldon, leader; Stan Enevoldsen, assistant
leader; Thelma Benner, Terri Cummings, Sabine De Canisy, Carol
Dickson, Keith Dickson, Norma Enevoldsen, Rose Marie Gilbert,
Art Harvey, Lana Holman, Bob Lockerby, Sarah McKenzie, Betty
Sheldon, Larry Stadler, Mary Stadler, Lisa Warren.
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by Kent Meyer
One of the uniting parts of the Ramblewood outing was the
evening fire with cookies and watermelon. Around the fire each
night, we would relate the hikes and happenings of the day and
then transition into the plans for the next day. These plans were
mostly hikes such as Grand Ridge, done from both ends with
a key exchange in the middle. Mt. Townsend was hiked with
a late thunderstorm brewing, and the Fort Worden and Port
Townsend, Geyser Valley, and Spruce Railroad hikes offered
early Olympic Peninsula history. Good views and flowers were
found on Klahane Ridge. The Grand Valley and Badger Creek
hike offered the interest of a loop going from a high ridge to a
deep valley and back up. The Dungeness Spit Lighthouse and
Ozette Lake triangle hikes added a saltwater flavor to the outing.
At midweek the soothing waters of Sol Duc Hot Springs were a
popular destination. On a private trip, about six people rented
kayaks and enjoyed Sequim Bay. Several people also boarded the
ferry to Victoria, B.C., for a taste of old England.
Our leader, Billie Goodwin, conducted a varied and wellorganized
outing, but we missed having Ray and Joan Mosser.
Joan was the original assistant leader, but was not able to
attend because of family health problems.
Dates: August 15 – 22, 2008
Participants: Billie Goodwin, leader; Kent Meyer, assistant leader;
Karen Anderson, Roger Anderson, Tom Bero, Lorraine Delahoyde,
Carol Dickson, Keith Dickson, Jeanette Dimick, Robert
Dimick, Ramona Duskin, Nancy Ekberg, Jean Fitzgerald,
Haven Frank, Joe Frank, Art Harvey, Mike Hazlett, Pat
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Hazlett, Hanna Klett, Jane Flanagan, Lath Flanagan, Helen
McLeod, Susan Peters, Cheryl Polan, Bonnie Smith, Margaret
Smith, Marta Smith, Skip Smith, Kitty Tsoi, Janis Wheeler.
Starting up again, after a break at Deer Lake, on the Four
Lakes Loop in the Trinity Alps Wilderness.
Photo by Debi Danielson
Trinity Alps Backpack
by Paul Gerald
There was one question our magical five-night backpack
to California’s Trinity Alps could not answer: Why don’t more
people seem to come down here?
The Trinities are 517,000 acres of wilderness in far northern
California, southwest of Mt. Shasta and seemingly hidden
away from everywhere. Elevations range from below 1,500 feet
to above 9,000 feet, and 833 miles of trails wander through
alpine meadows to deep lakes under towering granite peaks.
What the outing reaffirmed is that, at least in the second
week of September, you can spend five nights out, see two
other people (one from half a mile away), have perfect no-tent
weather, catch 12-inch trout with grasshoppers from the lake
shoreline, and enjoy a lovely swim every single day.
People certainly used to come to the Trinities; there is a
mining history in these hills that stretches back to the late
nineteenth century, and dredge piles and rusting equipment are
still scattered about. Our trip, based on the premise that “afternoons
in camp” define good backpacking, saw us average 6
miles per day and get off the trail by about 4 every afternoon.
The Trinities are genuinely amazing, stretching from
canyon country to fir, cedar and madrone forests all the way
above treeline. There are salmon and steelhead in the rivers,
astounding views from every ridge, fantastic flowers, and
plenty of black bears, at least judging from the “sign” we kept
dodging on the trails.
All the Trinities appear to lack are other hikers.
Dates: September 7 – 14, 2008
Participants: Paul Gerald, leader; Richard Chouinard, assistant
leader; Debi Danielson, Bob Everhart, Shelley Everhart,
Lonnie Feather, Miriam Rasmussen.

Swiss Alps
See the feature article on page 10.
Dates: July 29 – August 17, 2008
Participants: Gary Beck, leader; Gerald Itkin, assistant leader;
Sally Beck, Ryan Christie, Marty Hanson, Mary Heim, Kurt
Kessler, Erika Markel, Lon Nelson, Susan Nelson.
Hiking Through History in
Northern Spain
See the feature article on page 26.
Dates: October 12 – 28, 2008
Participants: Helen F. Hanson, leader; Darlene Nelson, assistant
leader; Doris L. Disch, Kathy Faust, Linda Hamilton, Mary
Kjuvik, Janice B. Moss, Joyce D. Olson, Robert Vreeland.
Annapurna Circuit Trek
See the feature article on page 28.
Dates: October 14 – November 11, 2008
Participants: Bob Breivogel, leader; Jim Ronning, assistant leader;
Sue Dimin, Matthew Marquardt, Pat Riley, Mark Salter.
Bolivia Trekking and Climbing
See the feature article on page 18.
Dates: June 15 – 30, 2008
Participants: Benjamin Vincent, leader; Eric Hoem, assistant leader;
Dyanne Foster, Steve Heikkila, Kurt Hiland, Missy Maxwell,
Joan Schaan, John Schmitt, Paul Steger, Julie Zeidman.
Aconcagua, continued from page 25
She told me that the Latvian with HACE had gotten into
a fight with his climbing partners when they were reunited
at Plaza de Mulas. The incident confirmed my suspicions
about his personality. No one was hurt, but he was arrested.
The events involving the Latvian climber and dead Romanian
seemed like some disconnected memory to me at that point.
After filing the report, we left Plaza de Mulas. We descended
another 5,400 feet in about seven hours along the scenic Rio
Horcones. The hike out, punctuated by rain and sleet squalls,
got us to the highway. After a short ride, we arrived at our
hotel in Penitentes. My gut wasn’t ready for beer and Malbec,
nor a dinner of pasta and steak, and I couldn’t finish a normal
portion. After a brief celebration with the climbing team,
I headed for my hotel room. My brain, now perfused with
oxygen-rich blood, would process the events of the climb later.
All I wanted was sleep. s
Pulling the Tooth, continued from page 30
when I take a wrong turn, frustrated that despite all the information
and technology I still managed to get off track. But here
it wasn’t frustrating at all. It was exhilarating, part of the fun. I
felt like John Muir, exploring the great unknown.
I got up to a saddle and scoped out my objective. I’d have to
drop down into another valley before gaining the summit ridge.
The scramble to the summit looked pretty steep but seemed
like it would go. I munched a couple of sandwiches, finished
a bottle of water, and continued on. I descended into the next
valley and made good time gaining the ridge. I was about 50
feet from the top when I realized that even though I was on
a summit ridge, I wasn’t on the summit ridge. From where I
stood, I was able to get a good look at my real goal, the Tooth,
still quite a ways away. Again, instead of being frustrated, it
made me laugh, happy that my adversary wasn’t willing to give
it up too easily. While up high I tried to scope out as much of
the route as possible, knowing that once I got down into the
gullies it would be harder to navigate. Every route up the Tooth
looked a bit too steep for my taste. My only chance would be to
swing around the backside to see if it was any more forgiving.
I dropped into the next valley and traversed up and around
the peak. From the other side, several narrow gullies led to the
summit. I followed the first one until I felt like I was getting
close to the top. Then the angle increased to a point where I
didn’t feel comfortable continuing. It wasn’t overly technical,
but it was exposed and on loose rock. If I snapped an ankle,
it wouldn’t be fun trying to get out of there. I turned around
and tried the next gully over, which unfortunately ended with
the same result. I backed off and tried the next one, sure that it
too would end in the same way. I followed it as high as I could,
and just when I felt the top was near, the route steepened. The
Tooth, like a castle, seemed intentionally designed to turn back
all invaders. I decided to risk it and try a few moves so I could
break out of the gully and get a look at the top. To my surprise,
those few moves popped me out onto a ridge just 30 feet of easy
scrambling from the summit. I ran to the top, threw my arms
in the air and let out a big “WAHOO!” It’s not something I
normally do, but I felt something I usually don’t: pure joy.
At home, in the Cascades, on one of those bluebird summer
days, you know even before you get there that you’ll definitely
be standing on top. It won’t be easy and it may be a bit of a
slog at times, but you will make it. Here, up until that very last
minute, I wasn’t sure I could do it. Hell, I wasn’t even sure it
was doable. The emotion I felt at the summit of the Tooth was
different from what I’ve experienced at the top of taller, bigname
peaks in the Alaska Range and the Andes. On the top of
those mountains I felt less joy and more relief, not so much in
the success, but because I hadn’t failed. After so many months
of training and preparation, after all the money that had been
spent on gear, permits, and plane tickets, I think I wanted to
not fail more than I actually wanted to succeed. But here on
this unnamed peak of modest height and minimal technical
difficulty, I remembered why I started climbing in the first
place—to feel like a kid again, a little kid on summer vacation
playing king of the hill without a care in the world. s
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Mazamas 2008 Awards
Margaret Smith (right) presents the Hardesty Cup Award
to Sean Smith. Photo by Jerry Stelmack
Hardesty Cup Award
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by Margaret Smith
The William P. Hardesty Cup is awarded to the one
Mazama who has demonstrated consistent leadership in a
number of areas over a period of years and epitomizes the spirit
of volunteerism within Trail Trips. It is the Trail Trips Committee’s
highest award, given to those who represent the best in
all of us. This year’s winner was Sean Smith. Sean joined the
Mazamas in 1996, became a hike leader in 1997, and has been
leading hikes ever since. He has led 108 hikes, rambles, crosscountry
ski trips, and snowshoe trips, ranking him 26th for the
number of leads in Mazama history. Sean is loved by his hikers,
not just for his friendly nature and great leadership skills, but
also because he often brings hot tea on cold days, ice cream on
hot days, and cookies. Sean has joined Trail Tending teams. He
is a graduate of Advanced Snow and Ice, and he has been an
assistant instructor in BCEP, ICS and ASI. He also enjoys ice
climbing on the Eliot Glacier and in Ouray, Colorado. For all
these activities, Sean Smith was recognized as the winner of the
2008 William P. Hardesty Cup. s
Leuthold Award
by Dragan Dokic
The Leuthold Award is given for outstanding mountaineering
performance as well as overall contribution to the
Mazamas. A leader must lead a successful Mazama climb of all
16 major Northwest peaks to be eligible for this award. In addition,
a leader must also have an outstanding service record with
the club. The Leuthold Award is not given each year, nor can
it be applied for on the basis of completion of a specific set of
requirements. The person receiving this award is instead nominated
by one of his or her peers. The Climbing Committee
Awards Banquet
then formally approves or disapproves the nomination. This
award is so prestigious that it has had only 17 recipients in 34
years, after it was presented to Joe Leuthold himself in 1964.
The 2008 Leuthold Award was presented to Josh Lockerby.
Josh’s first climb was an ascent of Mt. Hood on June 13, 1984,
led by the late Ken Hague. Josh joined the Mazamas later that
year and led his first climb in 1991. He has been an active
leader ever since. Over the years, he has been the lead coordinator
for BCEP as well as ICS and has served on both the Trail
Trips Committee and the Climbing Committee, as well as on
Executive Council. Josh has also been actively involved in Risk
Management and First Aid and is widely respected throughout
the Mazamas as the navigation and mapping expert. s
Josh Lockerby (center), recipient of the 16 Peaks Award,
the Terry Becker Award and the Leuthold Award, needed
help from his parents, Bob Lockerby and Marianne
Kandel, to display all his hardware. Photo by Jerry Stelmack
Parker Cup Award
by Bob Lockerby
The Parker Cup and accompanying plaque is presented
annually “to the member who is judged to have rendered
services of the greatest benefit during the year.” The original
cup was presented to the Mazamas by Alfred F. Parker, president
in 1925, and is viewed by many as the organization’s
most prestigious award.
Traditionally, the Parker Cup goes to an individual. This
year was only the fifth time that it has been awarded to more
than one person, and it could not have gone to a better duo
than the co-chairs of the Capital Campaign, Keith Dubanevich
and Eugene Lewins.
Keith climbed South Sister in 1998 and joined the
Mazamas the following May. In 2003 he led his first climb.
His activities include serving on Executive Council, the Facilities
Task Force, the Long Range Planning Committee for
three years, and then the Capital Campaign. He was President

Bob Lockerby (left) presents Eugene Lewins the Parker Cup
Award (co-recipient Keith Dubanevich not present).
Photo by Jerry Stelmack
in 2006–2007.
Eugene joined the Mazamas in 1988 and began leading
climbs in 1991. Since then he has served on the Lodge
Committee, the Climbing Committee (which he just joined
for another term) and Executive Council. s
Redman Cup Award
by Jeff Thomas
Margaret Griffin Redman loved books. When I first met
her she was 99 years old and rereading the complete works of
Rudyard Kipling for what she said was the third time. Margaret
Jeff Thomas (right) presents the Redman Cup Award to
Carl Neuburger. Photo by Jerry Stelmack
established the Redman Cup on her 105th birthday as an award
for the member who has “created a notable work of literature,
art, music or photography devoted to the purposes of the
Mazamas.”
Generally rock climbing guides are not as timeless as
the works of Kipling—they are out of date before they are
complete and out of fashion soon after they are published.
My own works are a perfect example of this phenomenon.
The work of this year’s Redman Cup winner, Carl Neuburger,
is an exception. He gathered data in the late 1950s, and it
appeared in the 1958 Mazama Annual as “A Climber’s Guide
to the Columbia Gorge.” To this day the Mazama Library gets
calls for and sells several copies of this annual to people who
have heard about the guide and have to have it. I truly believe
Margaret would approve our choice of Carl as the 2008 winner
of the Redman Cup. s
Rick Pope (right) presents Ray Sheldon with the 100 Trail
Tending Leads Award. Photo by Jerry Stelmack
100 Trail Tending Leads Award
by Margaret Smith
This year the Trail Trips Committee presented a special
award to Ray Sheldon for leading 100 Trail Tending trips.
Ray joined the Mazamas in 1960 and became a leader in
1967. He has 148 lead credits—the 18th most in Mazama
history. No one in the history of the Mazamas, except Ray,
has 100 Trail Tending leads. Ray has led at least one activity
for 17 consecutive years (from 1992 through 2008), the
17th-longest string of uninterrupted leads in Mazama history.
He was the 1997 co-winner of the Hardesty Cup (with Stan
Egbert). He has been Mazama president—twice! Ray is a
climb leader and a winner of the 16 Major Northwest Peaks
Award. He is a past member of the Outings Committee and
currently serves on the Trail Tending Subcommittee of the
Trail Trips Committee. s
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Guardian Peaks award winners from left to right: Jason Hashimoto, Lauren Chambers, Ian Stiegerwald, and Heather
Chambers. Photo by Jerry Stelmack
Climbing Awards
Guardian Peaks
Gary Bishop
David Braem
Heather Chambers
Lauren Chambers
Pam Gilmer
Jason Hashimoto
Andrea Mason
Diana Schweitzer
Travis Schweitzer
Tamara Lynn Scott
Logan Searl
Ian Steigerwald
Steve Wagoner
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Awards Banquet
Oregon Cascades
Ken Biehler
Adam Jensen
Tamara Lynn Scott
16 Major NW Peaks
Josh Lockerby
Tamara Lynn Scott
10-Point Leadership
George Cummings
Terry Becker Award
(led all 16 major Cascades peaks)
Bill Firstenburg
Josh Lockerby
Ken Searl
2007–2008 Executive Council
Gerald Itkin, president
Shirley Welch, vice president
David Zeps, recording and membership secretary
Jennifer Van Houten, treasurer
Bob Breivogel
Trail Trip Awards
500 Leads
Bob Miller
400 Leads
Dean Lee
200 Leads
David Braem
Tom Guyot
150 Leads
Ken Searl
100 Leads
Terry Sherbeck
Sean Smith
Pam Gilmer
Helen Hanson
Keith Langenwalter
Barry Maletzky
50 Leads
Tom Eggers
Judith Zineski
25 Leads
Ann Brown
Sherry Bourdin
John Egan
Bob Smith
Margaret Smith

Committee Reports
Access
Committee
The Access Committee was not active this year.
Committee: Craig Leis
Adventurous
Young Mazamas
by Karl Langenwalter
The Adventurous Young Mazamas (AYM) had another
fantastic year of exploring the Pacific Northwest. From October
2007 through September 2008, AYM offered 80 events,
including hikes, rambles, backpacks, car camp trips, snowshoe
trips, ski trips and cave explorations. In addition to our own
events, AYM actively advertises for membership, BCEP, ICS,
MFA, and the Hike to the Summit program through our
announcements after hikes and our monthly eBulletin. This
year, AYM, previously an ad hoc committee, became a full
standing committee, giving AYM a more permanent feel.
AYM hiking and rambling events continue to be well
attended. Our events included annual favorites such as the
Oneonta Gorge ramble and potluck, the Netarts Spit beach
hike, and a ramble to view the Vaux Swifts in their annual
migration, as well as new events like the Rudolf Spur hike.
Furthermore, AYM helped put trail tending on the minds of
younger members by co-sponsoring a weekend repair of the
Eagle-Benson trail. Many more such weekends are planned to
reclaim this trail.
Our overnight events remained as popular as ever this year.
Winter Weekend sold out for the sixth year in a row, and
participants had an even greater variety of activities to choose
from, including snowshoeing, nordic skiing, backcountry
skiing and igloo building. AYM also offered a weekend skiing
trip to a cabin at Wind River, an overnight snowshoeing
trek to the Trails Club lodge near Multnomah Falls, a yurt
weekend and a backpacking trip at the coast, a backpack in
the Wallowas, and a weekend in the California redwoods. Our
annual Smith Rock weekend gave attendees a chance to safely
explore this beautiful area. Additionally, an AYM-sponsored
group of competitors stayed in Sunriver for the annual Pole
Pedal Paddle race.
AYM continued to sponsor Climb Night for the Mazamas
throughout the winter months at ClubSport’s rock gym. To
give a wider audience opportunity to participate in what is, for
some, a first step toward climbing mountains, AYM is again
offering a class to teach the basics of belaying in a gym.
AYM continues to raise money for the Mazama Capital
Campaign with small fundraisers, using events such as our
Smith Rock weekend and our rambles to offer people the
chance to donate a bit more than the standard hike fee.
Committee members: Karl Langenwalter, chair; Ryan
Christie, LeAnne Cox, Justin Elson, Paul Kallmann, April
Obern, Jake Schwartzman, Richard Stellner. Keith Langenwalter,
council liaison.
Banquet
Committee
by Laura Saddler
The 2008 Banquet and Silent Auction was a great success.
Three hundred eighty-five people attended the event, which
took place at the Oregon Zoo Cascade Crest Banquet Center.
The event continued the recent tradition of a social hour (actually
two hours!) with delicious finger foods and two carving
stations, followed by the annual awards ceremony, and a talk
by Jim Whittaker, founder of REI and the first American
to summit Everest. Whittaker regaled the audience with
humorous, entertaining and inspiring stories from his life in
the outdoors. Thanks to everyone who attended to honor our
members receiving awards and to those who participated in
our silent auction, which raised just under $6,000. This money
helped to defray the cost of the banquet, and the remaining
money goes into our general operating fund.
Committee members: Laura Saddler, chair; Pat Edwards, Sara
Marinucci, Jessica Palfreyman. Helen Hanson, council liaison.
Bylaws
Committee
by Marty Hanson
This year, two amendments to the bylaws were submitted to
the membership for consideration in the 2008 election. Both
amendments were proposed by Executive Council and properly
endorsed following the procedure outlined in the bylaws.
The first amendment proposed to allow the Nominating
Committee to nominate a “slate of candidates (preferably six)”
(allowing fewer than six candidates, which has been the case in
the last few elections) rather than the previous wording, which
required “six candidates”. The second amendment proposed to
allow Executive Council to vote on some issues via e-mail, in
accordance with Oregon laws.
The amendments both passed by more than the 60 percent
majority required by the bylaws.
This has been my final year as chair of the Bylaws
Committee and I wish my successor, so far unnamed, a good
future in the position.
Committee: Marty Hanson. David Zeps, council liaison.
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Critical Incident
Debriefing Team
by Andrew Bodien
The Critical Incident Debriefing Team (CIDT) can trace
its origin to a crevasse fall on Mount Shuksan in 1992. Safely
back home, the rescued climbers sought out peers to help with
recovery from the emotional trauma related to the incident. As
a result, CIDT was formed as a service to the Mazamas.
The aim of the team is to provide a safe environment for
participants involved in an incident to share their individual
experiences with their peers and to discuss their reactions.
Debriefing is neither a performance critique nor a risk management
review. We stress confidentiality and promote coping
skills using evidence-based techniques. Peer Mazama debriefers
have been recruited and specifically trained to conduct group
and one-on-one debriefings. We are grateful to the mental
health professionals who provide support to the team.
This year CIDT conducted three one-on-one debriefings.
We continued to reach out to climb leaders, students of the
various Mazama classes, and other committees so members
know that this “recovery belay” is available. During the past
year, our members have attended training on critical incident
stress management and one-on-one debriefing. In January
we invited critical incident stress management expert Nancy
Nixon, a licensed clinical social worker, to facilitate a mock
debriefing and provide feedback. That experience was invaluable
and has given us insights to improve the work that we
do for the Mazamas. This summer Lonnie Feather joined our
team.
If you were part of an accident, rescue, or near-miss on a
Mazama activity, we can help. You can contact the Mazama
executive director or any member of CIDT to initiate a
debriefing.
Committee members: Laura Saddler, chair; Andrew Bodien,
Terri Cummings, Lonnie Feather, Sharon Flegal*, Katie Foehl,
Dan Saddler, Virginia Terhaar*, Paul Underwood, Marina
Wynton. Pam Gilmer, council liaison.
*licensed professional consultants
Climbing
Committee
by Tim Scott
The Climbing Committee oversees three major activities
within the Mazamas: climb leader management, climb scheduling
and climbing education classes.
Climb Leader Management
Climb Leader Development, managed by Keith Campbell,
saw a lot of new faces joining the program. We also saw
the retirement of Dave Wedge. Eight new climbers joined
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Climb Leader Development for a total of 23. Eleven climbers
were promoted to provisional status, and nine climbers were
promoted to full leader status for a total of 109.
The Climbing Committee investigated one complaint
against a provisional leader, which is unresolved pending
actions by the provisional leader. The committee investigated
one complaint against the coordinator of ICS, resulting
in more clearly defined attendance requirements, and one
complaint by a climb leader against the coordinator of BCEP,
which may lead to changes in the BCEP 2009 application.
The committee also developed and published the requirements
for an “A” climb leader (a climb leader who is allowed
to lead “A” climbs only).
Climb Scheduling
The climb schedule, managed by Sarah Bradham had 374
scheduled climbs, 159 of which made it to the trailhead and
125 of which summitted. A total of 968 climbers summitted.
Final numbers are not yet available because the season was
still going when this report was written. While the number of
offered climbs increased, the number that left town was down
due mostly to the weird weather we had early in the season.
Under Sarah’s supervision, Kurt Gazow developed an online
climb management tool for leaders and an improved online
“Climbs” page for members to view available climbs.
The committee, in partnership with the Trail Trips
Committee, developed a procedure for other activity committees
to use to allow someone other than a climb leader to lead
a climb of a mountain currently categorized to be under the
jurisdiction of the Climbing Committee.
Climbing Education Classes
• Basic Climbing Education Program (Adam Nawrot,
Lead Coordinator): 225 students in 21 sections. Standards
for specific basic skills were published in the BCEP
Handbook. A skills evaluation was conducted at the end
of the class in which all students were asked to demonstrate
setting up a rappel, passing through fixed protection,
and providing a top-rope belay from the ground.
• Intermediate Climbing School (Mary-Margaret Jenkins,
Lead Coordinator): 47 of the 50 students accepted
completed the course in May 2008; 67 applied and 50
accepted in September 2008.
• Advanced Rock (Bob Murphy, Lead Coordinator): 21
students accepted and 17 completed.
• Advanced Snow & Ice (Wim Aarts, Lead Coordinator):
17 students in the spring session and six in the autumn
session.
In other developments, the Climbing Committee began
using the new climb application card, began adding anchor
bolts to various places in the MMC, revised the mileage
reimbursement rate for leaders on climbs and at classes,
revised the Climbing Committee and Climb Leader manuals,
participated in the Education Task Forces, held two Climb
Leader Appreciation nights, held four Climb Leader Update
sessions, and published several columns in the Bulletin in the

hopes of de-mystifying the Climbing Committee.
Committee members: Tim Scott, chair; Wim Aarts, Sarah
Bradham, Keith Campbell, Ryan Christie, Dragan Dokic, Jerry
Eline, Mary-Margaret Jenkins, Jill Kellogg, Bob Murphy, Adam
Nawrot, Greg Scott. Kurt Gazow, friend of the committee.
Shirley Welch, council liaison.
Conservation
Committee
by John Rettig
The Conservation Committee divides its activities into
three major areas: directing the Mazamas toward actions that
demonstrate a high level of environmental responsibility to the
community, advocating for conservation and environmental
causes that are important to our organization, and maintaining
ties with other organizations with similar goals, so that we can
leverage our activities.
The committee initiated a major program to install photovoltaic
panels on the south rooftop of the MMC, with the net cost
of the installation borne by a partnership with a local community
bank, not the Mazamas. The power that these cells generate
will partially offset our electrical usage from the grid, thereby
reducing our carbon emissions. The Mazamas will finance these
panels by purchasing the generated power at market rates for five
years, after which we take ownership of the equipment.
We also initiated a study of the potential for CO2 sequestration
through tree-planting campaigns, and are prepared to
recommend that the Mazamas team up with other organizations
for this worthwhile goal.
Our support and work with Andrew Fountain’s glacier
research resulted in the Mazamas taking ownership of a comprehensive
set of high-resolution photos of Cascade Range glaciation
taken in summer 2007 and recorded on 12 DVDs. The
quality of this set is on par with the photo sets funded by the
Mazamas in the 1930s, and it establishes a solid benchmark for
measuring glacier recession. It has been put into our library.
Several articles in the Oregonian have raised our profile
in the community as an organization that cares about global
warming.
The committee spearheaded an effort to oppose the
proposed gaming casino in Cascade Locks. Since a great deal of
the testimony given in opposition had considered the impact
of this large facility only at river level, and did not involve our
primary issues—the Herman Creek estuary into the Columbia,
and the views, noise, and pollution effects at higher elevation
in the National Scenic Area—we researched these issues and
submitted original testimony in opposition.
The committee awards grants to nonprofit organizations to
fund environmental work beneficial to the region. This year’s
grants totaled $12,750. Recipients of 2008 grants were:
• Oregon Wildlife Federation and the Center for Environmental
Equity: $550 to provide printed information to
public recreational users about mining activities at the
Alameda mine on the Rogue River.
• Oregon Wild (formerly ONRC): $1,700 to produce,
print and distribute brochures supporting Oregon Wild
Summer 2008 events.
• Willamette Riverkeeper: $1,700 to provide public education
on Waldo Lake water quality and work with the
Forest Service to implement a ban on combustible fuel
engines on the lake.
• CRAG Law Center: $1,700 to support a Forest Health
Community Education and Advocacy Project, educating
the community on the role of fire in the Mt. Hood
forest ecosystem, the role of management in promoting
forest health, and the role of the public in promoting
scientifically-defensible forest management policies.
• Cascadia Wildlands: $1,700 to conduct outreach,
education, organizing, advocacy and policy analysis for
Willamette National Forest Travel Planning.
• Oregon Natural Desert Association: $1,700 for the
Badlands and Spring Basin Wilderness Campaign.
• Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center: $600 to write, design,
and print “A Field Guide to Butterflies of Opal Creek.”
• Columbia Gorge Ecology Institute: $1,400 for a “Secrets
of our Forest Home” environmental science program
that reaches out to students, parents and other community
members.
• Wolftree, Inc: $1,700 to purchase plants, equipment,
and supplies to support the Central Oregon Cascades
Wilderness Education & Stewardship Project for
summer/fall 2008.
In other actions, the committee continued to track the
proposed Mt. Hood Wilderness legislation and issues on the
proposed liquified natural gas pipeline through the Mt. Hood
National Forest, supported Clackamas County funding for
a public park at Madrone Wall, contributed testimony for a
preliminary scoping study to designate a Mount St. Helens
National Park, and signed on in support of the Oregon Treasures
legislation (which would designate additional areas of
the Rogue River as wild and scenic) and the Washington State
Volcano Country Wild and Scenic River campaign.
Committee members: John Rettig and Jeff Hawkins, co-chairs;
Barry Buchanan, Stephen Couche, Jim McCobb, Ruth Selid,
Robert Smith, Carson Whitehead, Joan Zuber. David Zeps,
council liaison.
Community Relations and
Membership Services
Committee
by Paul Steger
Through the efforts and leadership of Executive Council
member Barry Maletzky early in 2008, the two original
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committees forming Community Relations and Membership
Services (CRAMS) evolved with similar membership and more
responsibility. Following this evolution, several new members
arrived to provide additional support and leadership.
Beginning in late spring, members began to meet monthly
with a focus on reorganizing CRAMS and preparing for the
Mazamas’ annual Discovery Night to be held on Tuesday,
October 21, 2008. During our first meeting, we developed our
mission statement—“to promote awareness, attract and retain
members of the Mazamas”—with the understanding that we
would revisit it in the future.
CRAMS’s primary focus and responsibility for the rest
of the year became Discovery Night. Fortunately, several
former members remained to guide our efforts and lead us to
success. In addition to filling the Mazama Mountaineering
Center that evening with many new people discovering the
Mazamas, many members were present to share information,
personal experiences, and their passion for our organization.
We had an almost four-fold increase in new members, as we
went from four at Discovery Night 2007 to 14 at the 2008
event.
As we approached the end of the calendar year, members
spent time assessing the 2008 event in preparation for Discovery
Night 2009. We have requested that future Discovery Nights
be calendared for the third Monday evening of October each
year so that all other committees and Mazama members will
be able to plan accordingly.
End-of-the-year planning also included ideas for monthly
public relations news releases and Bulletin submissions. Our
meetings will be on the second Monday of each month. With
enthusiasm, excitement and eagerness, CRAMS members
welcome other Mazamas to participate in our committee meetings
and know that we could be an even more effective group
with others contributing to our mission.
Committee members: Paul Steger, chair; Michael Campbell,
Valerie Lyons, Sheri Alice Smith, David Wedge. Barry Maletzky,
council liaison.
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Expedition
Committee
by Chuck Aude
As Mazamas we all share in the long tradition of mountaineering
for adventure, breaking new boundaries, and exploring
new ground. The Expedition Committee exists to push the
envelope of mountaineering for individuals, our local climbing
community, and the sport in general. We accomplish this goal
by partially underwriting the cost of individuals and groups
climbing in remote ranges, putting up first ascents, and establishing
new routes. In return, we ask these individuals and
groups to share their experiences through articles, presentations
and involvement in our educational programs.
In 2008 we funded two expeditions to remote regions of
western Nepal:
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• Mazama member Pete Dronkers’ “Himalayan Exposure
2008” expedition to the Dhaulagiri Range. Pete returned
from his expedition in the spring. Look for his expedition
report on page 4.
• An all-Mazama expedition (Kern Buckner, Preston
Corless, David Byrne, Keith Campbell, Jim Brewer) to
attempt the first American ascent of Himlung Himal.
The expedition returned in the fall and will be reported
in the 2009 Mazama Annual.
This past year the committee has been working hard on
fundraising projects. We started the year by cohosting the
2nd Annual Reel Rock Film Tour, the proceeds of which
went directly to the Capital Campaign. Over the winter,
we had a successful Expedition Training Course, a Snow
Camping Skill Builder, and the Crevasse Rescue Skill Builder.
In the spring, we hosted Terry O’Connor’s presentation on
his experience with Discovery Channel’s “Everest: Beyond
the Limit.” We finished the year with a packed, standingroom-only
auditorium for Monty Smith’s excellent Mt.
Everest presentation.
The committee has many new ideas for 2009, including
a Wilderness Navigation Skill Builder, an Advanced Crevasse
Rescue class, and an expedition networking event. Our first
event in September was a great success and brought together
climbers interested in Pico de Orizaba, Kilimanjaro and Aconcagua.
We hope to keep the momentum going with a new
event and new peaks every three to four months.
Committee members: Chuck Aude, chair; Jonathan Barrett,
Kern Buckner, Terry Donahe, Shawn Donley, Kari Friedewald,
Duane Nelson, Donovan Pacholl, Ann Radil, Bennett Smith,
Brian Weihs, Doug Wilson. Shirley Welch, council liaison.
Financial Affairs
Committee
by Jennifer Van Houten
The role of the Financial Affairs Committee (FAC) is to
work to ensure the Mazamas’ continued financial health. This
responsibility frequently means performing activities behind
the scenes, often unnoticed by the general membership. This
year, the FAC continued to work with the individual committees
and the business office in preparing the annual budget and
quarterly re-forecasts and understanding the monthly financial
statements. Other projects this year included continued work
on the various administrative and financial policies of the
Mazamas (including a Financial Operating Policy handbook
and a Fraud Policy) and responding to issues raised in the prior
year’s CPA Audit Report. Additional efforts of the organization
included analyzing the financial impact of the proposed Solar
Panel Array project currently under consideration.
Committee members: Tom Elmer, Marty Hanson, Adam
Jensen, Pam Kane. Jennifer Van Houten, council liaison.

First Aid
Committee
by Kerry Mager
2008 was another very busy year for the First Aid Committee.
We offered Mountaineering First Aid (MFA) in October 2007
and February 2008 and an MFA Recertification course in
March 2008. The fall and winter courses were both full and
had waiting lists, which is a sign that the course continues to
have significant value to the organization and is also being
recognized outside of the Mazamas as very worthwhile training
for just about any outdoor enthusiast. Our instructional model
of primarily hands-on training continues to be successful and
receive positive feedback.
In addition to MFA, we offered three CPR classes in the fall
and three in the winter. These courses are a requirement for
completion of MFA and were also well attended. We were still
able to offer these classes without going to outside vendors, as we
had two people on the committee with CPR training certification.
It is our hope that we can continue to offer this at a reduced
cost, but the committee membership is always changing, so we
may have to return to outside vendors in 2009.
With the increasing demand for MFA training both
within and outside the organization, we hope to increase our
committee membership in 2009 so we can consider offering an
additional MFA course. The community interest in this course
continues to grow as evident by our full classes and the number
of inquiries we receive on Discovery Night.
Many thanks go out to our numerous nonmember helpers!
Without you, we could not deliver this class. The committee is
always appreciative of the significant number of repeat helpers
we have every year. Volunteering to help with MFA is a great
way to stay current on your training. Thank you again!
Committee members: Kerry Mager, chair; Daniel Bailey,
Kirstin Borglum, Terry Campbell, Flora Huber, Karin Masunari,
Janet Peters, Janette Pipkin, Jay Swenberger, Ron Turco,
Randy Young. Pam Gilmer, council liaison.
Information Technology
Committee
Several IT projects were completed by individuals, but
2008 was a year of transition for the Information Technology
Committee.
Library and Historical
Collections Committee
by Tom Dinsmore
Project by project and donation by donation, the Mazamas’
Collections are increasing in relevance to mountaineering
Kellye Just with alpenstocks and ice axes displayed in the
museum workroom. Photo by Barbara Marquam
history in the Pacific Northwest and the outdoor community
in general. Accessibility to that history by researchers
and other interested folks has improved this past year. The
library computer catalog is operational. Searchable terms in
the PastPerfect database have been better standardized and
several authority files overhauled. Climbing awards can now
be searched in a database that is nearly completed.
An expanding archive on members and notable mountaineers
contains obituaries and articles of interest. Newspaper articles
(1895–1987) have been photocopied for preservation. Abstracts
of newspaper articles from 1895–1910 have been completed
and entered into the PastPerfect database. A searchable reference
collection of the Mazama Bulletin (1923–1997) has been created.
Mazama Foundation and Library records have been processed.
The membership applications archive is being updated.
Structures were built in the museum to hold, protect and
display the Mazamas’ extensive collections of historic and
contemporary ice axes and the historically valuable alpenstocks,
two of which were used on the Mazamas’ 1894 inaugural
climb of Mt. Hood and nine on our Centennial Climb.
Items are arranged for easy access by staff and researchers. The
crampon collection, with many obsolete versions, has been
sorted and arranged and awaits more functional shelving.
Two oral history interviews were completed and transcribed
by Patrick Feeney. Ed Johann, a member since 1962, served
on the Executive Council and several committees. He led both
hikes and climbs and was awarded the Parker Cup and honorary
membership. Dave Falconer, a member since 1950 and a photographer
for the Oregonian, helped publicize the Mazamas through
his photographs of climbing school classes and other activities.
He was active in mountain search and rescue and was one of a
handful of honorary members of the Crag Rats. A second interview
of Ken Hague was completed by Dennis Olmstead.
The Collections received 120 donations, up 25 percent over
the last fiscal year. The museum received a 15-inch long iron
spike with closed-eye circle found high on the Cooper Spur route
of Mount Hood by Jerry Calbaum. In the early 1890s, guides at
the then-new Cooper Spur Inn installed rope handlines down the
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first 800 feet below the summit of the climbing route for protection
for their clients. Later, and for many years, the Crag Rats of
Hood River installed handlines each climbing season. They likely
placed the iron spike described above. Three unique ice pitons
resembling giant hooks were given to us. They were homemade
in about 1972 by Peter Reagan, who used them for protection on
Mt.Hood’s lower Steel Cliff and on Yocum Ridge.
During the first full year in our new location, circulation of
library books and DVDs increased from about 600 items to
750. A new checkout system has greatly eased the processing of
returned books. We added 261 books and DVDs to the library
in the last 12 months, and an inventory is close to complete.
Through the efforts of our dedicated curators, members
and “friends,” the Mazamas Collections continue to grow and
provide an increasingly valuable resource. A special thanks to
Alice Davis for her 10 years of volunteer service. Efforts during
the coming year will focus on increasing museum storage and
exhibit space and on the development of a Web page.
Friends: Kelly Bacon, Nancy Bentley, Cecille Beyl, Gary
Beyl, Joe Boyce, Alice Davis, Patrick Feeney, Helen Gerding,
Brian Holcomb, Carolyn Jenkins, Kellye Just, John Long, Dennis
Olmstead, Jessica Palfryman, Bill Savery, Carolyn Studer, Karen
Suher, Johnyne Wascavage, Robert Weber. Peter Green, rarebooks
consultant; Sharon Howe, consultant.
Committee members: Tom Dinsmore, chair; Vera Dafoe
(Museum Curator), Mary Davis, Stan Enevoldson, Robert
Lockerby (Librarian), Barbara Marquam (Archivist), Barbara
Morrison, Duane Ray, Pat Sims, Jeff Thomas (Photo Archivist),
Klindt Vielbig. Helen Hanson, council liaison.
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by Jim Ross
Lodge
Committee
The last fiscal year presented the lodge with great challenges,
but it also provided opportunities to solve ongoing
problems.
Heavy snow on the roof caused concern over its load potential.
The clearing of the snow revealed damage. Further snowfall
pushed inspection too late into the season to administer
repairs. The committee developed contacts with contractors
that can be pursued for the next season.
A system had been needed for transporting groceries to
the lodge when it is snowed in. Clif and Dae Todd presented
the simple solution of a track-propelled device known as
“Canycom.” The device was purchased and has been in use
since winter 2008.
Also, the dishwasher, in disrepair for years, was replaced.
That eliminated two manual steps in dishwashing.
Members of the committee and others participated in maintenance
projects, but much work remains. The committee is developing
an ongoing project list with frequent work parties to give all
organization members an opportunity to help with the lodge.
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The committee activities for the year peaked with the Round
the Mountain event over Labor Day weekend. Committee
member Mary Kleeman did an extraordinary job of organizing
the event. It was fully booked and ran smoothly. Mary developed
a system that can be copied for success in the future.
Mary also was elected the new committee chair. She hopes
to make volunteering for the lodge a positive and fun experience
for everyone.
Committee members: Jim Ross, chair; Steve Bauer, Allan
Brettman, Dan Kleeman, Mary Kleeman, Kibbey Rock. Pam
Gilmer, council liaison.
Nordic
Committee
by Ed Conyngham
The winter 2007-2008 Nordic Ski School was notable for a
40 percent increase in the total number of students attending
classes, important not so much for the increase alone, but as
proof that cross-country skiing is holding its own in the volatile
world of winter sports. Snow was plentiful this year. Despite
some icy conditions, we ended the season without accidents.
With 93 students in 10 classes, most classes were near
capacity. For Classic skiing we had three Beginning classes
with six instructors and 30 students, five Intermediate classes
with 11 instructors and 50 students, and one Advanced class
with two instructors and five students. Nordic Downhill had
one class with two instructors and eight students.
Twenty instructors attended the annual Instructor Orientation,
where we discussed policies and practices. Doug Couch
gave a presentation on avalanche awareness, and instructors
were asked to point out potential avalanche dangers during
their classes. The annual Instructor Clinic was again held
under the guidance of qualified professional ski instructors.
Mazama instructors at the clinic focused on tuning up their
technique and teaching skills.
To promote our Nordic classes, we participated in Mazama
Discovery Night and the Oregon Nordic Club’s Winter Fair.
We also put up posters and hawked our wares at several
rambles, all of which contributed to the good student turnout
this year. A survey of students showed that a large number
learned about the classes from friends who we presume were
either Mazamas or members of the cross-country community.
At the suggestion of lodge managers Dae and Clif Todd,
our traditional annual Nordic Family Weekend was renamed
Mazama Winter Family Weekend and was broadened to include
support from the Trails and Lodge committees. The activities
were more varied this year and included snow sculpture, igloo
building, a 1K race by whatever means, and sled races on the
hill behind the lodge. This proved a successful format and great
fun for a wide range of children and their parents.
Financially, we ended the year in the black.
Committee members: Ed Conyngham, chair; Lynn Bauer,

Darrin Class, Rick Eskridge, Carol Lane, Byron Rendar,
Margaret Smith, Mary Wood, Ed Wortman. Bob Breivogel,
council liaison.
Old Timers at the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden.
Left to right, Jean Fitzgerald, Ben Fujita Peggy Fujita, Buzz
Lindahl, Chuck Jacobs, Helen Hanson. Photo by Anne Jacobs
Old-Timers
Committee
by Anne Jacobs
Old-Timers comprise approximately one third of the total
Mazama membership.
Forty-two members of 25 years were added to Old-Timer
status in November 2007, having joined in 1983. Seven
members, having joined in 1958, became 50-year members:
Ralph Bunnell, Charles Jensen, Elinor Levin, Mary Lewis,
William Pendergast, Marjorie Walker and Gretchen Yost.
We enjoy sharing our experiences and interests at our
fall, winter and spring program luncheons and at our annual
summer potluck picnic, which was held again at Dick and Jane
Miller’s country home on Cooper Mountain. A December
potluck was held at the Rowing Club, hosted by Jean
Fitzgerald, to see the Christmas ships.
Moderately paced monthly walks are open to all members
and friends. In 2007 they included Mt. Talbert, Old Salmon
River Trail, Crystal Springs, Hillsdale to Healy Heights, Iron
Mountain, Willamette Cemetery, Mountain Park, Lacamas
Lake and Lower Clackamas River from Clackamette Park.
Helen Hanson, current member of the Executive Council
and longtime chair and co-chair of the committee, now serves
as council liaison. She continues to do much of the planning,
handles the three luncheons, organizes the phone committee,
and keeps scrapbooks for all our activities.
Committee members: Anne Jacobs, chair; Elizabeth Handler
King, Irmgard Oliver, Heather Rosenwinkel, Ferd Zurcher.
Helen Hanson, council liaison.
Outing
Committee
by Joe Boyce
An official Mazama outing is a group of four or more
friends who want to travel, hike, climb or backpack for five
or more days anywhere in the world. Safety, education, and
having a good time are the goals of the Outing Committee. To
accomplish these goals, the committee has the responsibility
to assist and train the outing leaders (with the help of a liaison
from the committee), promote and publicize outings, maintain
a permanent record of each outing, review the financial
records of each outing, and recognize each leadership team.
This year’s outings were:
• “My Vacation is in Ruins! Peru Trekking,” led by Ellen
Gradison with Gloria Fisher and Tim Hale assisting
• “Bolivia Trekking and Climbing,” led by Benjamin
Vincent and Eric Hoem
• “Glacier National Park,” led by Richard Getgen with
Ann Brown assisting
• “Ramblewood Olympics,” led by Billie Goodwin with
Kent Meyer and Joan Mosser assisting
• “Rustic Canadian Rockies,” led by Ginger Remy with
Marty Hanson assisting
• “North Santiam,” led by Ray Sheldon with Stan
Enevoldsen assisting
• “Swiss Alps,” led by Gary Beck with Gerry Itkin assisting
• “Trinity Alps Backpack,” led by Paul Gerald with Rich
Chouinard assisting.
• “Hiking Through History in Northern Spain,” led by
Helen Hanson with Darlene Nelson assisting.
• “Annapurna Circuit Trek,” led by Bob Breivogel with
Jim Ronning assisting.
All the outing participants had a great time, made new
friends, renewed old friendships, and arrived back home safely.
We have more fantastic outings coming up. This fiscal year
113 participants generated $3,255 for the general fund. The
dollar amount is down this year due to a change in accounting
procedures.
Committee members: Joe Boyce, chair; Keith Dickson, Paul
Gerald, Jean Fitzgerald, Diana Foster, Bill Meyer, Kent Meyer,
Joan Mosser. Helen Hanson, council liaison.
Program
Committee
by Klindt Vielbig
The Program Committee managed 26 Wednesday night
programs from October through April, presented by both
members and nonmembers. Foreign travel was the largest
category, followed by hiking/backpacking, mountaineering,
mountain skiing and cultural/environmental categories. More
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shows now use digital projection, and the shows by authors
and travel leaders continue to be excellent and heavily
attended. Our two largest shows were a slide show on skiing
the Cascade crest by Lowell Skoog and a film on Mt. Everest
by Lance Trumbull. Our one-dollar voluntary donation at
shows has enabled us to buy and maintain quality equipment
for the shows, and nonmembers are a significant portion of our
audiences as we continue our community outreach.
Committee members: John Leary and Dyanne Foster,
co-chairs; Nancy Bentley, Gail O’Neill, Karen Park, Richard
Pope. Gerald Itkin, council liaison.
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Publications
Committee
by Todd Adkisson
2008 was a terrific year for the Publications Committee. There
were a few issues we had to tackle, and we did so with gusto.
First up was a transition to a new advertising manager, which
included important organizational details, such as tracking past
advertising payments and future practices. Heather Campbell
became the new advertising manager and did a great job.
Then we transitioned to printing the Bulletin on recycled
paper. Even though we checked with many committees and
the Executive Council, there was still some explaining to do
for members who were puzzled by the change. It is a move that
reinforces our commitment to conserve natural resources.
George Cummings and Dean Land took the lead as editors
for the 2007 Mazama Annual, and they did an exceptional job,
collecting interesting articles, great photographs and needed
reports.
The Mazama Bulletin also looked great all year, with terrific
layout by Steve Burton and Sarah Bradham, contributions
from nearly every Publications Committee member (as well
as from a wide spectrum of Mazamas, of course), and special
efforts by Leslie Morrison and Margaret Smith to ensure a
regular flow of engaging climb and hike stories. An emphasis
on incorporating more photographs added to the appearance.
The Mazama Directory was produced on time, on budget
and with great care by Jack Grauer, as has come to be standard
procedure.
The entire committee was a great group, making every
meeting lively, the discussions interesting and the efforts
effective. Steve Heikkila helped a great deal as vice chair, and
Barry Maletzky was much more involved and helpful than
one might expect from a busy council liaison. The office staff
also provided top-notch support for essential tasks such as
providing print quantities and mailing lists.
Good luck to the committee in 2009 as enthusiastic new
members are welcomed and the work goes on.
Committee members: Todd Adkisson, chair; George
Cummings, Jack Grauer, Steve Heikkila, Dean Land, Brett Lloyd,
Leslie Morrison, Jon Putnam, Margaret Smith. Barry Maletzky,
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Research
Committee
by Brian Goldman
The Research Committee reviewed 29 proposals this year
(four standard, 23 graduate student, and two youth). This was
down from 51 proposals last year. We funded three standard,
five graduate student, and two youth grant proposals.
Standard Grants
Suzanne Griffin, adjunct faculty at Western Washington
University, proposes to study the Olympic marmot decline in
recent years due to predation by coyotes. She will study the
relationship between climate variables and hibernation patterns,
reproductive success, and marmot exposure to risk while foraging.
If the marmots are able to adjust their life history to other species
that can withstand predation pressure, then they may coexist
with coyotes in a functioning ecosystem. (SG 01-08, $1,500)
Joel Hartter, assistant professor, Department of Geography,
University of New Hampshire, proposes to develop an integrated
methodology to detect social, ecological and economical
changes in forest conditions and surrounding communities
over time and to investigate their linkage. The study will
examine change in forest area, health of these forests, and
the extent of ecosystem fragmentation using satellite imagery
analysis. The study will then determine if and how changes
on private land holdings and the Eagle Cap Wilderness Area
have impacted the community. Lastly, the study will determine
whether small-scale forest products enterprises can play a role
in not only improving community health but also maintaining
or improving forest health. (SG 02-08, $750)
Dale Wagner, assistant professor of health, physical education
and recreation, Utah State University, proposes to study whether
low arterial oxygen saturation upon arrival at altitude might be
a predictor of impending acute mountain sickness if the climber
remains at altitude or continues the ascent, using a finger pulse
oximeter on Pico de Orizaba in Mexico. (SG 04-08, $1,000)
Graduate Student Grants
John Deshler, M.S. student in biology at Portland State
University, proposes to study the habitat selection, breeding,
population dynamics and conservation status of pygmy owls
in a mixed forest in northwestern Oregon. Accurate scientific
information can forestall processes that lead to threatened
status. (GS 04-08, $750)
Evan Larson, Ph.D. candidate in the department of geography,
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, proposes to study
the whitebark pine, a species that has declined throughout
its range over the past century due to mountain pine beetle
outbreaks, white pine blister rust, and fire suppression. Larson’s
research will provide data about the disturbance regimes and
ecology of whitebark communities at various sites. The results
will provide a framework to facilitate the development of ecologi-

cally based restoration projects to maintain the viability of whitebark
pine in the western United States. (GS 08-08, $1,500)
Lauren Parker, M.S. student in the department of geosciences,
Oregon State University, proposes to study the climatological
triggers of rain-induced debris flows, such as those on
the flanks of Mt. Hood and Mt. Rainier. The objectives are to
categorize the frequency and character of debris-flow-triggering
storm events, evaluate potential relationships between these
storms and major climate patterns, quantify the snowpack
conditions before debris-flow events, and determine if there
has been an increase in triggering storms and variables associated
with rain-induced debris flows. (GS 18-08, $1,500)
Rachel Pirot, M.S. student in geology at Portland State
University, proposes to study which drainages on Mt. Hood
experienced debris flows as a result of the climatic event in
November 2006, and whether conditions such as glaciers, sediment
type and vegetative cover are different than conditions in
drainages with little or no response. She will produce a hazard
map of the mountain for the November 2006 events based on
comparative air photo analysis. (GS 19-08, $1,500)
Forrest Stevens, Ph.D. candidate in geography, University
of Florida, proposes to study the linkage between forest health
and social, economic and ecological changes in Wallowa County,
Oregon. The proposal will create baseline measurements of longterm
land change using satellite-based, remotely sensed data from a
variety of sources over a 25-year time span. (GS 21-08, $1,500)
Youth Grants
Wendy Gassaway, teacher at Baker Prairie Middle School
in Canby, Oregon, proposes to start a hiking club in which
students will learn hiking safety and etiquette and be introduced
to common species of flora and fauna in Oregon. The
culminating activity will be a weekend at the Mazama Lodge,
where students will learn outdoor safety, navigation, species
identification, backpacking and climbing. They will also use art
and writing to reflect on their learning. (YG 01-08, $750)
Anna Gordon, teacher at Madison High School, proposes to
create a permaculture garden to provide an experiential learning
environment that balances the need for healthy, organic food
for students and the need for a healthy habitat for wildlife.
Students will learn about energy-efficient buildings, wastewater
treatment, recycling and land stewardship. (YG 02-08, $750)
Committee members: Brian Goldman, chair; Tom Bennett,
Steve Boyer, Bill Bronstein, Anda Cornea, Susan Garland, Ryan
Morrison, Molly Schmitz, Linda Shockey. David Zeps, council
liaison.
Risk Management
Committee
by Doug Wilson
The primary goal of the Risk Management Committee
(RM) is to promote continuous improvement in the safety and
well being of all people participating in Mazama activities. RM
reviews incident reports, performs safety audits of Mazama
schools and programs, and works with activity committees to
implement new learning. RM also owns the emergency pager
system and the Incident Report database.
Six incidents were reported this year, ranging from a late
hiking party to a broken femur. In all six cases, Mazama
leaders responded with appropriate actions and no follow-up
was needed from the activity committee involved. Starting this
year, RM now sends a summary of findings to the originator of
an incident report to help bring closure to the occurrence.
Safety reviews were completed for Advanced Snow and
Ice, Climb Leader Development, and Trail Trips, and reviews
were begun for Trail Tending and Outings. The safety review
procedure was also updated to add scheduled follow-up with
the activity committee on the progress of improvement items
to verify completion and implementation.
Several other notable activities occurred during 2007-
2008. The emergency pagers were updated, and the pager
procedure is in the process of being simplified, with activity
committee inputs. With the Mazamas pursuing more community
outreach, RM began researching minor participation
liability and adding indemnification on the youth liability
waiver. Finally, RM worked with the Climbing Committee
on refining BCEP safety officer duties and ICS/AR top-rope
anchor improvement.
As an organization, we walk a fine line between underestimating
risk and taking the fun out of our activities by being too
risk averse. While Mazama activities will never be totally risk
free, the low number of incidents reported and the appropriate
leader responses to those incidents this year indicate that current
training is preparing many of our leaders and participants to
deal with potential issues and make our programs safer.
Committee members: Doug Wilson, chair; Joe Boyce, Darrin
Class, Terry Cummings, Mary-Margaret Jenkins, Sam Nebel,
April Obern, Dennis Olmstead, Margaret Smith, Donna Vandal.
Gerald Itkin, council liaison.
Ski Mountaineering
Committee
by Will Driessen
2008 was a busy year for the Ski Mountaineering Committee.
Interest in the classes offered by the committee seemed to be at
an all-time high, probably for two reasons: the incredible snow
over the last two winters and the increased coverage by news
organizations about the avalanche danger in the mountains.
We had large classes this year in an effort accommodate the
increased interest.
With the larger class sizes, the Mazamas realized that the
avalanche beacon fleet was not nearly large enough to accommodate
all the classes and winter climbs. In 2007 the committee
thought it could solve this problem simply by having winter
climb leaders return the beacons in a more timely manner. We
were effective in that goal. But multiple overlaps of 2008 class
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sessions (Ski Mountaineering, ICS, avalanche refresher) made
it clear that we needed to increase the size of the beacon fleet.
In the summer we ordered 35 Backcountry Access Trackers.
This purchase should allow us to run two classes and two
winter climbs at the same time. The 35 new Trackers will
increase our fleet to 103 Trackers total, with the goal that every
student and winter climber will have a Tracker and not one of
the older beacons still in the fleet.
Interest in the 2009 class already looks strong.
Committee members: Will Driessen, chair; Wim Aarts,
Jeremy Buck, Wendy Childs, Claudia Holderegger, Gwendolyn
Hunt, Eileen Kiely, Mark Meyer, Jay Stagnone. Bob Breivogel,
council liaison.
Trail Trips
Committee
by Tom Eggers
The Trail Trips Committee (TTC) continued its multiyear
trend of improving program performance, safety,
leadership development and training, and fun. TTC leaders
offered a full schedule of 983 events, including rambles,
hikes, snowshoe trips, trail tending, backpacks, car camps
and skiing events—a 20 percent increase over the prior year.
Members and the public responded enthusiastically, as a
record 10,052 participants joined us—a 19 percent increase
over the prior year. Despite the increases in participation,
reportable injuries remained at historically low levels. The
success of these programs resulted in the generation of a
record $16,544 in fees—a 14 percent increase over the
prior year. Much of the growth was in an expanded Street
Ramble program (more trips out of our base at REI, as well
as expanded programs from the MMC, Fort Vancouver, the
SW Community Center, and other locations), which saw
6,697 participants—a staggering 28 percent increase over
the prior year.
At the core of this success were the active TTC leaders.
Some veterans achieved major volunteer service milestones:
• Richard Getgen - 936 activities (most in Mazama history)
• Billie Goodwin - 582 (second most)
• Bob Miller - 559 (third)
• Dean Kokko - 478 (fourth)
• Dean Lee - 471 (fifth; includes an astounding 87 leads
over the year)
• Marty Hanson - 448 (sixth)
• Terry Cone - 289 (eighth)
• Carolyn Jenkins - 259 (ninth)
• Tom Guyot - 240 (tenth)
The TTC continued to emphasize leadership development,
with nine new leaders added and 113 total leaders
in the program at year-end. The themes of ongoing safety,
training and fun were reinforced at leader appreciation and
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workshop functions during the course of the year, as well
as in monthly newsletters and online gear-list postings. The
Risk Management Committee performed a safety audit and
concluded, “… the TTC program is well-run with no major
safety concerns.”
The Used Equipment Sale was moved to the MMC
and held in March, generating over $3,800 in net revenue
(exceeding budget by over 23 percent), thanks to the efforts
of over 50 volunteers and an estimated 250 customers. TTC
leaders continued to support Climbing Committee programs
via Pre-BCEP and Pre-Hike-to-the-Summit conditioning
hikes, as well as providing input into the new “A” Climb
Leader development program.
Committee members: Tom Eggers, chair; Jean Andreas,
Sue Brickey, Ann Brown, Ursula Edlund, Kate Evans, Nancy
Goering, Billie Goodwin, Kibbey Rock, Dan Schuster, Terry
Sherbeck, Margaret Smith. Gerald Itkin, council liaison. Tom
Davidson, John Davis, Richard Getgen, Bob Smith, friends of
the committee.
Trail Tending
Subcommittee
by Rick Pope
The Trail Tending Subcommittee is pleased to report a total
of 490 volunteer hours recorded over 13 working days for
fiscal year 2008. We recorded 388 hours on U.S. Forest Service
projects at a value of $5,432, which is used to offset Mazama
permit fees. All the remaining hours were tallied on the Elk-
Kings Traverse in the Tillamook State Forest.
To improve our performance for fiscal year 2009, the
committee has undertaken several action items. First, we
recognized the need to rebuild the committee and our list of
qualified leaders to previous levels. Hugh Woltzen and Ed Rea
joined the committee for calendar year 2008 to bolster our
ranks. In addition, Jeff Welter, while not a committee member,
has qualified to lead trail tending trips and will concentrate on
opening the Eagle-Benson trail, with one trip completed and
more planned during the coming year.
Other goals for fiscal year 2009 are developing a mission
statement, including a policy dealing with the new Trail
Keepers of Oregon (TKO) nonprofit organization, adding
to the qualified leader ranks, improving communications
with land managers, and boosting turnouts by partnering
with other organizations. We have formulated a preliminary
policy statement regarding TKO, and we stand behind efforts
to partner with TKO. By cross-advertising our trips, we hope
to avoid conflicting dates and gain some new faces on our
work parties.
We look forward to the coming season and our continuing
efforts to keep your hiking trails open and safe!
Committee members: Rick Pope, chair; Bus Gibson, Carol
McLagon, Ed Rea, Ray Sheldon, Hugh Woltzen.

Executive Director’s
Annual Report
2007-2008
by Peggie Schwarz
2007–2008 was the first full year in the Mazama Mountaineering
Center, and the goals assigned to me by the Executive
Council reflected our move to the MMC and our initiative
toward improving our administrative policies. Thank you
to all the volunteers who helped us achieve our goals!
Goal 1 - Continue to Address Facility
Infrastructure Needs
• Water issues - John Cunningham, Registered Geotechnical
Engineer, did an extensive assessment of the water
problems related to the building and developed a short-
and long-term plan for managing the water issues. He
believes the bioswale is doing its job in diverting water
from the building and feels that we will have no major
issues if we follow standard maintenance practices such
as clearing drains and gutters regularly.
• Acoustics - Mike Howes initially assessed the acoustics
in Holman Auditorium. He suggested carpeting and
drapes. For an immediate improvement, we purchased
better microphones that have greatly improved the
sound situation. Further studies may be done.
• Kitchen - Thanks to Craig Martin, who obtained
donated cabinets and a countertop from Ostercraft
homes, we have a kitchen! Thanks also to John Meckel,
Tom Nelson and Rick Craycraft for helping with installation,
painting and recycling.
• General maintenance - We have developed a skilled
group of volunteers who help us maintain the MMC and
the grounds. Thank you to Joe Boyce, Keith Campbell,
Tom Dinsmore, Bob Lockerby, Chris Mackert, Craig
Martin, John Meckel, Tom Nelson and Dick Pugh.
GOAL 2 - Develop Administrative Policies
(with the Treasurer)
Because of Sarbanes-Oxley legislation put into place after
Enron and other corporate debacles, the federal government
is requiring more financial record-keeping than in past years.
The government is looking very closely at nonprofits, so
our auditor, McDonald Jacobs, is requiring more forms for
record-keeping and many more policies and procedures to
manage our finances. Having policies in place also shows
insurers that we’re well-organized and responsible, which can
help lower our insurance rates. The following policies were
adopted by council:
• Fraud (draft)
• Financial Management Policies and Procedures
(FMPP)
• Whistleblower
• Rental
• Staff Code of Ethics
An employee handbook is in the works for 2008–2009.
Thanks to Pam Kane on the Financial Affairs Committee for
her work with the FMPP.
Additional initiatives accomplished in
2007–2008 include:
Youth Outreach
The Mazamas agreed to team with Portland Impact’s SUN
Program at Rigler School to teach seventh graders how to be
safe and appreciate the outdoors. Thank you to Monty Smith,
who led the pilot program teaching 10 enthusiastic seventh
graders map and compass skills. After the success of the pilot
program, we went on to plan an 8-week course that will begin
in October 2008 and introduce the students to fitness, nutrition,
first aid, hiking, proper clothing, safety, etc. The course
will include two hikes and a trip to the rock gym. Thank
you to our planning team of Jim Hashimoto, Paul Steger,
Margaret Smith and Jeff Lane. The course coordinators will
be Dan Schuster and Elizabeth Sullivan.
Climbing Wall
An anonymous donor has come forward to fund a climbing
wall at the MMC. A Climbing Wall Task Force identified the
design elements for an Instructional Climbing Wall that will
be built by Entre Prises in Bend. A bit more planning needs
to be done to design the wall within the donor’s budget.
Thank you to the Climbing Wall Task Force: Heather Campbell,
Keith Campbell, Ryan Christie, Bruce Hope and Bob
Murphy. Additionally, Jim Brewer, Jay Leavens and Rick
Amodeo have assisted in planning the structural frame.
American Alpine Club Gathering
While at a meeting at the American Alpine Club (AAC)
in Golden, Colorado, in February 2008, I spoke with the
AAC about instigating a meeting of American mountaineering
clubs. The purpose of the meeting would be to get to
know our colleagues and build a network; share information,
best practices and challenges; and possibly identify and work
together on useful initiatives. I attended the first meeting,
held September 22–24, 2008. In attendance were the AAC,
Adirondack Mountaineering Club, Colorado Mountain Club,
Sierra Club (mountaineer division), Seattle Mountaineers,
and the Mazamas. We shared membership demographics and
information, and discussed collaborating on liability insurance,
amateur training standards, and inter-club benefit sharing.
Membership Services Improvements
• Put the climb schedule online (thanks to Kurt Gazow
and Sarah Bradham)
• Put class registration online (thanks to Sarah Bradham
and the Education Task Force)
• Posted all mid-month e-mail newletters for the archives
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Capital Campaign
Report
Campaign Heads Toward Goal
by Keith Dubanevich
The Reaching New Heights Capital Campaign was an
ad hoc committee formed by the Executive Council to raise
money to pay for the purchase of and renovations to the
Mazama Mountaineering Center.
The capital campaign was tasked with raising $1.75
million and instituting a gift program. As of October 1, 2008,
the capital campaign had raised $1,103,936 in cash, in-kind
gifts and pledges. In addition, we have received $869,265 in
pledges of estate gifts, the use of which will be determined at
the time the funds are actually received. The estate gifts are
not included in our goal of $1.75 million, as the timing of
receipt cannot be determined. We anticipate that these estate
gifts will be used for ongoing maintenance and operations
unless received before the conclusion of the campaign. Climb
leaders donated over $1,000 of their mileage reimbursement
to the capital campaign during 2007–2008.
The capital campaign was led this past year by former
president Keith Dubanevich. Jennifer Van Houten was the
council liaison. Executive Director Peggie Schwarz has been
integrally involved in the campaign. The capital campaign
was made up of four task forces: Leadership Gifts (led by
Wendy Carlton and Tom Bard), External Gifts (led by Jon
Jurevic and Nancy Miller), Estate Gifts (led by Lori Freeman
and Chris Kabel) and Membership Gifts (led by Pat Cook
and Brad Chaddick). Each of the task forces had multiple
members in addition to the leaders. The campaign was
aided by consultants Don and Sandra Smith and campaign
assistant Lee Davis.
The campaign held a number of informational and
fundraising events at the MMC, including several hosted by
Mazama committees.
The following have made a gift or pledge at the
Leadership Level of $5,000 or more:
Stacy Allison
Joe Anderson
Chuck Aude (IMO Roger Aude)
Tom Bard
Gary & Sally Beck (IMO Terry
Becker)
Barbara Bond & Cathy Martin
Bob Breivogel
Evona Brim
Ralph Bunnell
Robert Caldwell
Wendy Carlton
June H. Compton
Terry A. Cone
Patrice Cook
George Cummings
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Terri Cummings
Dorothy & Clayton Davidson
Bill Dewsnap
Thomas Dinsmore
Keith Dubanevich
Tom Eggers
Jerry Eline
Tom Elmer
Dyanne Foster
Lori Freeman
Mr. & Mrs. Ferenc Gabor
Teresa Graham
Jack Grauer
Mark Hanschka
Helen & Harold Hanson
Martin Hanson
Jeff Hawkins & Freda Sherburne
Mike & Judy Holman
Thomas W. Holman Sr.
Ed & Patty Holt
Gerald Itkin & Joan Sears
Jon & Leigh Jurevic
Chris Kabel
George Keepers
Nancy Kennaway
Key Bank
Kurt Kessler
Mr. Keith Kinsman
Roger Klein
Megan Johnson & Dean Lee
Eugene & Sarah Lewins
Robert Lockerby
Monica Lyster
Christine L. Mackert
Barry Maletzky & Tiarra Carroll
Erika Markel & Ryan Christie
Keith & Terry Mischke
Malcolm Montague
Bob Murphy
Lonay & Susan Nelson
John & Ginger Niemeyer
William Oberteuffer (IMO Margaret
Oberteuffer)
The ODS Companies
Amy & John Osaki (Walking Softly
Adventures)
Kim Osgood
Norman Pease
Guido R. Perera
Bill & Judy Platt
Robert and Anita Platt III
Dick Pugh
Richard Romaine
Charles & Miriam Rosenthal (IMO
Ed Holt)
Ed Schultz
Dan L. Schuster
John Sell
Monty Smith
Smith and Company
Martin & Barbara Snoey
Ray Snyder
Patricia Southard
Willilam & Caroline Southard
Standard Insurance Co.
Peter & Julie Stott
Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust
U.S. Bank
Jennifer Van Houten
Roy H. Webster
James & Liz Wendlandt
Joe Whittington
Doug Wilson
Kirby Young
David & Margaret Zeps
The following have made a gift to the Reaching
New Heights Capital Campaign this year:
Wim Aarts
Linny Adamson
Todd Adkisson
Dave Anderson
Edward Anderson
Harold Anderson
Joe Anderson
Roger Anderson
Richard I. Andreasen
Anonymous
Rebecca Atherton
Chuck Aude (IMO Roger Aude)
Gladys August
Mazamas AYM Committee
Sarah Baker
Richard Balazs
Tom Bard
Betty Barker
Tom Barr
Barran Liebman LLP
John Bartholomew
Don Batten
John Bauer
Lynn Bauer
Shirley Bayer
Rich Bayless
Joe Beattie
Gary & Sally Beck (IMO Terry
Becker)
Becker Capital Management
Lisa Bendt
Frank Bennett
Nancy Bentley
James Bily
Gary Bishop
Andrew Black
Richard & Astrid Blackwell
Andrew Bodien
Richard & Carol Boos
Sarah Bradham
Bob Breivogel
Terry Brenneman
Susan Brickey
Robert Brinckerhoff
Mary Carson & Laird Brodie
Ann Brodie-Knope
Richard & Julie Bronder
Bill Bronstien
Ann Brown
Charles M. Brown
David Brown
Gary & Maureen Brown
Gerald Brown
Tom Brown
Anna Browne
Becky & Mike Bruns
Debbie Meisinger & Barry Buchanan
Jeremy Buck
Sonia Buist
Mary Burke
Scott Burns
Karen Burris
Steve Burton
Janice & Robert Buschman
Andrew Byrne
Duane Cady
John & Betty Caldwell
Robert Caldwell
Diana Callaway
John & Jacqueline Camp
John Campbell
Patricia Campbell
Terry Campbell
Brat & Tamara Carbaugh

Wendy Carlton
Claire Carnes
David Carrier
Ginny Carruthers
Leslie Carter
Matt Carter
Chris Carvalho
Richard Carville
Susan Cassidy
Margaret Casswell
Brad & Jane Chaddick
Maynard Chambers
Nancy Chapman
Judy Chatelain
Richard G. Chenoweth
Yong Cheong
Erika Markel & Ryan Christie
Kevin Clark
Robin Clark
Merle Clifton
Kathleen Cochran
Sam Seskin & Andrea Cohen
Roger Cole
Stewart Cole
Beryl Cook
Patrice Cook
Lis Cooper
Anda Cornea
Chris Cosgriff
Mike Couch
Rick Craycraft
John Creager
Neale Creamer
Daniel Crisp
George Crispin
David & Sylvia Culbertson
George Cummings
John Cunningham
Susan Curtis
Betty Davenport
Lee & Mary Davis
Tyler Deke
Michaelk & Susan DeLaune
Martha Delong
IMO Bob Delozier
Richard Denman
Tom Deroo
Bill Dewsnap
A. Michael Dianich
Sue Dimin
Jason Dionne
Tom Doberstein
Cindy Dockter
Terry Donahe
Patty Dornbusch
Susie Douglas-Matlock
Mary Downey
Judith Driscoll
Keith Dubanevich
Joan Duckering
Jean Dunlop
Maria Dunlop
Richard Durant
Ramona M. Duskin
Don Dykstra
Carolyn Eckel
Jochen Eckhold
Carol Edelman
Patsy Edwards
Jacob Egger
Toni Eigner-Barry
Jerry Eline
Jae & Mia Ellers
Tom Elmer
Roland Emetaz
Stanley Enevoldsen
Stephen Enloe
Don & Susan Pyle Erickson
Brian Eubanks
Kate Evans
Bob & Shelley Everhart
Irving Ewen
Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs
Patrick Feeney
Michael Ferrante
Leah Firth
Judd Fite
Joe Fitzpatrick
Margo Foeller
Joyce Follingstad
Diana Forester
Willis Forman
Richard Forsythe
Mario & Kris Forte
Bruce Foster
Dyanne Foster
Jim Foster
Joe & Haven Frank
Lori Freeman
Ardel Louise Frick
Kari Friedewald
Peggy Fujita
Charles Fuller
Darrin Funk
Steven Gabis
Joan Gadbaw
John Gale
Doris Gauthier
Paul Gerdes
Robert Gibson
Charlotte Gill
Pam Gilmer
Steven Ginn
Michael & Karen Girard
Nancy Goering
Hunter Goin
Jeff Golden
Billie Goodwin
Kirk Goodwin
Douglas Gordon
Teresa Graham
Frank Granshaw
Janice K. Graves
Green Mountain Architecture
David Heil & Sally Greer
Leora Gregory
John & Susan Greve
Ann Griffin
Daniel Gunn
Todd Guren
Homer & Barbara Gurtler
Tom Guyot
Meryl Haber
Josephine Hagstrom
IMO Ken Hague
Tim Hale
Lilisa Hall
Richard Hall
Ted Haller
Al Hansen
Helen Hansen
Helen & Harold Hanson
Martin Hanson
Shemuel Harding
W. C. Harrington (IMO Roy
Webster)
Cheryl Harris
Jim Hashimoto
Doug Hawley
Winchell Hayward
Frank & Charlotte Head
Nathalie Healey
Mary Heim
Lisa Marie Hemesath
Jed Stasch & Asia Henderson
Paul Herner
Edward Hershberg
Hewlett-Packard
Craig Hill
Roger Hill
Marshall Hill-Tanquist
Eric Hoem
Lehman Holder
Claudia Holderegger
Jennifer Holloway
Lana Holman
Mike & Judy Holman
Thomas Holmes
Winifred Holmes
Bruce Holway
Paul Hosey
Flora Huber
Mary Huisman
Robert Hungerford
Jeanete Huseman
Mr. Scott & Ashley Hussey
Karen Ikins
Gerald Itkin & Joan Sears
H. Joe Story
Ed Johann
Lawrence Jordan
Betty Jorgensen
James Jula
Jon & Leigh Jurevic
Chris Kabel
Abraham Kamerman
Pam Kane
Andy & Heather Karch
John Karlin
John & Hilma Kaye
George Keepers
Joe & Linda Kellar
B. Criag Keller
Barry Keller
Jill Kellogg & Rick Bestwick
Nancy Kennaway
Thomas A. Kennedy
Kurt Kessler
Rachael Kester
Randall Kester
Rodney Keyser
Eileen Kiely
Chad Kilian
William F. Kingsbury
Roy Kinzie
Dan & Mary Kleeman
Roger Klein
Jim Knauf
Wayne & Marjorie Kollas
Karl Kratzer
Matt Krueger
Kathryn Kunst
Joel Kuntz
Beverly J Kurtz
Leslie Labbe
Lawrence Ladd
Dean Land
Donald & Kay Lange
Keith Langenwalter
Barbara Larrain
Bob Larson
John & Sharon Leary
Megan Johnson & Dean Lee
Toni Leuthold
Elinor Levin
Eugene & Sarah Lewins
Ted Light
Wayne Lincoln
Jeffrey Litwak
Craig Llewellyn
Robert Lockerby
Charles & Catherine Lockyear (IHO
Emily Lockyear)
Emily Lockyear
IMO Emily Lockyear
Barbara Loehr
Robert Lothian
Karl Lucke
Christine L. Mackert
Jon Major
Barry Maletzky M.D.
Barbara Marquam
David Marshall
Betty Martinsen
Larry G. Mastin
Sarah Mathews
Paul Matson
Julie Matteson
Rita Maupin
Walt Mayberry
Mark Mayeda
James McClure
James McCobb
Peter & Cheryl McCord
Edward McCullough
Elizabeth McCrocker McDowell
Mr. Michael McGarr
Walter McMonies
Wes McNamara
Molly McQueen
Elliot Mecham
Debra Meisinger
Peter Melrose
Rodger Menzies
Paul L. Metzger
Bill Meyer
William Middleton
Steve Miesen
Gloria G. Mighell
Jack Miller
Helen Mills
Peggy Mills
Keith & Terry Mischke
Gerald G. Mock
Mary Ellen Mogren
IMO Dick Montag
Hunter & Michelle Moore
Dennis Moreland
Barbara Morrison
Ryan & Leslie Morrison
David Mullen
Diana Mulligan
Tony & Erica Murczek
John Murdoch
Bob Murphy
Shawn Murphy
Christopher Corless & Linda Musil
Ralph Nafziger
Cheryl Nangeroni
Kendall & Nancy Nash
Adam Nawrot
Don Nearhood
Sam & Andrea Nebel
Dave & Janita Neitling
David Nelson
Duane Nelson
Gerald Nelson
Jack Nelson
Tom & Cathy Nelson
Peg Nelson-Oslund
Carl Neuburger
Ann Neuenschwander
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Capital Campaign Gifts, continued from previous page
CE Newcomer
Ruth Newcomer
John Newell
June Newton
Michael Nielsen
John & Ginger Niemeyer
Nike, Inc. Matching Gift Program
Mike Noe
Mary Nuisman
April Obern
Mike Ochsner
Tatsuro Ogisu
Dennis Olmstead
Jory Olson
Kathy Olson
Gail O’Neil
Katherine O’Neil
Amy & John Osaki (Walking Softly
Adventures)
Randy Countryman & Gwen Osborne
Randy Osborne
Kim Osgood
Marianne Ott
Pacific Power Foundation
Hewlett Packard
Joe Palena
Jessica Palfreyman
James Palmer Jr.
Frank Palmrose
Al Papesh
Shirley Parvaresh
Nicole Peltz
Deborah Persen
John Peters
Arnold Pickar
Donna Pickens
Gisela Piercy
Bill & Judy Platt
Barbara Z. Podesta
Mabel Pool
George Post
Bronson Potter
Michael Poust
George & Marie Powell
Executive Director’s Report,
continued from page 51
(thanks to John Godino)
• Doubled the speed of our Web site
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Joeseph & Judy Powell
Ken Powell
Malcolm Johnson & Melanie Pratt
Doug Pratt Jr.
William Prendergast
Carl Prenner
Alan Proffitt
Frances Prouse
Dick Pugh
Wayne Purrett
Dave Pyszkowski
Richard D. Quackenbush
Jean Quinsey
Guido R. Perera
Rhonda Ramirez
Janet Rathe
Shawn Reddy
Pierre Regazzoni
Shayna Rehberg
Virginia & Gerald Reiner
Byron Rendar
Terry Richard
Rebecca Richardson
Bob & Sharon Rindt
Ruth Risch
Mike Roach
Noryne Robinson
Kibbey Rock
Tony Rocklin
Richard Romaine
Edmundo & Virginia Romero
Ginny Romero
Jim Ronning
Heather Rosenwinkel
Jim Ross
Marianne, Erik, & Terry Rudd
Barbara A. Russell
Dan & Laura Saddler
Judith E. Salo
Andrew Sand
Allen Sandstrom
Claudia Sanzone
Susan Saul
Bill & Meredith Savery
Volunteers
We could not have increased our service to our members
as we have done this year without the invaluable help of
our office volunteers. We thank you for your dedication to
keeping the office running smoothly. As our work grows, so
does our volunteer team: Bonnie Berneck, Race Boucher, Rick
Craycraft, John Creager, Tom Dinsmore, Pam Gilmer, Billie
Goodwin, Marty Hanson, Jeff Rice, Jim Ronning, Greg Scott,
Richard Stellner and David Sweet.
Mazama members and friends gave 46,277 hours in volunteerism
in 2007-2008. Thank you to all of you for your dedication
toward keeping the Mazamas strong!
Betsy Schaffer
Dennis Schantzen
Dottie Scharback (IMO Harold
Scharback)
George Schemm
Norris Ege & Liz Schilling
William Schlippert
Rick Schmidt
Peter Schneider
Lew Scholls
Tom & Mary Schowalter
David Schramm
Robert Schuberg
Ed Schultz
Donna Schuurman
Randi Schuyler
Maxine Schwartz
Jacob Schwartzman
Peggie Schwarz & Tom Nelson
Tamara L. Scott
Tim Scott
Brenda & Stanton Scotton
Cloudy Sears
Virginia Seiser
Rich Seiter
Betty Selby
Ted Serres
Mark & Karol Shafer
George Shay
Jeff Hawkins & Freda Sherburne
Harold Shields
Christine Shipley
Joanne Shipley (IMO Elva Coombs)
Vidya Shivkumar
Richard Shook
Ronald Sikes
Patricia Sims
Elizabeth Sinclaire
Allison & Joan Smith
Joan Smith
Margaret Smith
Marilou Smith
Monty Smith
Robert Smith
Roger Snell
Martin & Barbara Snoey
Luke Sosnowski
Patricia Southard
Laurence H. Spiegel
Larry & Mary Stadler
The Standard
Carol Steffen
Paul Steger
Joseph & Sheila Steigerwald & Family
Bill & Jenny Stein
Andre Stevens
Berit Stevenson
Lee C. Stevenson
Lee M. Stevenson
Mark & Mary Stevenson
Bob Stites
Julia Jordan & Burke Stoll
Linda Stoltz
Peggy Stone
Joe Story
Peter & Julie Stott
Tom Strodtbeck
Celine Stroinski
Geoff Strommer
Barbara Stroud
Lois Stroup
Carolyn Studer
Jennifer Sutter
Sandra Suttie
MaryAnn Sweet (IMO George Sweet)
Kathleen Swift
Dennis Sword
Clara Sylvester
Andrew Tang
Melvin Taylor
Paul Taylor
Virginia Terhaar
Ned Thanhouser
Therapeutic Associates of the
Northwest
Jeanine Thoene
J.T. Thomas
Jeff Thomas
Edward Thompson
Phyllis Thorne
Mark Thygesen
Paul Toenjes
Beverly Tolman
Mark Tovey
Jennifer Trask
Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust
Doug Twitchell
United Way
Henryck Urbanski
U.S. Bank
Gerard Van Deene
Michael Van Hoomissen
Jennifer Van Houten
Daniel Van Rossen
Donna Vandall
Pam Venn
Karen Vernier
Arnold Vinnard
John Vissell
Helen & Greg Wahl-Stephens
Helen M. Walsh
Craig Watson
Solon Webb
David Wedge
Richard Weisbaum
IMO Floyd Welch
Shirley Welch
Kathleen Welland
Jeffrey Welter
Gordon & Rosemary Westphal
Jeffrey Whalen
Jim Whittaker
Rhoda Whittlesey
Diana Wickizer
Kelly Wilhite
Kevin Williams
Raymond Willis
Gregory Willmarth
Dean & Barbara Wilson
Doug Wilson
Richard Wilson
Robert Wilson
Alice Winczer
Barbara Winters
Lawrence Woelfer
Hugh & Carolyn Woltzen
Anthony Wong
Edward Wortman
Hattie Yamada
Frank Youngman Jr.
David & Margaret Zeps
Jon Ziady
Jennifer Zuber

Mazama Membership
Report
October 2007 – September 2008
by Lee Davis
Total membership as of October 1, 2007 .......... 2,965
Total membership as of October 1, 2008 .......... 3,040
Members added
New members .................................342
Members reinstated. .............................93
Total members added ........................435
Members lost
Resigned .......................................5
Dropped .....................................338
Deceased ......................................17
Total members lost. ........................ 360
Net gain for the year ............................ 75
Status of membership
Honorary members ..............................14
25-year (or more) members. ......................834
50-year (or more) members. ......................161
Spouse members ...............................243
Child members .................................26
Oregon members ............................ 2,490
Washington members ...........................321
All other locations members ......................229
The Mazama Foundation
by Mike McGarr
Established in 1997 as successor to the longstanding
Mazama Trust, the Mazama Foundation exists to provide
ongoing financial support for the Mazamas and its various
programs and activities. On September 30, 2008, the assets
of the foundation, net of any obligations, amounted to
$4,043,914, comprised of a mix of index mutual funds across
diverse asset classes. The foundation is also the owner of the
Mazama Mountaineering Center, which is included in this
total.
Owing to difficult conditions in the capital markets since
mid-2007, the foundation’s financial assets experienced a
decline over the course of the year as virtually all of the world’s
stock markets suffered the effects of a global credit contraction
and economic slowdown. Our funds were no exception,
although our holdings of high-quality bonds and money
market assets helped to mitigate some of the decline.
The Mazamas and the Mazama Foundation continue to
seek contributions, pledges and bequests to offset the funds
borrowed and expended in the acquisition of the MMC.
In time the foundation would like to increase its long-term
income-producing assets to the levels it had before acquiring
the MMC.
Mazama Foundation Board: Mike McGarr, president; Bob
Gibson, treasurer; Michael Chacon, secretary; Terri Cummings,
Bob Lockerby, Monica Lyster, Marty Scott. Jennifer Van
Houten, council liaison.
Ancient pilgrimage church in front of the west wall of Sasso della Croce in the Dolomites. Photo by Patrick Feeney
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Treasurer’s Report
Each summer, we set a goal of being budget
neutral, given that we are a nonprofit organization.
In other words, we start the year with
the expectation that we will not lose money.
In fact, for the fiscal year that just ended,
we had budgeted a small net income of just
over $3,000. However, that net income figure
hides the income and expenses that offset
one another. We in fact run a total operating
budget of just over $695,000, which is quite
sizable for an organization such as ours.
This budget is funded by a variety of
sources. The largest contributor to our revenue
is categorized as Public Support at $171,315
(or 25 percent of our total revenue sources).
This primarily includes our quarterly distribution
from the Mazama Foundation. The second
highest contributor is Membership Dues at
$131,000 (or 19 percent). The following two
revenue sources are large but are ultimately
offset against their respective expenses. Our
various Program Activities and Classes (such
as Climbing, Trail Trips, Nordic, etc.) bring
in revenue of $190,800 (27 percent), and the
Mazama Lodge generates $158,970 in revenue
(23 percent). The remaining sources of revenue
include advertising income, committee fundraisers,
merchandise and book sales, interest
income, and other items.
Our expenses break down into many
more categories. The largest overall expense
is payroll and benefits for the one part-time
and four full-time staff employees, which
accounts for 33 percent of our total. The
lodge operations (excluding payroll) account
for 14 percent of our budget, while an additional
8 percent is allocated to supplies and
consumables (the majority of which relate to
the lodge, such as food costs). Other material
expenses include $46,750 (7 percent) allocated
to fees associated with our auditors, Internet
providers, phone services consultants, and
other contractor-related expenses; occupancy
expenses (5 percent); printing and reproduction
expenses (5 percent); and grants and
donations (4 percent).
Our audit reflects an actual net income of
$53,949 (excluding capital campaign activity
and depreciation expense). This strong performance
is the result of many committee and
activity efforts coupled with a few lucky breaks.
You can read about many of these successes
in the individual committee reports, but in
general we had solid class enrollment, a well-
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Post Audit Financial Statements
Income & Expense Statement
Fiscal Year 2007 – 2008 Post Audit
Oct. ’07 - Sept. ’08 Budget Over Budget % of Budget
Ordinary in c O m e/ex p e n s e
Income
4100 · Public Support (Fndtn & Dontns) 176,665.73 171,315.00 5,350.73 103.12%
4200 · Membership Dues 136,733.00 131,000.00 5,733.00 104.38%
4300 · Program Services 273,126.13 190,800.00 82,326.13 143.15%
4700 · Lodge - Program Income 214,683.31 158,970.00 55,713.31 135.05%
4849 · Merchandise & Book Sales Income 7,645.88 7,000.00 645.88 109.23%
4875 · Advertising Income 11,625.90 8,000.00 3,625.90 145.32%
4900 · FUNDRAISERS 20,544.36 22,000.00 -1,455.64 93.38%
4950 · Interest Income 9,937.15 8,700.00 1,237.15 114.22%
4999 · Uncategorized Income -71.46 500.00 -571.46 -14.29%
Total Income
Expense
850,890.00 698,285.00 152,605.00 121.85%
5000 · Payroll & Tax Expenses 232,304.29 230,543.00 1,761.29 100.76%
5400 · Conferences & Seminars 3,583.96 7,700.00 -4,116.04 46.55%
5500 · Independent Contractors 38,738.05 46,750.00 -8,011.95 82.86%
5600 · Equipment & Rental Exp 16,338.94 6,225.00 10,113.94 262.47%
5700 · Grants & Donations Given 27,210.54 27,750.00 -539.46 98.06%
5850 · Maintenance & Repair (Non-Lodge) 862.78 4,300.00 -3,437.22 20.07%
5860 · Marketing Exp 6,267.70 2,200.00 4,067.70 284.9%
5870 · Meetings 100.00 -100.00
5900 · Membership Services 17,921.77 17,165.00 756.77 104.41%
5990 · Merchandise Exp 14,486.71 13,900.00 586.71 104.22%
6000 · Occupancy 39,886.05 36,589.00 3,297.05 109.01%
6160 · Photography & Video 2,507.09 2,500.00 7.09 100.28%
6170 · Shipping & Postage 10,882.16 11,266.63 -384.47 96.59%
6180 · Printing & Reproduction 20,528.65 31,361.95 -10,833.30 65.46%
6190 · Professional Development 172.50
6200 · Subscriptions & Publications 3,452.22 4,425.00 -972.78 78.02%
6300 · Supplies & Consumables 66,244.48 54,339.00 11,905.48 121.91%
6400 · Telephone, Communications 8,249.32 6,300.00 1,949.32 130.94%
6500 · Travel & Transportation 21,185.88 13,700.00 7,485.88 154.64%
6600 · Program Expenses 13,704.41 8,250.00 5,454.41 166.11%
6620 · Program Materials 215.19 150.00 65.19 143.46%
6700 · Activity Expenses 78,230.51 22,970.00 55,260.51 340.58%
7750 · Lodge Exp 35,780.42 30,396.00 5,384.42 117.71%
8760 · Bank Charges, Business Exp 1,408.24 4,700.00 -3,291.76 29.96%
8800 · Corp Taxes, License & Insurance 90,436.91 95,221.00 -4,784.09 94.98%
8840 · Depreciation & Amortization 16,715.31
8890 · Uncategorized Expenses 2,477.62 2,000.00 477.62 123.88%
9890 · Capital Campaign Exp 510.00
9900 · Fundraising 23,395.82 14,400.00 8,995.82 162.47%
Total Expense 793,697.52 695,201.58 98,495.94 114.17%
net Ordinary in c O m e 57,192.48 3,083.42 54,109.06
Other in c O m e/ex p e n s e
Other Income
8900 · Intercommte & Columbia FndTrnsf -3,243.48
Total Other Income -3,243.48
net Other in c O m e -3,243.48
Net Income 53,949.00 3,083.42 50,865.58

Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Post Audit Financial Statements, continued
attended banquet, increased advertising income
in the Bulletin, strong trail trips attendance, a
successful used gear sale, a good snow year at
the lodge, and reduced liability insurance as a
result of our good risk management practices.
All these things have resulted in a strong year
in terms of financial performance, which has
allowed our cash position to remain strong.
Our net income inclusive of capital campaign
activity shows a total of -$1,691. Although this
appears to show a loss, this is a result of the
timing differences between the increase in
pledges, recording of capital campaign expenses,
and turning over of excess cash balances to the
foundation, and not a true loss. A reconciliation
of these balances is available in the office.
I’d like to comment on the availability of
our financial data to the membership. We have
myriad financial reports that are available to
anyone who is interested, and we have actually
had a few takers over the years. I’ve asked that
all pertinent financial information be put on our
Web site for members to view.
I know that financial transactions are not
something everyone is comfortable with, and
we welcome questions. This kind of thing
can appear daunting if you’re not familiar
with it, and I’d like to thank everyone for
working through the transition of our general
ledger system and account numbers last year.
It was a frustrating process for some, but the
account number reorganization now allows us
to properly identify those revenue and expense
numbers I referenced earlier and to comply
with preparing our tax return in accordance
with the tax laws. I’d also like to thank our
accountant, Melinda Pittman, the members
of the Financial Affairs Committee, and Lee
Davis, Marty Hanson and Peggie Schwarz in
the office for working with committees through
this process, as well as their efforts in preparing
the monthly financial statements, the annual
budget and the quarterly re-forecasts.
Bottom line—we remain financially strong
in terms of our cash position and our net
worth. The budget for the new fiscal year has
been approved and is not materially different
from that of last year. We will continue to
work with the foundation to keep an eye on
the amount of our future distribution, as it will
undoubtedly be impacted by current events in
the financial markets.
Respectfully submitted,
Jennifer Van Houten, 2007–2008 Treasurer
Income & Expense Statement
Net by Committee vs. Budget • Fiscal Year 2007 – 2008 Post Audit
Oct. ’07 - Sept. ’08 Budget Over Budget % of Budget
prOgram activities
Outings
09 Annapurna Trek 10/13/08 -24,038.00
09 Walking in Spain 10/12/08 -39,155.00
08 TrinityAlps Backpack 9/7/08 311.65
08 Swiss Alps 7/29/08 2,079.20
08 North Santiam 2008 7/27/08 181.80
08 Canadian Rockies 7/19/08 285.92
08 Ramblewood 2008 7/15/08 2,747.81
08 Glacier Nat’l Park 7/13/08 641.83
08 Bolivia Trekking 6/15/08 3.70
07 Huayhuash Circuit 7/15/08 -550.00
Outings - Other 49,251.16
Total Outings
Member Services
-$8,239.93
Access -2,000.00 2,000.00
AYM 1,617.36 855.00 762.36 189.17%
Banquet 2,988.91 2,950.00 38.91 101.32%
CIDT -309.00 -1,500.00 1,191.00 20.6%
Community Relations -1,519.00 -1,100.00 -419.00 138.09%
Conservation -9,199.41 -5,283.00 -3,916.41 174.13%
Financial Affairs -112.60
Information Technology -166.00
Library & Historical Collection -20,666.54 -19,965.00 -701.54 103.51%
Lodge 5,393.54 -5,094.00 10,487.54 -105.88%
Lodge Committee -821.75 -916.00 94.25 89.71%
Membership -379.00 -2,500.00 2,121.00 15.16%
Old-Timers -205.08 -209.00 3.92 98.12%
Programs 685.17 600.00 85.17 114.2%
Publications -22,770.19 -25,943.58 3,173.39 87.77%
Research -11,811.00 -10,118.00 -1,693.00 116.73%
Risk Management -383.90 -2,300.00 1,916.10 16.69%
Total Member Services
Activities
-57,658.49 -72,523.58 14,865.09 79.5%
Climbing 73,360.47 55,850.00 17,510.47 131.35%
Expedition 5,515.46 159.00 5,356.46 3,468.84%
First Aid 11,712.79 3,000.00 8,712.79 390.43%
Nordic 3,535.69 2,550.00 985.69 138.66%
Outing Committee 2,962.00 4,260.00 -1,298.00 69.53%
Ski Mountaineering 10.72 -100.00 110.72 -10.72%
Trail Trips 16,838.46 14,000.00 2,838.46 120.28%
Total Activities 113,935.59 79,719.00 34,216.59 142.92%
tO ta l prOgram activities 48,037.17 7,195.42 40,841.75 667.61%
ma n a g e m e n t & general
Council & Office
Executive Council -9,248.85 -13,200.00 3,951.15 70.07%
Office 15,160.68 9,088.00 6,072.68 166.82%
Total Council and Office 5,911.83 -4,112.00 10,023.83 -143.77%
tO ta l man a g e m e n t & general 5,911.83 -4,112.00 10,023.83 -143.77%
Total Mazama Programs 53,949.00 3,083.42 50,865.58
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Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Post Audit Financial Statements, continued
Balance Sheet
September 30, 2008, Fiscal Year 2007 – 2008 Post Audit
58 Administrative Reports
Sept. 30, ’08
assets
Current Assets
Checking/Savings
1000 · Checking-US Bank $83,842.96
1001 · Petty Cash $223.29
1002 · Mazama Lodge Checking $2,036.98
1005 · Vanguard Money Market $249,373.13
1006 · Columbia Daily Income $115,400.93
1007 · US Bank - Capital Campaign $68,471.91
Total Checking/Savings $519,349.20
Accounts Receivable
1200 · Accounts Receivable $242.99
1210 · Pledges Receivable $251,280.00
2095 · Due to/from Capital Campaign $1,605.00
Total Accounts Receivable $253,127.99
Other Current Assets
1010 · Prepaid Deposits $1,200.00
1012 · Prepaid Deposits - Outings $63,193.00
1013 · Permit#11 Prepaid Bulk Mail Acct $2,194.70
1015 · Pre-paid Insurance $13,485.18
1211 · Discount on Long-Term Pledges -$9,600.00
Total Other Current Assets $70,472.88
tO ta l current assets $842,950.07
Fixed Assets
1500 · Capital Expenditures $169,010.92
1700 · Fixed Assets - Building $1,954.08
Total Fixed Assets $170,965.00
tO t a l assets $1,013,915.07
Sept. 30, ’08
liabilities & eq u i t y
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable
2000 · Accounts Payable $15,177.49
2020 · Prepaid Dues for Next Fiscal Yr $34,725.00
Total Accounts Payable $49,902.49
Other Current Liabilities
2005 · Property Tax Payable $3,915.19
2010 · Deferred Revenue - Outings $66,296.46
2100 · Payroll Liabilities $13,197.68
2160 · Prepaid Exp & Facility Deposits $6,587.40
Total Other Current Liabilities $89,996.73
tO ta l current liabilities $139,899.22
tO ta l liabilities $139,899.22
Equity
3002 · Donor Restricted Assets CDIC $104,287.70
3003 · Restricted Net Assets Capital Campaign $408,217.34
3901 · Retained Earnings-(*Net Assets) $363,201.96
Net Income -$1,691.15
Total Equity $874,015.85
tO t a l liabilities & eq u i t y $1,013,915.07

Official Mazama Climbs
Fiscal Year 2008
Date Mountain, Route Leader/Assistant Start/Finish Date Mountain, Route Leader/Assistant Start/Finish
06/12/08 Mt. Hood, Old Chute Dan Saddler/Jae Ellers 5/5
06/13/08 Mount St. Helens, Swift Creek Doug Couch/George Cummings 9/9
06/14/08 Middle Sister, Hayden Glacier Kevin Clark/Robin Wilcox 9/9
06/14/08 Mt. Thielsen, West Ridge Eileen Kiely/David Zeps 7/7
06/14/08 Mt. Hood, Wy’east Wim Aarts/Richard Waugh 7/7
06/14/08 Mt. Washington, SE Spur Bob Breivogel/Barry Maletzky 8/8
06/15/08 Mt. Adams, South Side Jeffrey Welter/Tim Scott 10/10
06/15/08 Middle Sister, Hayden Glacier Bruce Yatvin/Sue Dimin 12/11
06/15/08 Mt. Ellinor, SE Chute Bob Breivogel/Barry Maletzky 9/9
06/16/08 Mt. Hood, Old Chute Lee M. Stevenson/Greg Scott 10/8
06/17/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Patrice Cook/Ann Griffin 4/4
06/18/08 Mt. Adams, South Side Ken Searl/Jon Egan 10/8
06/21/08 Unicorn Peak, Snow Lake Kevin Clark/Brian Anderson 9/9
06/21/08 Mt. Index, East Ridge Terry Brenneman/David Carrier 7/7
06/21/08 Mt. Washington (Olympics), Big Creek David Sauerbrey/Elana Mater 10/10
06/21/08 Mt. Adams, South Side Josh Lockerby/Darrell Weston 8/8
06/22/08 South Sister, NE Ridge Jay Stagnone/Jeremy Buck 7/0
06/22/08 Middle Sister, Hayden Glacier Bill McLoughlin/Eric Sullender 12/10
06/22/08 Unicorn Peak, Snow Lake Dan Schuster/Nancy Goering 12/0
06/22/08 Mt. Ellinor, SE Chute David Sauerbrey/Leif Hansen 10/10
06/22/08 Mt. Hood, Cooper Spur Thomas Miller/Kent Kimball 5/5
06/22/08 Three Fingered Jack, South Ridge Bruce Yatvin/Greg Willmarth 7/7
06/22/08 Middle Sister, SE Ridge Keith Langenwalter/Nick Wagner 9/9
06/22/08 Mount St. Helens, Swift Creek Hugh Brown/Kurt Gazow 12/12
06/23/08 Mt. Hood, Old Chute Dragan Dokic/Kristy Obritschkewitsch 11/11
06/25/08 Mt. Ellinor, SE Chute Ray Sheldon/Jerry Heilman 12/12
06/26/08 Mount St. Helens, Worm Flows Jeff Golden/Judith Zineski 6/6
06/27/08 Mt. Adams, South Side Greg Scott/David Braem 12/10
06/27/08 Mt. Angeles, Switchback Trail Ray Sheldon/Stan Enevoldsen 11/11
06/27/08 Mt. Rainier, Disappointment Cleaver Ken Searl/Tom Elmer 7/6
06/27/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Paul Underwood/Paul Hubbard 12/12
06/27/08 Mt. Bretherton, Upper Lena Lake Burke Stoll/Matt Sommers 10/10
01/08/08 Sheep Gap, East Ridge Whit Fellers/ 3/0
02/17/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Ken Searl/Karl Helser 8/4
02/17/08 Mt. Hood, East Crater Wall Adam Nawrot/ 5/0
02/17/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Whit Fellers/ 7/5
02/18/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Bruce Yatvin/ 5/0
02/29/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Greg Scott/Paul Underwood 5/0
03/22/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Ryan Christie/ 6/0
04/03/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Adam Nawrot/Terry Brenneman 7/7
04/26/08 Mt. Hood, Old Chute Dan Saddler/Kevin Williams 10/8
05/04/08 Mount St. Helens, Wormflows Ken Searl/Jeremy Lubkin 10/10
05/04/08 The Brothers, South Couloir Paul Steger/Andrew Bodien 8/0
05/04/08 Eagle & Chutla, Eagle Trail Patrice Cook/George Shay 11/0
05/05/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Greg Scott/Heather Campbell 8/7
05/05/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Adam Nawrot/Sarah Bradham 6/6
05/06/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Gerald Itkin/James Jula 8/8
05/08/08 Mt. Hood, West Crater Rim Paul Steger/Dean Land 11/9
05/09/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Richard Bronder/ 6/3
05/11/08 Mount St. Helens, Monitor Ridge Patrice Cook/Brian Anderson 9/0
05/11/08 Mount St. Helens, Monitor Ridge John Blanck/Tony Murczek 10/0
05/13/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Paul Underwood/Tian Lan 8/8
05/25/08 Mt. Shasta, West Face Gully Bob Breivogel/Tom Davidson 9/0
05/31/08 Eagle Peak, Eagle Peak Trail Jeff Litwak/Jeff Waugh 9/9
05/31/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Jeffrey Welter/Pat Cook 11/11
06/01/08 Mt. Ellinor, SE Chute Tom Elmer/Ken Searl 10/10
06/01/08 Mt. Hood, Circumnavigation Jon Major/Jay Stagnone 4/0
06/01/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Dan Schuster/Andrew Bodien 12/0
06/01/08 Mt. Hood, Wy’east Bob Breivogel/Louis Criscolo 8/8
06/06/08 Colchuck Peak, North Buttress Adam Nawrot/Tom Sharp 5/5
06/08/08 Mt. Hood, East Crater Wall Dragan Dokic/Al Papesh 5/5
06/08/08 Middle Sister, Hayden Glacier Ken Searl/Karl Helser 6/5
06/08/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Jay Stagnone/Sue Dimin 6/0
06/09/08 Mt. Hood, South Side Eileen Kiely/Keith Campbell 8/0
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Date Mountain, Route Leader/Assistant Start/Finish Date Mountain, Route Leader/Assistant Start/Finish
07/26/08 Mt. Baker, Coleman Deming Whit Fellers/Mark Montgomery 6/6
07/26/08 South Sister, Devil’s Lake Lori Freeman/Daniel Van Rossen 12/12
07/26/08 Mt. Baker, Boulder Park Cleaver Jill Kellogg/Tom Sharp 8/0
07/26/08 Vesper Peak & Sperry Peak, East Ridge Jon Major/Jon Jurevic 7/0
07/27/08 Sloan Peak, Corkscrew Kern Buckner/Marty Johnson 7/0
07/27/08 Old Snowy, Snowgrass Flat James Jula/Doug Wilson 8/8
07/27/08 Black Peak, South Ridge Keith Langenwalter/ 6/4
07/30/08 Mt. Shuksan, Sulphide Glacier Ken Searl/Karl Helser 5/0
07/31/08 Three Fingered Jack, South Ridge David Zeps/Tom Davidson 5/5
07/31/08 The Brothers, South Couloir Candy Morgan/Dennis Sword 6/0
08/02/08 Three Fingered Jack, South Ridge Jeffrey Welter/Mark Montgomery 8/8
08/02/08 South Sister, South Side Kevin Clark/Karl Langenwalter 5/5
08/02/08 Vesper Peak, East Slope Thomas Miller/Eugene Lewins 4/4
08/03/08 Mt. Daniel, Daniel Glacier Whit Fellers/Steve Levine 6/6
08/03/08 Mt. Baker, Coleman Deming Jim Hashimoto/Linda Mark 10/10
08/03/08 Middle Sister, Hayden Glacier Greg Scott/Larry Jordan 11/11
08/03/08 West MacMillan Spire, West Ridge Chris LeDoux/Kurt Meredith 4/4
08/03/08 Broken Top, North Ridge Dan Schuster/Rich Denman 10/10
08/05/08 North Sister, South Ridge Monty Smith/Rich Waugh 8/8
08/05/08 Mt. Rainier, Emmons Glacier Terry Brenneman/Tom Sharp 7/6
08/05/08 Mt. Shuksan, Sulphide Glacier Ken Searl/Pam Gilmer 4/4
08/05/08 Granite and Trico Peaks, Robins Lake Whit Fellers/Doinita Nicollsen 2/2
08/08/08 Mt. Shuksan, Sulphide Glacier Paul Underwood/Elliot Meacham 10/0
08/09/08 Mt. Olympus, Blue Glacier Bob Breivogel/Jonathan Myers 8/0
08/09/08 Mt. Shuksan, Sulphide Glacier Josh Lockerby/Steve Heikkila 11/0
08/10/08 Stone Peak, West Ridge Tom Elmer/Eric Hoem 6/6
08/10/08 Middle Sister, Hayden Glacier Dean Lee/Lawrance Jordan 12/12
08/12/08 Chinook Peak, Chinook Pass Ray Sheldon/Stan Enevoldsen 8/8
08/13/08 Naches, Chinook Pass Ray Sheldon/Stan Enevoldsen 11/10
08/13/08 Three Fingered Jack, South Ridge David Zeps/Trung Le 8/6
08/14/08 Mount St. Helens, Monitor Ridge George Cummings/Jay Chambers 12/12
08/16/08 Mt. Washington, North Ridge Eugene Lewins/Andrew Bodien 9/7
08/16/08 South Sister, Devil’s Lake Sarah Bradham/James Jula 10/10
08/17/08 Vesper Peak & Sperry Peak, East Ridge Whit Fellers/Tom Davidson 6/6
06/28/08 Snow King, Kindy Ridge Tim Scott/Brian Anderson 10/10
06/28/08 Colchuck Peak, Colchuck Glacier Mary-Margaret Jenkins/Sarah Mathews 6/6
06/28/08 The Brothers, South Couloir Burke Stoll/Robin Wilcox 12/0
06/28/08 Unicorn Peak, Snow Lake Dan Saddler/Kevin Williams 7/5
06/29/08 Unicorn Peak, Snow Lake Glenn Widener/Eugene Lewins 10/10
06/29/08 Middle Sister, Hayden Glacier John Meckel/Andrew Bodien 11/11
06/29/08 Mt. Adams, South Side Patrice Cook/Peter Joy 8/7
07/01/08 Mount St. Helens, Worm Flows Sarah Lewins/John Blanck 7/7
07/02/08 Unicorn Peak, Snow Lake James Jula/Gerald Itkin 9/9
07/05/08 Middle Sister, Hayden Glacier Marty Johnson/Jerry Heilman 7/7
07/06/08 Middle Sister, Hayden Glacier Ken Searl/Karl Helser 7/7
07/06/08 Mt. Shasta, Clear Creek David Zeps/Bruce Yatvin 8/8
07/11/08 White Mountain, Standard Ken Searl/Karl Helser 5/5
07/11/08 Mt. Rainier, Tahoma Glacier Terry Brenneman/K. Williams 5/0
07/12/08 Sahale Peak, Sahale Arm Tim Scott/Azure Raff 12/12
07/12/08 Jack Mountain, South Face Bob Breivogel/Jon Major 5/0
07/12/08 Mt. Thompson, Grizzly Lake John Meckel/Jim Dockweiler 4/4
07/12/08 Mt. Jefferson, South Ridge Bill McLoughlin/Rich Waugh 7/7
07/12/08 Mt. Rainier, Kautz Glacier Richard Caldwell/Dick Bronder 8/0
07/13/08 Three Fingered Jack, South Ridge Bruce Yatvin/Karl Langenwalter 8/8
07/13/08 Mt. Adams, South Side Lori Freeman/Andrew Bodien 11/11
07/13/08 Mt. Stone, West Ridge Donna Vandall/Greg Graham 8/7
07/13/08 Mt. Washington (Olympics), Big Creek Tom Elmer/Jan Buschman 12/12
07/13/08 Mt. Rainier, Kautz Glacier Jae Ellers/Leora Gregory 6/6
07/14/08 Mt. Whitney, Mountaineers Ken Searl/Karl Helser 5/3
07/19/08 South Sister, Devil’s Lake Burke Stoll/Sarah Mathews 9/9
07/19/08 Sahale Peak, Sahale Arm Jim Hashimoto/Brian Anderson 11/11
07/19/08 Old Snowy, Snowgrass Flat Jim Dockweiler/Dan Schuster 12/12
07/19/08 Castle-Pinnacle, Reflection Lake George Cummings/Paul Underwood 9/9
07/19/08 Mt. Hood, Eliot Glacier Tour Gary Beck/David Pyszkowski 9/9
07/20/08 Mt. Rainier, Emmons Glacier Whit Fellers/Bruce Yatvin 8/8
07/20/08 Curtis Gilbert, Meade Glacier Sarah Bradham/Dave Sauerbrey 12/0
07/25/08 Mt.Washington, North Ridge Paul Underwood/Tian Lan 8/0
07/26/08 Curtis Gilbert, Conrad-Meade Glacier Jay Chambers/Donna Vandall 11/10
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Date Mountain, Route Leader/Assistant Start/Finish Date Mountain, Route Leader/Assistant Start/Finish
09/13/08 Ruth Mountain, Ruth Glacier Josh Lockerby/Sarah Mathews 11/11
09/14/08 South Sister, Devil’s Lake Terry Donahe/Monty Smith 12/11
09/14/08 Broken Top, NW Ridge Ken Searl/Karl Helser 5/4
09/14/08 South Sister, Green Lakes Bill McLoughlin/Jason Dionne 9/9
09/14/08 South Sister, Devil’s Lake Sarah Lewins/Fred Woodcock 12/11
09/14/08 Unicorn Peak, Snow Lake Kern Buckner/Chris LeDoux 7/7
09/14/08 Mt. Washington, North Ridge Ellen Gradison/Tim Hale 6/6
09/14/08 Diamond Peak, South Ridge Donna Vandall/Sherry Aanerud 6/6
09/15/08 Mount St. Helens, Monitor Ridge Eileen Kiely/Azure Raff 7/7
09/19/08 Mt. Washington, North Ridge Hugh Brown/Greg Slater 7/7
09/19/08 South Sister, Green Lakes Paul Underwood/Kari Lyons 10/10
09/21/08 Broken Top, NW Ridge John Meckel/Trung Le 10/10
09/21/08 South Sister, Devil’s Lake Gerry Itkin/Ken Biehler 7/6
09/21/08 Mt. Washington, North Ridge Terry Donahe/Vincent Dunn 7/0
09/24/08 Mt. Washington, North Ridge David Zeps/Tom Davidson 7/7
09/27/08 Mt. Washington, North Ridge Bruce Yatvin/Trung Le 4/4
09/27/08 South Sister, Green Lakes Jim Dockweiler/Greg Scott 9/8
09/28/08 Mt. Thielsen, North Ridge Donna Vandall/Sherry Aanerud 8/8
09/28/08 Castle-Pinnacle, Traverse George Cummings/Karl Lange 6/6
09/28/08 South Sister, Devil’s Lake Greg Scott/Daniel Bailey 12/12
09/28/08 Mt. Yoran, East Col Ken Searl/Lee Davis 6/6
09/28/08 Three Fingered Jack, South Ridge Rick Posekany/Mark Beyer 10/10
09/28/08 Broken Top, NW Ridge Lee M. Stevenson/Trung Le 7/7
09/28/08 Middle Sister, Hayden Glacier Doug Wilson/James Jula 9/9
09/28/08 Mt. Washington, North Ridge Keith Dubanevich/Jon Jurevic 7/7
10/11/08 Tamanos, Owyhigh Lakes Bob Breivogel/Jonathan Myers 5/5
10/11/08 South Sister, Green Lakes Jay Chambers/Trung Le 6/6
10/11/08 Mt. Thielsen, West Ridge Terry Donahe/Ellen Gradison 8/0
10/19/08 Three Fingered Jack, South Ridge Bruce Yatvin/Trung Le 6/6
10/25/08 Mt. Washington, North Ridge Bruce Yatvin/Trung Le 6/6
11/15/08 Mount St. Helens, Monitor Ridge Ken Searl/Pam Gilmer 6/6
11/18/08 Mount St. Helens, Monitor Ridge Bruce Yatvin/David Zeps 5/5
08/17/08 Three Fingered Jack, South Ridge Rick Posekany/Clayton Peirce 9/9
08/17/08 Mt. Stone, West Ridge Jeff Golden/Ron Jenkins 9/8
08/22/08 Three Fingered Jack, South Ridge Paul Underwood/John Scott 9/9
08/22/08 Osceolo, Lake Doris Bob Breivogel/Tom Davidson 6/0
08/22/08 Glacier Peak, Cool Glacier Jay Chambers/Bronson Potter 5/5
08/23/08 Broken Top, Northwest Ridge Adam Nawrot/Ted Light 8/6
08/23/08 Black Peak, South Ridge Greg Scott/Mike Raff 7/7
08/23/08 Tamanos, Owyhigh Lakes Richard Bronder/Richard Caldwell 11/10
08/23/08 North Sister, Hayden Glacier Bruce Yatvin/John Meckel 7/0
08/23/08 Mt. Thompson, West Ridge Jeff Litwak/Vincent Dunn 6/6
08/24/08 Old Snowy, Snowgrass Flat Ken Searl/Tony Moy 9/9
08/24/08 Mt. Jefferson, South Ridge Dan Schuster/Jerry Heilman 6/5
08/29/08 Middle & North Sister, South Ridge/North Ridge Paul Underwood/Hugh Brown 6/6
08/31/08 Mount St. Helens, Monitor Ridge Terry Brenneman/Shannon Walls 10/10
08/31/08 Curtis Gilbert, Klickton Divide Matt Carter/Tom Freeman 7/7
08/31/08 Mt. Thielsen, West Ridge Ryan Christie/Erika Markel 10/10
09/01/08 Mt. Washington, North Ridge George Cummings/James Jula 8/0
09/01/08 Mt. McLaughlin, East Ridge Ryan Christie/Jerry Heilman 10/10
09/06/08 Mix-Up Peak, East Face/Ridge Vincent Dunn/David Olson 4/0
09/06/08 Mt. Jefferson, East Face Jim Dockweiler/John Meckel 5/5
09/06/08 Broken Top, NW Ridge James Jula/Linda Mark 7/7
09/06/08 Tatoosh Traverse, Pinnacle-Wahpenayo Kevin Clark/Karl Langenwalter 8/8
09/06/08 Mt. Washington, North Ridge Monty Smith/Nate Mullen 12/11
09/07/08 South Sister, Devil’s Lake Jeff Litwak/Linda Mark 8/8
09/07/08 Washington-Ellinor, Traverse George Cummings/Greg Scott 5/5
09/07/08 Three Fingered Jack, South Ridge Monty Smith/Nate Mullen 11/0
09/12/08 Boulder-Everett-Appleton, Traverse, Boulder Lake Kevin Clark/LeAnne Cox 8/6
09/12/08 Castle-Pinnacle-Plummer, Standard Kern Buckner/Steve Hallock 4/4
09/12/08 Mount St. Helens, Monitor Ridge Dick Bronder/ 8/7
09/12/08 Lemei-Bird-Sawtooth, Sawtooth Traverse Kevin Clark/Jerry Adams 8/8
09/13/08 Broken Top, NW Ridge Bill McLoughlin/Scott Schultze 9/9
09/13/08 Dragontail Peak, South Route Terry Brenneman/Kevin Williams 7/7
09/13/08 Old Snowy, Snowgrass Flat Lori Freeman/Daniel Bailey 11/11
09/13/08 Mount St. Helens, Monitor Ridge Jay Stagnone/Karen Ikins 10/9
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Official Mazama Trail Trips
Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Legend: Att=Attendance BP=Backpack SS=Snowshoe SK=Ski TT=Trail Tender
Date Trip Leader Miles Att Date Trip Leader Miles Att Date Trip Leader Miles Att
10/2 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 3 10/28 Multnomah-Wahkeena Loop Brickey, Sue 5.4 8 11/20 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 11
10/2 Portland Street Ramble Cone, Terry 6.0 40 10/28 Riverside Trail of the Clackamas Getgen, Richard 9.5 7 11/20 Portland Street Ramble Johnson, Megan 6.0 22
10/2 Portland Street Ramble Johnson, Megan 6.0 21 10/28 Elk-Kings Traverse Gregory, Leora 11.0 19 11/20 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 8
10/2 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 8 10/30 Portland Street Ramble Amodeo, Rick 6.0 13 11/20 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 10
10/2 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 11 10/30 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 13 11/20 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 14
10/3 Angels Rest-Multnomah Falls Selby, Jim 8.0 4 10/30 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 27 11/21 Forest Park Ramble Brandt, Cathy 5.7 12
10/4 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 5 10/30 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 12 11/21 Dog Mountain Miller, Bob 7.0 7
10/4 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 11 10/30 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 18 11/23 Wildwood-in-a-Day Smith, Monty 30.0 8
10/4 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 16 10/31 Forest Park Ramble Brandt, Cathy 6.0 9 11/24 Beacon Rock & Pool of the Winds Brandt, Cathy 3.8 14
10/4 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 8 10/31 Cape Falcon-Neahkahnie Mountain Smith, Margaret 11.5 7 11/24 Ruckel Creek Smith, Margaret 9.6 11
10/6 Barlow Pioneer Wagon Road Gibson, Bus 5.0 4 11/1 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 11 11/25 Falls Creek Falls (AYM) Clark, Kevin 3.4 7
10/6 Opal Creek Smith, Margaret 7.1 8 11/1 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 13 11/25 Dog Mountain Lee, Dean 7.2 18
10/6 Nesmith Point Thomas, Andy 9.8 8 11/1 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 7 11/25 Banks-Vernonia Linear Trail Meyer, Kent 9.0 5
10/7 Elk Meadows Basham, Bob 8.3 7 11/1 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 15 11/25 Multnomah-Wahkeena 2x Zineski, Judith 8.6 6
10/7 Eagle Creek Brickey, Sue 7.0 6 11/1 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 10 11/27 Portland Street Ramble Brown, Amy 6.0 1
10/7 Waterfall Potpourri Goodwin, Billie 5.0 4 11/3 Burdoin Mountain (AYM) Clark, Kevin 6.0 7 11/27 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 13
10/7 Tanner Butte Welter, Jeff 21.0 10 11/3 Franklin Ridge Loop Cone, Terry 11.5 18 11/27 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 19
10/9 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 5 11/3 Gorge Waterfalls Goodwin, Billie 5.0 9 11/27 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 12
10/9 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 16 11/3 Tilly Jane-Polallie Ridge Marlin, Kelly 6.5 5 11/27 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Sean 6.0 12
10/9 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 7 11/3 Salmon Butte Smith, Sean 10.0 9 11/28 Tom-Dick Mountain Eggers, Tom 7.2 0
10/9 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 8 11/4 Dog Mountain Andreas, Jean 7.2 14 11/29 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 4
10/9 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Sean 8.0 7 11/4 Lacamas Lake Selby, Jim 7.0 5 11/29 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 8
10/10 Forest Park Ramble Brandt, Cathy 6.0 5 11/4 Wauneka Ridge Young, Kirby 11.5 7 11/29 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 15
10/11 Portland Street Ramble Amodeo, Rick 7.5 8 11/6 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 6 11/29 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 6
10/11 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 4 11/6 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 13 12/1 Hamilton Mountain Burdick, David 8.0 4
10/11 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 10 11/6 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 24 12/1 Forest Park Goodwin, Billie 5.0 3
10/11 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 21 11/6 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 8 12/1 White River Canyon Snowshoe Hanson, Marty 4.5 16
10/13 Devils Peak Criscuolo, Louis 8.0 7 11/6 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 14 12/1 West Leg XC Ski Smith, Sean 9.0 6
10/13 Big Huckelberry Mountain Meyer, Kent 7.0 8 11/7 Forest Park Ramble Brandt, Cathy 5.0 7 12/2 Lacamas Lake Loop Brickey, Sue 7.0 3
10/13 Devils Peak Smith, Sean 8.0 12 11/7 Dog Mountain Eggers, Tom 7.2 10 12/2 Archer Mountain (AYM) Clark, Kevin 8.0 3
10/13 Indian Mountain Zineski, Judith 9.0 9 11/8 Portland Street Ramble Brown, Amy 7.5 2 12/2 Wahkeena-Multnomah Falls Neuenschwander, Ann 5.4 4
10/14 Nesmith Point Bourdin, Sherry 9.8 9 11/8 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 11 12/4 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 11
10/14 Cairn Basin Edlund, Ursula 9.0 9 11/8 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.5 10 12/4 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 14
10/14 Cairn Basin Getgen, Richard 9.0 11 11/8 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 8 12/4 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 15
10/16 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 11 11/8 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13 12/4 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 6
10/16 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 5 11/8 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 8 12/4 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Sean 6.0 12
10/16 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 31 11/10 Triple Falls Brown, Ann 6.2 10 12/5 Portland Street Ramble Brandt, Cathy 6.0 6
10/16 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 13 11/10 Observation Peak Smith, Margaret 13.3 7 12/5 Bells Mountain Selby, Jim 9.5 6
10/16 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 10 11/11 Hamilton Mountain Brandt, Cathy 7.6 12 12/6 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 4
10/17 Forest Park Ramble Brandt, Cathy 6.0 3 11/11 Sandy River Delta Brickey, Sue 4.2 8 12/6 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 8
10/18 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 4 11/13 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 7 12/6 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 13
10/18 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 7 11/13 Portland Street Ramble Cone, Terry 6.0 15 12/6 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 9
10/18 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 14 11/13 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 20 12/6 Portland Street Ramble Searl, Ken 6.0 6
10/18 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 13 11/13 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 13 12/6 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Sean 6.0 5
10/21 Hamilton Mountain Edlund, Ursula 7.6 12 11/13 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Sean 7.0 14 12/8 Devils Rest via Wahkeena Edlund, Ursula 7.4 8
10/21 Eagle Creek Stagnone, Jay 6.6 6 11/14 Forest Park Ramble Brandt, Cathy 5.0 6 12/8 Ghost Ridge Snowshoe Hanson, Marty 4.0 25
10/23 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 12 11/14 Hamilton Mountain Brown, Ann 9.0 4 12/8 Latourell Falls Neves, David 2.3 4
10/23 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 9 11/15 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 8 12/9 Angels Rest Evans, Kate 4.6 9
10/23 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 22 11/15 Portland Street Ramble Cone, Terry 6.0 13 12/9 Slide Creek Falls Getgen, Richard 10.8 10
10/23 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 17 11/15 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 15 12/11 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 10
10/23 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 15 11/15 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 5 12/11 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 19
10/24 Indian Point Keefer, Neal 10.0 9 11/15 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 9 12/11 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 8
10/25 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 5 11/17 Multnomah-Wahkeena Falls Edlund, Ursula 5.6 5 12/11 Portland Street Ramble Searl, Ken 6.0 6
10/25 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 7 11/17 Larch Mountain Smith, Margaret 13.8 3 12/11 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Sean 6.0 13
10/25 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 23 11/17 Lower Salmon River Zineski, Judith 5.2 3 12/12 Portland Street Ramble Brandt, Cathy 5.0 4
10/25 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 14 11/18 Larch Mountain Bourdin, Sherry 13.8 8 12/12 MMC Street Ramble Brickey, Sue 5.0 20
10/27 Larch Mountain Beyl, Cecile 14.0 5 11/18 Cape Lookout Getgen, Richard 10.0 8 12/12 Angels Rest-Multnomah Falls Smith, Margaret 13.0 5
10/27 Angels Rest Evans, Kate 4.6 7 11/18 Fort Vancouver Selby, Jim 4.0 8 12/13 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 5
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Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Legend: Att=Attendance BP=Backpack SS=Snowshoe SK=Ski TT=Trail Tender
Date Trip Leader Miles Att Date Trip Leader Miles Att Date Trip Leader Miles Att
1/31 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 5
1/31 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 19
2/2 Banks-Vernonia Linear Trail Brickey, Sue 13.5 3
2/2 Old Maid Flat Snowshoe Hanson, Marty 4.0 15
2/2 Champoeg Park Meyer, Kent 8.0 3
2/2 Gorton Creek Snowshoe Smith, Sean 8.0 15
2/3 Lacamas Creek-Lacamas Lake Getgen, Richard 11.0 5
2/3 Springwater Corridor Goodwin, Billie 5.0 9
2/3 Nick Eaton Ridge Young, Kirby 9.6 4
2/5 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 7
2/5 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 18
2/5 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 12
2/5 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 9
2/6 Pocket Creek Loop Ski Brown, Ann 7.0 4
2/6 Larch Mountain Eggers, Tom 11.0 8
2/7 Portland Street Ramble Amodeo, Rick 7.5 2
2/7 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 9
2/7 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 4
2/7 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 9
2/7 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 12
2/9 Nick Eaton Ridge Cook, Patrice 8.0 9
2/9 Hamilton Mountain Evans, Kate 7.6 11
2/9 Three Spires (Herman Creek) Marlin, Kelly 6.2 7
2/10 Eagle Creek-Cascade Locks Eckel, Carolyn 5.5 5
2/10 White River Loop Snowshoe Hanson, Marty 7.0 14
2/10 Cape Horn Neuenschwander, Ann 7.0 15
2/12 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 9
2/12 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 6
2/12 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 15
2/12 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 11
2/12 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 7
2/13 MMC Street Ramble Brickey, Sue 6.0 12
2/13 Devils Rest via Angels Rest Brown, Ann 8.4 4
2/14 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 8
2/14 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 10
2/14 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 10
2/14 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
2/16 White River-Timberline Snowshoe Brandt, Cathy 8.0 9
2/16 Waterfront Loop Craycraft, Rick 10.2 13
2/16 Table Mountain Welter, Jeff 16.0 9
2/17 Eagle Creek Bourdin, Sherry 6.6 8
2/17 Nordic XC Tour Connyingham, Ed 6.0 7
2/17 Bourdoin Mountain Getgen, Richard 7.0 15
2/17 Larch Mountain Gregory, Leora 13.8 3
2/18 Cape Falcon-Neahkahnie Mountain Stellner, Richard 11.0 8
2/19 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 10
2/19 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 10
2/19 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 14
2/19 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 9
2/19 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Sean 6.0 11
2/20 Hamilton Mountain Eggers, Tom 7.6 7
2/21 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 6
2/21 Portland Street Ramble Fellers, Whit 6.0 5
2/21 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 8
2/21 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 13
2/23 Wahkeena-Devils Rest Bishop, Gary 11.1 9
2/23 Triple Falls Eggers, Tom 7.0 16
2/23 Table Mountain Keefer, Neal 10.0 11
2/23 Herman Creek Meyer, Kent 6.0 5
1/8 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Sean 6.0 11
1/9 MMC Street Ramble Brickey, Sue 6.0 8
1/9 Kings Mountain Smith, Margaret 5.4 3
1/10 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 8
1/10 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 13
1/10 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 10
1/10 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 14
1/12 Angels Rest Eggers, Tom 4.6 6
1/12 Tom-Dick Ridge Snowshoe Goering, Nancy 4.0 8
1/12 Hardtime Ski Loop Smith, Sean 11.0 7
1/13 Herman Creek Edlund, Ursula 8.2 6
1/13 Barlow Road Snowshoe Hanson, Marty 6.0 27
1/13 Horsetail-Wahkeena Traverse Young, Kirby 12.5 7
1/15 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 7.0 12
1/15 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 13
1/15 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 14
1/15 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 10
1/15 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 13
1/15 Portland Street Ramble Searl, Ken 6.0 13
1/16 Teacup Lake Ski Brown, Ann 8.0 4
1/16 Kings Mountain Smith, Margaret 5.4 3
1/17 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 1
1/17 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 9
1/17 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 13
1/17 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 14
1/17 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 10
1/19 Dog Mountain Amodeo, Rick 7.5 7
1/19 Government Camp Snowshoe Neuenschwander, Ann 2.0 6
1/19 Ruckel Creek Smith, Margaret 9.6 3
1/19 Barlow Butte Snowshoe Smith, Sean 6.0 7
1/19 White River Canyon Snowshoe Young, Kirby 3.5 5
1/19 Government Camp Snowshoe Zuber, Joan 2.0 19
1/20 Vernonia-Banks Linear Trail Getgen, Richard 11.5 7
1/20 Lacamas Lake Goodwin, Billie 7.0 7
1/20 Elk-Kings Traverse Gregory, Leora 11.0 3
1/20 Multnomah Falls Trail Tender Pope, Rick 5.0 4
1/21 Portland Street Ramble Barker, Charles 6.0 7
1/22 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 10
1/22 Portland Street Ramble Cone, Terry 6.0 n/a
1/22 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 14
1/22 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 15
1/22 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 12
1/23 Mud Creek Ski Loop Brown, Ann 10.0 5
1/24 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 13
1/24 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 5
1/24 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 15
1/24 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 14
1/24 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 6.0 8
1/26 Forest Park Eckel, Carolyn 7.0 3
1/26 Upper Twin Lake Snowshoe Hanson, Marty 6.0 16
1/27 Warrior Rock/Sauvie Island Brickey, Sue 6.8 6
1/27 Nesmith Point Trail Eggers, Tom 6.0 4
1/27 Angels Rest-Devils Rest Smith, Margaret 7.0 5
1/29 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 7
1/29 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 8
1/29 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 13
1/30 Tryon Creek Brown, Ann 5.0 3
1/31 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 2
1/31 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 6.0 10
12/13 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 6
12/13 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 7
12/13 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
12/13 Portland Street Ramble Searl, Ken 6.0 6
12/13 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 9
12/15 Triple Falls Bourdin, Sherry 5.0 5
12/15 Gales Creek-Story Burn Loop Brandt, Cathy 8.0 4
12/15 Larch Mountain Cook, Patrice 13.8 5
12/16 Elk-Kings Traverse Craycraft, Rick 8.6 6
12/16 Slide Creek Falls Getgen, Richard 10.8 7
12/16 Boy Scout Ridge Snowshoe Hanson, Marty 5.6 16
12/18 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 11
12/18 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 19
12/18 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 9
12/18 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 13
12/19 Portland Street Ramble Brandt, Cathy 5.0 3
12/19 Dog Mountain Eggers, Tom 7.0 8
12/20 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 2
12/20 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 7
12/20 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 12
12/20 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 11
12/20 Esplanade Street Ramble Miller, Bob 3.0 9
12/20 Portland Street Ramble Searl, Ken 6.0 6
12/20 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 5
12/22 Oxbow Park Brickey, Sue 5.1 5
12/22 Cripple Creek Trail Zuber, Joan 8.5 4
12/23 Boulder Ridge Craeger, John 9.8 2
12/23 Hamilton Mountain Criscuolo, Louis 8.0 3
12/23 Bayocean Spit Gregory, Leora 7.5 3
12/23 Yellowjacket Trail Snowshoe Hanson, Marty 2.0 12
12/24 Hamilton Mountain Miller, Bob 8.0 4
12/25 Forest Park Cook, Patrice 6.0 10
12/26 Portland Street Ramble Brandt, Cathy 6.0 3
12/27 Portland Street Ramble Fellers, Whit 6.0 2
12/27 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 8
12/27 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
12/27 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 8
12/29 Palmateer Point Snowshoe Braem, David 6.0 12
12/29 Esplanade/Pill Hill & Tram Ride Eggers, Tom 10.0 13
12/29 Palmateer Point Snowshoe Hanson, Marty 6.0 13
12/29 Wahkeena-Multnomah Falls Meyer, Kent 5.4 5
12/30 Champoeg Park Brickey, Sue 8.0 5
1/1 Tom-Dick Ridge Snowshoe Hanson, Marty 5.0 15
1/1 Wind Mountain Miller, Bob 3.0 11
1/2 Angels Rest Brown, Ann 5.4 3
1/3 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 6
1/3 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 8
1/3 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 12
1/3 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 14
1/5 Devils Rest Craycraft, Rick 7.5 4
1/5 Twin Lakes Snowshoe Hanson, Marty 5.0 18
1/5 Warrior Rock/Sauvie Island Smith, Robert 6.8 6
1/6 Lacamas Lake Getgen, Richard 7.0 11
1/6 Hamilton Mountain Neuenschwander, Ann 7.6 7
1/6 Mount Defiance Welter, Jeff 12.0 5
1/8 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 7.0 4
1/8 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 11
1/8 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
1/8 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 10
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Date Trip Leader Miles Att Date Trip Leader Miles Att Date Trip Leader Miles Att
4/10 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 12
4/12 Kings Mountain Trail Tender Pope, Richard 3.0 7
4/12 Herman Creek Zeps, David 8.0 11
4/12 Deschutes River & Tom McCall Pt Zineski, Judith 6.2 4
4/13 Hamilton Mountain Evans, Kate 7.6 9
4/13 Coyote Wall-Labyrinth Loop Getgen, Richard 7.0 16
4/15 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 10
4/15 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 14
4/15 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 9
4/15 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
4/15 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 15
4/16 Indian Point Meyer, Kent 8.0 3
4/17 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 9
4/17 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 5
4/17 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 13
4/17 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 18
4/17 Westside Street Ramble Roberts, Jane 6.0 12
4/17 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 10
4/19 Larch Mountain Bourdin, Sherry 13.0 3
4/19 Dog Mountain Middleton, Bill 6.9 10
4/19 Vancouver Land Bridge Selby, Jim 5.0 3
4/20 Forest Park dog hike Brown, Ann 6.0 3
4/20 Larch Mountain Evans, Kate 13.8 3
4/20 Gillette Lake Goodwin, Billie 5.0 4
4/20 Coyote Wall Rock, Kibbey 8.0 6
4/22 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 6
4/22 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 16
4/22 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 8
4/22 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 11
4/22 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 8
4/23 Nesmith Point Eggers, Tom 6.0 4
4/24 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 7
4/24 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 15
4/24 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 12
4/24 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.5 12
4/24 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 4
4/26 Coyote Wall-Labyrinth (AYM) Jordan, Julia 9.0 11
4/26 Elk Mountain Trail Tender Pope, Richard 5.0 6
4/26 Mount Defiance Zeps, David 12.0 8
4/26 Weldon Wagon Trail Zineski, Judith 6.8 4
4/27 Elk-Kings Traverse Amodeo, Rick 11.0 5
4/27 Lyle Cherry Orchard Getgen, Richard 7.0 11
4/29 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 8
4/29 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 17
4/29 Portland Street Ramble Johnson, Megan 6.0 10
4/29 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 11
4/29 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 9
4/30 Ruckel Creek Brown, Ann 8.0 5
4/30 Eagle Creek Meyer, Kent 9.0 5
5/1 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 11
5/1 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 6.0 13
5/1 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 16
5/1 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 17
5/1 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 15
5/3 Silver Star Mountain via Bluff Mtn Bishop, Gary 6.0 6
5/3 Salmon River Trail Eckel, Carolyn 5.2 9
5/3 Table Mountain Evans, Kate 10.0 11
5/4 Devils Rest-Wahkeena Evans, Kate 7.4 12
5/4 Tom McCall Point Getgen, Richard 7.0 12
3/16 Catherine Creek-East Getgen, Richard 7.0 14
3/16 Indian Point Neuenschwander, Ann 8.0 7
3/18 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 6
3/18 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 14
3/18 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 9
3/18 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 11
3/18 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
3/18 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 12
3/19 Wahkeena-Devils Rest Keefer, Neal 7.0 5
3/20 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 7
3/20 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 5
3/20 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 10
3/20 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 10
3/20 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 12
3/22 Augspurger-Dog Mountains Beyl, Cecille 11.0 5
3/22 Clackamas River Trail Gerald, Paul 8.5 17
3/22 Moulton Falls Rock, Kibbey 4.4 7
3/23 Dog Mountain Middleton, Bill 7.2 3
3/25 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 6
3/25 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 17
3/25 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 11
3/25 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 25
3/25 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 13
3/26 Wahkeena-Multnomah Creeks Selby, Jim 5.4 6
3/27 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 9
3/27 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 12
3/27 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.5 10
3/27 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 12
3/30 Angels Rest Edlund, Ursula 4.6 3
3/30 Strawberry Island Goodwin, Billie 5.0 9
4/1 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 8
4/1 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 13
4/1 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 14
4/1 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 20
4/1 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 14
4/1 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 9
4/3 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 5
4/3 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 13
4/3 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 17
4/3 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 14
4/3 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 6
4/5 Eagle Creek Brickey, Sue 6.6 6
4/5 In-Town Hike Sherbeck, Terry 14.0 6
4/5 Rudolph Spur Smith, Skip 14.0 8
4/6 Rock of Ages Loop Keefer, Neal 10.0 9
4/6 Angels Rest Selby, Jim 5.0 3
4/6 Silver Falls Smith, Robert 7.1 7
4/8 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 9
4/8 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 10
4/8 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 12
4/8 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 18
4/8 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 4
4/9 MMC Street Ramble Brickey, Sue 5.5 14
4/9 Multnomah Falls-Nesika Brown, Ann 8.0 4
4/10 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 2
4/10 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 8
4/10 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 13
4/10 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 14
4/10 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 12
2/23 Twin Lakes Snowshoe Sherbeck, Terry 6.6 7
2/24 Hamilton Mountain Edlund, Ursula 7.6 4
2/24 Dry Creek Falls Kleeman, Mary 7.4 6
2/24 Bennet Pass-Pocket Creek XC Smith, Monty 8.0 9
2/26 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 9
2/26 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 14
2/26 Portland Street Ramble Johnson, Megan 6.0 14
2/26 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 8
2/26 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 13
2/27 Dog Mountain Brown, Ann 7.2 9
2/28 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 2
2/28 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 6.0 11
2/28 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 9
2/28 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.5 9
2/28 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 6
2/28 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 16
3/1 Oxbow Park Brickey, Sue 5.5 6
3/1 Mount Defiance Eggers, Tom 11.9 13
3/1 White River Canyon Snowshoe Hanson, Marty 6.0 10
3/1 Kings Mountain Pope, Rick 5.5 4
3/2 Mount Tabor-Rocky Butte Craycraft, Rick 8.0 12
3/2 Gorton Creek-Nick Eaton Ridge Goering, Nancy 8.0 4
3/2 Dog Mountain Neves, David 7.2 7
3/4 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 8
3/4 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 14
3/4 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 13
3/4 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 12
3/4 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 10
3/5 Hard Time Loop XC Brown, Ann 11.0 5
3/5 Table Mountain Eggers, Tom 10.0 8
3/6 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 7
3/6 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 6.0 9
3/6 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 12
3/6 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 5
3/6 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 8
3/6 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
3/8 Wildwood Trail Goodwin, Billie 5.5 10
3/8 Angels Rest-Devils Rest Keefer, Neal 10.0 7
3/8 Shellrock Mountain Young, Kirby 4.5 12
3/9 Larch Mountain Craycraft, Rick 13.6 7
3/9 Hunchback Mountain Neves, David 9.0 6
3/9 Lacamas Lake Selby, Jim 6.5 10
3/11 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 13
3/11 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 16
3/11 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 16
3/11 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 15
3/12 Pocket Creek XC Ski Brown, Ann 8.0 4
3/12 Eagle Creek Eggers, Tom 12.6 7
3/12 MMC Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 16
3/13 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 3
3/13 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 6.0 7
3/13 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 5
3/13 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.5 12
3/13 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 4
3/13 Portland Street Ramble Searl, Ken 6.0 13
3/15 Hamilton Mountain Marlin, Kelly 8.0 13
3/15 Tom McCall Point Meyer, Kent 4.0 4
3/16 Kings Mountain Amodeo, Rick 5.5 4
3/16 Horsetail-Wahkeena Traverse Craycraft, Rick 11.5 11
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Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Legend: Att=Attendance BP=Backpack SS=Snowshoe SK=Ski TT=Trail Tender
Date Trip Leader Miles Att Date Trip Leader Miles Att Date Trip Leader Miles Att
6/17 Portland Street Ramble Johnson, Megan 6.0 17
6/17 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 16
6/17 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 16
6/17 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 16
6/17 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 17
6/18 Hunchback Mountain Brown, Ann 9.0 8
6/18 Mount Mitchell Marquam, Barbara 6.0 11
6/19 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 10
6/19 SW Portland Street Ramble Eggers, Tom 6.0 7
6/19 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 10
6/19 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 5.0 11
6/19 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 3.0 10
6/19 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 11
6/19 SW Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 7
6/19 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 5.0 11
6/21 Salmon River Trail Eggers, Tom 7.2 19
6/21 Wahkeena-Multnomah Loop Middleton, Bill 5.4 3
6/22 Mount Tabor Brickey, Sue 6.0 13
6/22 Indian Point via Gorton Creek Neuenschwander, Ann 8.9 19
6/22 Elk-Kings Traverse Zeps, David 9.0 9
6/24 Portland Street Ramble Breivogel, Bob 9.0 16
6/24 Portland Street Ramble Brown, Amy 7.5 17
6/24 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 16
6/24 Portland Street Ramble Johnson, Megan 6.0 16
6/24 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 17
6/24 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 17
6/24 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 17
6/25 Dry Creek Meyer, Kent 8.0 6
6/26 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.0 14
6/26 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 13
6/26 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 5.7 13
6/26 Portland Street Ramble Johnson, Megan 5.5 13
6/26 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 14
6/26 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 7.5 14
6/28 Siouxon Creek Rock, Kibbey 7.8 16
6/28 Mount Defiance Thomas, Andy 13.0 15
6/29 Tom-Dick Mountain Edlund, Ursula 7.2 10
6/29 Nesmith Point Loop Welter, Jeff 12.0 8
6/29 Riverside Trail of the Clackamas Zineski, Judith 7.0 3
7/1 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 13
7/1 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 13
7/1 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 13
7/1 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
7/1 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 13
7/1 Portland Street Ramble Searl, Ken 6.0 13
7/1 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 12
7/1 Portland Street Ramble Woolf, Trevor 3.0 12
7/2 Vancouver Street Ramble Rock, Kibbey 6.0 13
7/2 MMC Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 12
7/3 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 10
7/3 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 9
7/3 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 9
7/3 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 10
7/3 Portland Street Ramble Van Rossen, Daniel 6.0 9
7/4 Silver Star Mountain (AYM) Clark, Kevin 10.0 14
7/4 Blue Box Trail Remy, Ginger 7.0 16
7/5 Table Mountain Loop deBros, Viviane 10.0 7
7/5 Ramona Falls Goodwin, Billie 7.5 12
7/5 Kings Mountain Smith, Margaret 5.4 10
5/27 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 14
5/27 Portland Street Ramble Johnson, Megan 6.0 13
5/27 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.5 13
5/27 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 14
5/27 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 14
5/28 Angels Rest Smith, Margaret 4.6 9
5/29 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 7.0 10
5/29 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 10
5/29 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 5.5 10
5/29 Portland Street Ramble Johnson, Megan 6.0 10
5/29 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 11
5/29 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 10
5/29 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 10
5/31 Dog Mountain Getgen, Richard 7.0 16
5/31 Devils Rest Trail Tending Woltzen, Hugh 8.4 7
6/1 Silver Falls Loop Eggers, Tom 7.8 12
6/1 Neahkahnie Mountain Goering, Nancy 8.6 3
6/1 Ruckel Ridge-Eagle Creek Loop Welter, Jeff 15.0 7
6/3 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 13
6/3 Triple Crown Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 9.0 12
6/3 Portland Street Ramble Johnson, Megan 6.0 13
6/3 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 12
6/3 Triple Crown Street Ramble Lee, Dean 9.0 12
6/3 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 13
6/3 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 13
6/4 Nick Eaton-Gorton Creek Loop Brown, Ann 8.0 10
6/5 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 9
6/5 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 9
6/5 Portland Street Ramble Johnson, Megan 6.0 9
6/5 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 9
6/5 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 9
6/5 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 9
6/7 Old Salmon River Tr dog hike Amodeo, Rick 10.0 6
6/7 Nesmith Point Brown, Ann 9.8 14
6/8 Hunchback Mountain Bourdin, Sherry 9.0 18
6/8 Dog Mountain Edlund, Ursula 6.9 10
6/8 Warrior Rock-Sauvie Island Smith, Robert 7.0 11
6/10 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 13
6/10 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 12
6/10 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 13
6/10 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
6/10 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 6.0 13
6/11 MMC Street Ramble Eggers, Tom 6.0 14
6/11 Nick Eaton-Gorton Creek Loop Keefer, Neal 8.0 13
6/12 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 12
6/12 Portland Street Ramble Johnson, Megan 6.0 12
6/12 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 11
6/12 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 11
6/12 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 11
6/12 Portland Street Ramble Van Rossen, Daniel 6.0 11
6/14 Wauna Point Bishop, Gary 10.0 10
6/14 Larch Mountain Bond, Barbara 14.0 8
6/14 Eagle Creek Goodwin, Billie 7.0 9
6/14 Munra Point (AYM) Schwartzman, John 7.4 8
6/15 Trapper Creek Trail Tender Brown, Louise 6.0 9
6/15 Salmon River Trail Remy, Ginger 9.0 6
6/15 Devils Rest via Wahkeena Saddler, Laura 7.4 14
6/17 Portland Street Ramble Brown, Amy 8.0 16
6/17 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 3.0 16
5/4 Mount Defiance–
Green Point Mountain Welter, Jeff 16.0 10
5/6 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 13
5/6 Portland Street Ramble Breivogel, Bob 6.0 9
5/6 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 17
5/6 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 17
5/6 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 19
5/7 Multnomah-Angels Rest Selby, Jim 8.5 5
5/8 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 8
5/8 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 6.0 10
5/8 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 8
5/8 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 12
5/8 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 17
5/10 Lacamas Lake Goodwin, Billie 5.0 6
5/10 Dog Mountain Maletzky, Barry 7.2 5
5/10 Dog Mountain Thomas, Andy 7.0 10
5/10 Rock of Ages-Nesmith Point Young, Kirby 10.0 8
5/11 Eagle Creek Bourdin, Sherry 6.0 3
5/11 Ruckel Ridge-Ruckel Creek Davidson, Tom 9.6 14
5/11 Wahkeena-Angels Rest Edlund, Ursula 6.4 9
5/13 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 7.0 14
5/13 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 15
5/13 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 14
5/13 Portland Street Ramble Van Rossen, Daniel 6.0 14
5/14 MMC Street Ramble Brickey, Sue 6.0 11
5/14 Hamilton Mountain Brown, Ann 7.6 7
5/15 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 10
5/15 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 10
5/15 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 10
5/15 Council Crest Street Ramble Miller, Bob 6.0 7
5/15 Council Crest Street Ramble Roberts, Jane 6.0 8
5/15 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 6.0 11
5/15 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 5.0 10
5/17 Indian Point Hanson, Marty 9.0 14
5/17 Dog Mountain Maletzky, Barry 7.2 8
5/17 Wahkeena-Multnomah Creeks Middleton, Bill 5.4 5
5/18 Table Mountain Breivogel, Bob 10.0 21
5/18 Dry Creek Falls Brickey, Sue 5.4 6
5/18 Dog Mountain Getgen, Richard 7.0 8
5/20 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 11
5/20 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 10
5/20 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 10
5/20 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 11
5/20 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 11
5/21 Eagle Creek Selby, Jim 11.0 3
5/22 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 11
5/22 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 10
5/22 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 10
5/22 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 11
5/22 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 10
5/24 Lucia & Moulton Falls Selby, Jim 5.3 8
5/24 Hardy Ridge Sherbeck, Terry 10.6 4
5/24 Dog Mountain Zineski, Judith 6.9 8
5/25 Banks-Vernonia Linear Trail Brickey, Sue 11.5 6
5/25 Hamilton Mountain dog hike Brown, Ann 8.0 6
5/25 Burdoin-Catherine Creek (AYM) Schwartzman, John 8.0 3
5/25 Auggie-Doggie Young, Kirby 15.0 9
5/26 Angels Rest Miller, Bob 5.0 16
5/27 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 7.0 13
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Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Legend: Att=Attendance BP=Backpack SS=Snowshoe SK=Ski TT=Trail Tender
Date Trip Leader Miles Att Date Trip Leader Miles Att Date Trip Leader Miles Att
8/17 McNeil Point (AYM) Gerald, Paul 9.6 12
8/17 Angels Rest Thomas, Andy 4.6 7
8/19 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 7.5 12
8/19 Portland Street Ramble Cone, Terry 6.0 11
8/19 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 11
8/19 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 12
8/19 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 11
8/19 Portland Street Ramble Searl, Ken 6.0 11
8/19 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 7.0 12
8/20 Bells Mountain Selby, Jim 8.5 3
8/21 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 10
8/21 Portland Street Ramble Cone, Terry 6.0 10
8/21 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 11
8/21 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 10
8/21 SW Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 8
8/21 SW Portland Street Ramble Roberts, Jane 6.0 5
8/21 Portland Street Ramble Searl, Ken 6.0 11
8/21 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 5.0 11
8/23 Trapper Creek-Observation Peak Goering, Nancy 14.5 12
8/23 Council Crest Jenkins, Carolyn 4.2 4
8/23 Burnt Lake Smith, Robert 7.4 12
8/24 Eagle Creek Andreas, Jean 12.6 11
8/24 Larch Mountain Crater Saddler, Laura 6.4 11
8/24 Tanner Butte-Eagle Creek Welter, Jeff 24.0 7
8/26 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 21
8/26 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 20
8/26 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 20
8/26 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 20
8/26 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 20
8/28 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 7.0 12
8/28 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 12
8/28 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 12
8/28 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 12
8/28 Portland Street Ramble Searl, Ken 6.0 12
8/30 Timberline Trail:
Timberline Lodge-Ramona Falls Amodeo, Rick 13.0 6
8/30 Timberline Trail:
Ramona Falls-Elk Cove Yahns-Anderson, Karen 15.0 6
8/30 Timberline Trail:
Ramona Falls-Elk Cove Anderson, Roger 15.0 5
8/30 Timberline Trail:
Ramona Falls-Elk Cove Bourdin, Sherry 15.0 6
8/30 Hardy Ridge Brandt, Cathy 12.0 19
8/30 Timberline Trail:
Timberline Lodge-Ramona Falls Craeger, John 14.0 6
8/30 Timberline Trail:
Timberline Lodge-Ramona Falls Linza, Meg 14.0 6
8/30 Observation Peak Meyer, Kent 5.6 7
8/30 Paradise Park Smith, Margaret 10.0 4
8/30 Timberline Trail:
Ramona Falls-Elk Cove Smith, Sean 15.0 5
8/30 Timberline Trail:
Timberline Lodge-Ramona Falls Smith, Skip 13.0 6
8/31 Timberline Trail:
Mt Hood Mdws-Cloud Cap Amodeo, Rick 11.0 6
8/31 Timberline Trail:
Timberline Lodge-Ramona Falls Yahns-Anderson, Karen 15.0 5
8/31 Timberline Trail:
Timberline Lodge-Ramona Falls Anderson, Roger 15.0 5
7/26 Big Huckelberry Mountain Meyer, Kent 8.0 4
7/26 Hamilton Mountain Saddler, Laura 7.6 6
7/26 Table Mountain Smith, Margaret 10.0 13
7/27 Beacon Rock & Rodney Falls Selby, Jim 6.0 8
7/27 Burnt Lake Smith, Robert 6.8 20
7/27 Ruckel Ridge-Wahtum lake Welter, Jeff 24.0 5
7/29 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 7.5 15
7/29 Portland Street Ramble Egan, John 6.0 14
7/29 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 15
7/29 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 15
7/29 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 15
7/29 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 7.0 14
7/30 McNeil Point Smith, Margaret 9.0 8
7/31 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 7.0 13
7/31 Portland Street Ramble Egan, John 6.0 13
7/31 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 13
7/31 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
7/31 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 13
7/31 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 13
8/2 Wahkeena-Multnomah Loop Justice, Greg 5.4 3
8/2 Larch Mountain Crater Selby, Jim 7.4 12
8/2 Green Point Mountain Smith, Sean 19.0 4
8/3 Cape Horn deBros, Viviane 7.0 20
8/3 Siouxon Creek Rock, Kibbey 7.8 9
8/3 Tilly Jane/Cooper Spur Smith, Margaret 13.4 10
8/3 Tilly Jane/Cooper Spur Van Rossen, Daniel 13.4 6
8/5 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 13
8/5 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 13
8/5 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
8/5 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 13
8/5 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 14
8/5 Portland Street Ramble Van Rossen, Daniel 6.0 13
8/6 Silver Star Mtn. via Ed’s Trail Keefer, Neal 8.7 19
8/6 Vancouver Street Ramble Rock, Kibbey 6.0 9
8/7 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 14
8/7 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 13
8/7 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 13
8/7 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
8/7 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 5.5 13
8/9 McGee Creek via Top Spur Conser, Rich 7.5 7
8/9 Angels Rest Justice, Greg 4.6 5
8/9 Salmon Butte Smith, Robert 8.8 12
8/9 Eagle-Benson Trail Tender Welter, Jeff 7.0 10
8/10 Triple Falls Brandt, Cathy 4.3 10
8/10 Burnt Lake-East Zig Zag Mountain Keefer, Neal 9.6 10
8/10 Eagle-Benson Trail Tender Welter, Jeff 7.0 10
8/12 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 7.0 18
8/12 Portland Street Ramble Egan, John 6.0 17
8/12 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 17
8/12 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 18
8/12 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 18
8/12 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 17
8/14 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 6.0 11
8/14 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.0 11
8/14 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 10
8/14 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 11
8/16 Paradise Park Bishop, Gary 14.4 5
8/16 Ramona Falls Smith, Sean 6.8 6
8/16 Barlow Butte Zineski, Judith 5.0 4
7/6 Fifteen Mile Creek Loop Amodeo, Rick 10.0 8
7/6 Elk-Kings Traverse Beyl, Cecille 8.5 8
7/6 Salmon River Trail Edlund, Ursula 7.2 10
7/8 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 12
7/8 Portland Street Ramble Egan, John 6.0 11
7/8 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 12
7/8 Portland Street Ramble Johnson, Megan 6.0 11
7/8 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 12
7/8 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 12
7/9 Cape Horn Brown, Ann 7.0 11
7/9 Elevator Shaft Davidson, Tom 9.0 8
7/9 Angels Rest (AYM) Gerald, Paul 4.6 9
7/10 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 7.5 12
7/10 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 5.5 13
7/10 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 12
7/10 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 13
7/10 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 13
7/10 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
7/10 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 12
7/12 Siouxon Peak Goering, Nancy 16.0 15
7/12 Wahkeena-Multnomah Creeks Rock, Kibbey 5.4 12
7/12 Hamilton Mountain Scovill, Steve 7.6 14
7/13 Angels Rest Evans, Kate 4.6 7
7/13 Observation Peak Neuenschwander, Ann 13.3 12
7/13 Hamilton Mountain Trask, Jennifer 7.6 16
7/15 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 17
7/15 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 17
7/15 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 17
7/15 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 17
7/15 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 17
7/15 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 17
7/16 Devils Rest via Wahkeena Evans, Kate 7.4 3
7/17 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 7.0 13
7/17 Portland Street Ramble Eckel, Carolyn 4.0 12
7/17 Portland Street Ramble Egan, John 5.0 12
7/17 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 4.0 13
7/17 SW Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 4.0 3
7/17 SW Portland Street Ramble Roberts, Jane 6.0 5
7/17 Portland Street Ramble Van Rossen, Daniel 4.0 12
7/19 Frog Lake Butte Loop Marlin, Kelly 7.0 18
7/19 Opal Creek Smith, Margaret 7.1 6
7/20 Lookout Mountain Smith, Margaret 10.4 12
7/20 Salmon River Trail Smith, Robert 7.5 16
7/20 Hamilton Mountain Thomas, Andy 7.6 3
7/20 Lookout Mountain Van Rossen, Daniel 10.4 6
7/22 Portland Street Ramble Breivogel, Bob 6.0 16
7/22 Portland Street Ramble Brown, Amy 8.0 15
7/22 Portland Street Ramble Egan, John 6.0 15
7/22 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 15
7/22 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 16
7/22 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 7.0 16
7/22 Portland Street Ramble Van Rossen, Daniel 6.0 15
7/23 Paradise Park Davidson, Tom 10.1 12
7/24 Portland Street Ramble Brown, Amy 8.0 15
7/24 Portland Street Ramble Cone, Terry 6.0 15
7/24 Portland Street Ramble Egan, John 6.0 16
7/24 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 16
7/24 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 15
7/24 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 6.0 15
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Date Trip Leader Miles Att Date Trip Leader Miles Att Date Trip Leader Miles Att
9/28 Trapper Creek Woltzen, Hugh 6.0 5
9/30 Portland Street Ramble Brown, Amy 8.0 14
9/30 Portland Street Ramble Cone, Terry 6.0 14
9/30 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 14
9/30 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 5.5 14
9/30 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
9/30 Portland Street Ramble Smith, Robert 5.0 13
OUTING HIKES:
7/1 N Santiam: Middle Pyramid Stadler, Larry
7/1 N Santiam: Three Pyramids Enevoldsen, Stan
7/3 N Santiam: Independence Rock Stadler, Mary
7/14 Glacier: Two Medicine Lake Getgen, Richard
7/14 Glacier: Two Medicine Lake Brown, Ann
7/15 Glacier: Grinnell Lake Loop Getgen, Richard
7/15 Glacier: Swiftcurrent Trail Brown, Ann
7/16 Glacier: St. Mary-Virginia Falls Getgen, Richard
7/16 Glacier: Ptarmigan Tunnel Brown, Ann
7/17 Glacier: Iceberg Lake Getgen, Richard
7/17 Glacier: Siyeh Pass Brown, Ann
7/18 Glacier: Grinnell Glacier Trail Getgen, Richard
7/18 Glacier: Iceberg Lake Brown, Ann
7/20 Canadian Rockies: Valley of 10 Peaks Remy, Ginger
7/21 Canadian Rockies: Paradise Valley Hanson, Marty
7/22 Canadian Rockies: Plain of 6 Glaciers Remy, Ginger
7/22 Canadian Rockies: Lake Agnes Beyl, Cecille
7/24 Canadian Rockies: Moose Lake Remy, Ginger
7/25 Canadian Rockies: Cavell Meadows Remy, Ginger
7/28 N Santiam: Independence Rock Sheldon, Ray
7/28 N Santiam: Maxwell Butte Stadler, Larry
7/29 N Santiam: Pamelia Lake Sheldon, Ray
7/29 N Santiam: John Swallows Grave Enevoldsen, Stan
7/30 N Santiam: Coffin Mtn Sheldon, Ray
7/30 N Santiam: Marion Lake Gilbert, Rose Marie
7/31 N Santiam: Triangulation Peak Stadler, Larry
7/31 N Santiam: Triangulation Peak Enevoldsen, Stan
8/16 Ramblewood: Obstruction Pt-Deer Pk Smith, Margaret
8/16 Ramblewood: Grand Ridge Smith, Skip
8/16 Ramblewood: Geyser Valley Meyer, Kent
8/16 Ramblewood: Fort Worden Goodwin, Billie
8/17 Ramblewood: Mt. Townsend Smith, Margaret
8/17 Ramblewood: Dungeness Spit Meyer, Kent
8/17 Ramblewood: Spruce RR Goodwin, Billie
8/18 Ramblewood: Sol Duc & Cedar Falls Goodwin, Billie
8/18 Ramblewood: Upper Dungeness R. Meyer, Kent
8/19 Ramblewood: Discovery Trail Goodwin, Billie
8/19 Ramblewood: Klahane Ridge Smith, Margaret
8/19 Ramblewood: Geyser Valley Anderson, Roger/Karen
8/19 Ramblewood: Grand Ridge Meyer, Kent
8/20 Ramblewood: Dungeness Spit Meyer, Kent
8/21 Ramblewood: Grand Valley/Badger Cr Anderson, Roger/Karen
8/21 Ramblewood: Ozette Lake Triangle Meyer, Kent
9/11 Portland Street Ramble Amodeo, Rick 8.0 10
9/11 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 11
9/11 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 11
9/11 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 11
9/11 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 11
9/11 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 10
9/11 Mazama Trail TT Sheldon, Ray 7.5 4
9/12 Mazama Trail TT Sheldon, Ray 7.5 5
9/13 Chinidere Mtn. & Tomlike Mtn. Bishop, Gary 8.3 8
9/13 Heather Creek Goodwin, Billie 6.0 6
9/13 Tam McArthur Rim Hanson, Marty 9.0 9
9/13 Mount Defiance McGilvra, John 12.0 6
9/13 Mazama Trail TT Sheldon, Ray 7.5 4
9/13 Scott Mountain Stadler, Larry 9.7 6
9/13 Four-in-One Cone Stadler, Mary 8.6 4
9/13 Multnomah-Wahkeena Falls Trask, Jennifer 5.4 8
9/14 Silver Star Mtn.-Sturgeon Rock deBros, Viviane 7.0 7
9/14 Mazama Trail TT Sheldon, Ray 7.5 4
9/14 Hardy Ridge Sherbeck, Terry 11.0 11
9/14 Champoeg Park Smith, Robert 8.4 3
9/14 Matthieu Lakes Stadler, Larry 6.0 11
9/16 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 12
9/16 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.5 13
9/16 Portland Street Ramble Johnson, Megan 6.0 13
9/16 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 13
9/16 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
9/16 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 13
9/17 Larch Mountain Evans, Kate 13.8 5
9/18 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 13
9/18 Portland Street Ramble Cone, Terry 6.0 13
9/18 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 13
9/18 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 13
9/18 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 13
9/20 Washington Park Goering, Nancy 7.0 5
9/20 Franklin Plateau Marlin, Kelly 9.2 7
9/20 Netarts Spit Beach Clean Up Miller, Bob 6.0 8
9/20 Table Mountain Loop Scovill, Steve 10.0 10
9/21 Hunchback Mountain Bourdin, Sherry 9.0 6
9/21 Deadhorse Cave/Sleeping Beauty (AYM) Clark, Kevin ??? 5
9/21 Barlow Pass-Frog Lake Goodwin, Billie 6.0 8
9/23 Portland Street Ramble Cone, Terry 6.0 14
9/23 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.5 15
9/23 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 5.0 15
9/23 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 15
9/23 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 15
9/23 Portland Street Ramble Sherbeck, Terry 7.0 15
9/24 Red Mountain Meyer, Kent 9.0 12
9/25 Portland Street Ramble Brown, Amy 8.0 10
9/25 Portland Street Ramble Cone, Terry 5.0 10
9/25 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 10
9/25 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 5.5 10
9/25 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 11
9/25 SW Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 4
9/25 SW Portland Street Ramble Roberts, Jane 6.0 9
9/27 Lower Cape Horn Brandt, Cathy 3.5 3
9/27 Silver Star Mtn. via Ed’s Trail Rock, Kibbey 8.7 11
9/27 Tanner Butte Smith, Sean 18.8 6
9/28 Indian Point via Gorton Creek Saddler, Laura 8.9 6
9/28 Eagle Creek Selby, Jim 6.6 18
8/31 Nick Eaton Ridge Beyl, Cecille 13.0 7
8/31 Timberline Trail:
Timberline Lodge-Ramona Falls Bourdin, Sherry 15.0 5
8/31 Timberline Trail:
Mt Hood Mdws-Cloud Cap Craeger, John 11.0 6
8/31 Timberline-Barlow Pass Goodwin, Billie 6.0 10
8/31 Timberline Trail:
Mt Hood Mdws-Cloud Cap Linza, Meg 11.0 6
8/31 Triple Falls Marlin, Kelly 8.0 11
8/31 Timberline Trail:
Timberline Lodge-Ramona Falls Smith, Sean 15.0 5
8/31 Timberline Trail:
Mt Hood Mdws-Cloud Cap Smith, Skip 11.0 6
9/1 Timberline Trail:
Ramona Falls-Elk Cove Amodeo, Rick 15.0 5
9/1 Timberline Trail:
Mt Hood Mdws-Cloud Cap Yahns-Anderson, Karen 11.0 3
9/1 Timberline Trail:
Mt Hood Mdws-Cloud Cap Anderson, Roger 11.0 3
9/1 Timberline Trail:
Timberline Lodge-Cloud Cap Bourdin, Sherry 15.0 4
9/1 Timberline Trail:
Ramona Falls-Elk Cove Craeger, John 15.0 5
9/1 Timberline Trail:
Ramona Falls-Elk Cove Linza, Meg 15.0 6
9/1 Timberline Trail:
Timberline Lodge-Cloud Cap Smith, Sean 15.0 5
9/1 Timberline Trail:
Ramona Falls-Elk Cove Smith, Skip 15.0 4
9/2 Portland Street Ramble Braem, David 8.0 14
9/2 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.5 14
9/2 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 5.5 14
9/2 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 15
9/2 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 14
9/2 Portland Street Ramble Searl, Ken 6.0 15
9/3 Cairn Basin Davidson, Tom 8.0 6
9/3 Vancouver Street Ramble Rock, Kibbey 6.0 7
9/4 Portland Street Ramble Fellers, Whit 7.0 11
9/4 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 7.0 11
9/4 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 11
9/4 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 11
9/4 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 11
9/4 Portland Street Ramble Searl, Ken 6.0 11
9/6 Cape Lookout Brandt, Cathy 10.0 12
9/6 Mount Defiance Eggers, Tom 11.9 13
9/6 Eagle Creek-Cascade Locks Jenkins, Carolyn 5.5 11
9/7 Indian Heaven Loop Meyer, Kent 10.5 13
9/7 Forest Park Miller, Bob 8.5 5
9/7 Yocum Ridge Smith, Margaret 17.4 12
9/9 Portland Street Ramble Craeger, John 6.0 14
9/9 Portland Street Ramble Guyot, Tom 6.5 14
9/9 Portland Street Ramble Hanson, Marty 6.0 14
9/9 Portland Street Ramble Kokko, Dean 6.0 14
9/9 Portland Street Ramble Lee, Dean 6.0 15
9/9 Portland Street Ramble Miller, Bob 5.0 15
9/9 Portland Street Ramble Searl, Ken 6.0 14
9/10 MMC Street Ramble Brickey, Sue 6.0 7
9/10 Barrett Spur Davidson, Tom 12.0 6
9/10 Portland Street Ramble (AYM) Jordan, Julia 6.0 24
Official Mazama Trail Trips
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In Memoriam
Jean Ameele (1976)
Andy Basque (2001)
Winfield Burton (1952)
Bob Delozier (1972)
Carl Froude (1952)
Helen Gerding (1926)
Erica Goodwin (1971)
Kenneth Hague (1966)
Winnifred Becker (1967)
Albert Combs (1954)
Frank Lackaff (1946)
Carl Mayer (1949)
Sunlight glints through a rime-ice-covered tree on Mt. Washington. Photo by George Cummings
68 Mazama 2008
Mazamas who passed away in 2008
Sir Edmund Hillary
(Honorary Member 2003)
Mary Huisman (1946)
Betty Jorgensen (1969)
Rodney Keyser (1979)
Beverly Kurtz (1956)
Elinor Levin (1958)
Emily Lockyear (1936)
Rosalie Mayer (1946)
Harold Scharback (1939)
Richard Thomas (1992)
John Weisser (1967)
Charles McGirr (1970)
Dick Montag (1980)
Kendall Nash (1959)
Greg Parsons (1981)
Verner Setala (1959)
Inge Stixenberger (1984)
Roy Webster (1973)
Mazamas who passed away in 2007 and were not listed in the 2007 Annual
Grant Woolley (1970)
Date refers to the year the member joined.