June 2009

75th Anniversary Dinner and Hike This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the Mountain Club of . To celebrate this special occasion, we are hosting an anniversary hike on Saturday, October 17, 2009, at Gathland State Park, and an Anniversary Dinner on Sunday, October 25, 2009, at Snyder’s Willow Grove Restaurant (http://www.snydersrestaurant.com/index.tmpl). We hope that you can attend these events. Anniversary Hike Saturday, October 17, 2009 to socialize and serve refreshments to returning hikers throughout Gathland State Park the afternoon. Come join us as we retrace the footsteps of our founders’ first To register for the hike, please contact Mike O’Connor at MCM hike from Crampton Gap to Weverton Cliffs. We will get 410-871-0066 or email [email protected] by Monday, together for refreshments at the Gathland State Park pavilion October 12, 2009. Registration is $5.00 and will be collected on before and after the hike. (Note: The pavilion is covered in the the day of the hike. event of rain.) All participants will receive a commemorative copy of the 75th Unless you choose to travel on your own to Gathland State Park, Anniversary Booklet as well as other anniversary mementos. we will organize car pools from the Route 32 Park and Ride just Following is the schedule of the day’s events: north of Interstate 70 (Exit 80). We will depart promptly at 8:00am 8:00am – Leave Park and Ride. and return following the hike. Car pool cost is $6.00. 8:45am – Arrive Gathland State Park. Refreshments will be served Following a brief morning ceremony, Rosie Suit, the current in the pavilion. club president, will lead the 6 mile hike from Gathland to Weverton 9:30am – Assemble for opening ceremony and group photos. Cliffs where the traditional photos of past presidents will be taken. 10:00am – Begin hike. Following this event, participants may choose to either hike back 1:00pm – Photos of past presidents at Weverton Cliffs. to Gathland State Park or return via shuttle from Weverton. The 1:15pm – Shuttle to Gathland State Park. Gathland pavilion is reserved for the entire day. We will continue

Anniversary Dinner Sunday, October 25, 2009, 5:00-9:00pm We are very pleased to have a number of guest speakers represent- Snyder’s Willow Grove Restaurant ing the National Park Service, Conservancy, 841 N. Hammonds Ferry Road Maryland State Parks, and the Watershed. Linthicum, MD 21090 All dinner guests will receive a commemorative copy of the 75th (Conveniently located off the 695 Beltway at Exit 8) Anniversary Booklet as well as other anniversary mementos. A buffet dinner will include beef, seafood, and poultry entrees; To register for the dinner, please complete the form on page 7. garden salad; scalloped potatoes; green beans; pickles; olives; deli Reservations must be received by Saturday October 17, 2009. platter bread/rolls; dessert; and beverage (coffee, tea, iced tea). There will also be a pre-dinner cheese and vegetable tray and If you have any questions, please contact Carolyn at (410) cash bar. 661-3182 or [email protected]. The cost of the dinner is $35.00 per person. Reservation form may be found on page 7.

In Search of Ex-Members Many folks who are past members of the Mountain Club would Lee Fleishman probably like to come to the celebration of our 75th anniversary… 825 Corbett Road, Monkton MD 21111-1529 if they knew about it. But they most likely don’t know about it 443-212-5189 because we are no longer in touch with them; they are no longer on [email protected] the email list serve, in our roster, nor get our newsletter. and he will see to it that they receive a written announcement So, if you, the current members, know of any past members of our anniversary events. please send their name, address, and phone number, email address, whatever you know of them, to: JUNE 2009 HIKER HIGH POINTS • 1 MCM Celebrates 75 years Patty Williams

Tired of traveling from Baltimore to Washington DC to meet up would drive along in a station wagon, with one person jumping with fellow hikers of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (PATC), out to paint the blazes. Thurston Griggs and Jack Mowll scouted Orville Crowder, along with Alex Kennedy and Oz Heard decided a possible relocation in 1978. After careful negotiations with the to start their own club based in Maryland. The first hike was held local farmers, the trail was moved off the roads and into the woods on October 21, 1934 from Crampton Gap to Weverton. By invita- and fields of the valley in the late ’80s and early ’90s. It took a lot tion only, 27 hikers made the (then) long trek out to the Gap from of heavy work and many cases of poison ivy to move the trail off Baltimore City. At a rock outcropping overlooking Pleasant Valley, roads. The local farmers were paid for their land, and then were a somewhat formal announcement of the creation of the Mountain allowed to continue to use the land as they had before. After the Club of Maryland was made. trail relocation was complete, the Cumberland Valley Appalachian The formal organizational meeting was held December 4, 1934 Trail Association, a new local trail club took over the maintaining at Enoch Pratt Library in downtown Baltimore. Sixty-five peo- work. ple became charter members, paying $1 in dues for the first six There was still a lot of work for the club to do with its remain- months. The club’s partnership with the Appalachian Trail Confer- ing sections to keep work trips humming along. Between Paul Ives ence began then as Myron H. Avery, ATC chairman, gave a slide and Ted Sanderson, volunteers were kept quite busy with the 34 show about the very young AT. The first budget included a $2.50 remaining trail miles in Pennsylvania, 10 miles in Maryland, and donation to the ATC maintenance fund. the 4 shelters that fell under its domain. The four shelters; Cove Now 75 years later the club is still thriving and is planning a big Mountain, Kennedy, Darlington, and Tagg Run have all been anniversary celebration. The first hike will be “re-enacted”, some- completely rebuilt in the last 20 years. Under the quiet yet strong thing that happens every five years. Another MCM tradition— leadership of Ted Sanderson, the old shelters were torn down, cart- eating—will be continued with a celebratory dinner where ed away and new ones painstakingly constructed to last another members can more readily reminisce with slides and talks about 75 years. Each shelter took about three years from planning to the the organization many hold so dear. The club membership holds finishing touches. The most notable shelter is the Cove Mountain steady at about 600 and dues are $20, still a real bargain after shelter, made from wood rescued by NPS from another building. accounting for 75 years of inflation. We continue to tramp about Expert timber framers helped make the shelter using the old time the woods as well as paddle the waters and continue our long techniques. As an added bonus, three of the shelters have compost- history of service to a more mature AT. While a single Sunday or ing or moldering privies—structures that are a bit nicer than the Wednesday hike or Saturday work trip may not seem like much, shelters themselves. The fourth privy will be completed this when added all together and mixed with strong friendships, make summer. In 2008 84 volunteers worked 2,938 hours on the AT. for a rich and satisfying history. The AT and MCM look very different than they did 75 years MCM still maintains roughly the same section of the AT it ago. They have grown, matured and continue to adapt to an was assigned in 1935—from the Susquehanna River south to Pine ever-changing world about them. But the love of the outdoors Grove Furnace. Until the late 1980s and into the ’90s this included continues to bind us to these two wonderful institutions that help the Cumberland Valley, which was all on roads. The maintainers keep the outdoors open to everyone.

Mike Connor at Boiling Springs Mike O'Connor, (center), MCM past president now serving as MCM representative to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Partnership Committee, confers with other MARPC members during lunch at a recent meeting in Boiling Springs. The MARPC is composed of representatives of AT maintaining clubs and other agencies and entities that share a concern and commitment to protect and preserve the Appalachian Trail from Virginia to New York (the mid-Atlantic portion of the trail). Its purpose is to provide direct two-way communication between the regional office in Boiling Springs and the constituent clubs, provide for collaborative plan- ning and discuss common concerns. MARPC meets twice yearly, maintains communications and advises and responds to and makes recommendations to the Stewardship Council of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. MCM is represented by Mike O'Connor and Rosie Suit, current president of MCM.

2 • HIKER HIGH POINTS JUNE 2009 HAM 2009 Patty Williams MCM’s “Hike Across Maryland (HAM) was quite a success this provided radio support, allowing us to keep track of all the hikers. year. 102 hikers started at Pen Mar, PA at 5:15 am and 90 finished Their help is invaluable. in Harpers Ferry, WV. The first hiker crossed the bridge at 2:05 pm About half the hikers slept in the Blue Ridge Fire Hall, most and the last at 8:45 pm. with simple sleeping bags and pads, some with full sized blow up MCM members numbered 16 at the start and all finished. There mattresses, complete with sheets. Others stayed at nearby hotels were 27 women, 63 men, and 40 hikers for whom this was their or friends houses. By 4 am the lights were on and the hikers get- second or more HAM. Hikers came from MD, VA, PA, DE, MA, ting ready to hike 40 miles. The buses departed at 5:05 allowing the CT, NY, FL, CA, Washington D.C. and Canada. hikers to be on the trail with headlamps at 5:15. The volunteers make this hike possible. Over sixty people— The day started cloudy with some rain in the morning. The mostly MCM’ers—gave up a Saturday to help others hike 40 miles. forecast called for showers all day, but they stayed away. The cloud They manned 10 checkpoints, giving food, water, and much appre- cover kept the temperatures in the 60’s. This was good for both ciated encouragement to the hikers. The Gathland crew was there hikers and volunteers. with the cowbells, giving many the extra encouragement needed to One hiker had a tumble bad enough that he had to drop out, finish the last 14 miles. They did a lot of work at the fire hall getting but otherwise there were no serious injuries and no one got lost. breakfast ready (thank you Duncan for the coffee!) and then clean- Many hikers asked me to thank all the volunteers for their ing it all up in record time. Dianne Elsom and Sue Scott were our encouragement and support. They all commented on how nice, HAM caterers, providing two breakfasts and lunch. friendly, and helpful the volunteers were. I thank them even more There were volunteers who acted as sweeps, hiking about 10 so because they made my job much easier and the day enjoyable miles each to be on hand if an emergency arose between check- for me as well as others. I especially want to thank my husband, points. Steve Williams coordinated this effort and shuttled the Steve Williams, for the help he provided before, during, and after sweeps back and forth. the hike. He gave me good suggestions, listened when I needed it, The Amateur Radio Emergency Services of Frederick County and took care of many tasks.

Two members of the Frederick Amateur Radio Club at the Wash- ington Monument State Park Jenny Poland, a recent AT lunch stop sit in a dry spot under thru-hiker and member of shelter while they aid the HAM MCM, stretches leg muscles by keeping track of the hikers that at the lunch stop after the have left the previous checkpoint, first twenty miles. And she’s and arrive here for soup and a still smiling. Nice going, sandwich at the half-way point. Jenny. No hikers were lost.

Shirley and Dick Heintz are ready to check in the hikers at Gathland, the 3/4 mark of the 40 mile hike.

Deadline for next issue of Hiker High Points Please note that any news articles, photographs, notices or other material you would like to submit for publication in the Checking hikers in at Lambs Knoll next Hiker High Points must be received no later than checkpoint on HAM. September 15, 2009. Send materials to Bob Carson’s email address: [email protected]. Please send photographs with caption information. For any questions relating to HHP publication, call Bob at 410-828-8604.

JUNE 2009 HIKER HIGH POINTS • 3 Lam(b)’s Knoll Saga KTA Hosts Susquehanna Super Hike [There is no intention, here, to pull the Volunteers Needed wool over your eyes, however!] Hikers and trail runners will have a chance to test their endurance at the 25-mile Thurston Griggs Susquehanna Super Hike to be held on Saturday, September 12 in York and Lancast- er Counties. Event participants will begin at the York Hiking Club clubhouse near the Most of the information about this Otter Creek Campground and end at the Pequea Creek Campground. The 25-mile course South Mountain upthrust over which follows the Mason-Dixon Trail and Conestoga Trail along both sides of the Susquehanna River. Participants can register online at www.active.com or visit www.kta-hike.org for the A.T. meanders on a north-south more information. axis, came to me from Mrs. Ruth Black- Many volunteers are needed on the day of the event. Volunteers are needed for check-in burn—most of it while she was PATC's and registration, for the checkpoints, for parking and traffic control, for course sweeps and President about 22 years ago. Ruth to assist participants in potentially confusing or hazardous locations. Please contact Becky showed me why the "B" should always at [email protected] or 717-238-7017 to sign-up to volunteer. Two training hikes are appear in the title that appears above; scheduled for later this spring. The first training hike will be held Sunday, May 17 on the Mason Dixon Trail, and the second training hike is scheduled on Sunday, June 14 on but the geographers have been winning the Conestoga trail. For more information, contact Paul Shaw at [email protected] or visit this one—abetted by our bucolic vision www.kta-hike.org. of wool-bearing creatures gamboling on grassy greens before the trees got Join KTA for Prowl the Sproul big and thick. (Could G. Washington KTA will host the Prowl the Sproul Hiking Weekend on July 17-19, 2009 in western Clinton have met a charming shepherdess there, County. Join KTA for a guided hiking experience in the Pennsylvania Wilds. The Sproul once?) It was when Ruth showed me State Forest of Clinton County contains some of the most rugged and remote forestland in the foundational remnants of the home Pennsylvania. KTA, along with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natu- of Mr. Lam and the remains of what— ral Resources (DCNR) will lead hikers off the beaten path to see the hidden jewels of the at one time 200+ years back—was once Sproul on trails that are only accessible when hiking with a DCNR guide. Experience the beautiful vistas and rugged terrain in the heart of the Sproul State Forest. Guided hikes are a well in the farmyard; and if one knows scheduled on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Additional opportunities include a kayak trip where to look, the remnants of an old with Rock River & Trail Outfitters and the Prowl the Sproul 10K. Meals and camping will roadway might be traced. be available at the Western Clinton Sportsmen’s Association. All hikers and trail enthusi- Disillusioning? Well, Mr. Lam was asts are invited to attend. Download the registration form online at www.kta-hike.org or a loyalist (to King George) in Colonial email [email protected] for more information. times; and he alone lived up there on the mountain. He was not admired by Book Recommendations by Reuben Dagold other neighboring Colonists—partic- ularly regarding his political leanings. Of special interest to Mountain Club of Maryland members will be these two books published in 2008: The Gwynns Falls: Baltimore Greenway to the Chesapeake Bay by (This part of the account is undocu- W. Edward Orser and : The Heart of Historic Baltimore by Eden Unger mented, insofar as we know....folk- Bowditch and Anne Draddy. lore?) Ed Orser, professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland Baltimore The actual Appalachian Trail itself County, has traced the history and geography of the Gwynns Falls and the neighborhoods runs within 20 feet of rock piles that through which it courses. Gwynns Falls originates near Reisterstown in north-central now mark for us where Mr. Lam’s house Baltimore County and flows into the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River in Baltimore City. Gwynns Falls and Dead Run, its major tributary, flow through Leakin and Gwynns once stood; and the well site is about 30 Falls Parks, with their many hiking trails. Paralleling the two streams is the Gwynns Falls yards farther to the south, 20 feet east Trail, which by now is well-known to a number of hikers and bicyclists in our club. This of the Trail; and, because the 250-year well-illustrated book will provide the reader with a new set of eyes with which to explore forest growth has attacked the water the woodlands and neighborhoods abutting the Gwynns Falls. table decisively, it is now goes down Co-author Anne Draddy is a park administrator with Baltimore City’s Department only four feet and is bone-dry. The site of Recreation and Parks and the manager of the Trail. Her office is located in Druid Hill Park, as is a completed section of the Jones Falls Trail. She obviously has spent is located within 100 feet of where the much time exploring the nooks and crannies of Druid Hill Park, as well as delving into the footpath crosses the paved access-road archives. The pre-park history of the land is recounted—one can still see the family names on Lam’s Knoll, west of that road. etched into the graveyard headstones. There are old buildings, roads, ponds and trails described and pictured—the remains of many are still visible to the observant walker. - As a native Baltimorean who spent many boyhood hours in Druid Hill, Leakin and . Gwynns Falls Parks, and as one who has more recently walked the trails in these parks, I thoroughly enjoyed, and learned from, these books. I highly recommend them to the native of and the newcomer to Baltimore. 4 • HIKER HIGH POINTS JUNE 2009 The Miles Fund Traditional Tools Workshop In 2001, the Mountain Club of Maryland received a bequest of $200.000 from Dan Dueweke, PATC MEMBER and tra- the estate of Lester Miles, a long time and very active member of our club. The MCM ditional forestry tools advocate, conducts Council decided that this and any subsequent bequests of $1000 or more would become a Traditional Tools Workshop for PATC the principal of a fund to give grants to other organizations with goals similar to MCM’S maintainers that two MCM members for one time projects advancing those goals. The funds were not to be used for operating also attended recently. Jerry Wright and expenses of MCM or any organization requesting a grant. Bequests of $1,000 and $5,000 Rosie Suit learned about the proper use have since been received from the estates of Eunice Winters and Harry Melman respec- and maintenance of both the felling and tively. bucking crosscut saws that may be used in An organization to administer the fund was established consisting of an Administrator "wilderness" areas where chainsaws are not and a three person committee. The Administrator solicits requests for grants from appro- allowed, and in the use of the most tradi- priate organizations, forwards the requests to the committee. The Committee reviews the tional tool, the axe. Classroom instruc- application for appropriateness and reasonableness and forwards notice of their approval tion with detailed photos was followed by or rejection to the Administrator. The Administrator presents the Committee’s recom- practical application outside with logs to mendation to the MCM Council for final approval. The Administrator then informs the be cut and bucked. Safety, of course, was applicant of the Councils decision and sends a check for the approved amount or a letter paramount, but technique and application of rejection as appropriate. was clearly demonstrated by the instructors The funds are invested with UBS and reported to the Council at each Council meeting. and practiced by the students. by the Administrator. A summary of grants follows:

2005 Prettyboy Watershed Alliance $2000 Newsletter project Boy Scouts $1250 To be used to protect Hemlock trees at Student Conservation Association $3000 the Boy Scout camp at Broad Creek from Various projects the Woolly Adelgid disease 2008 2006 Mountain Club of Maryland $638 Boy Scouts $1250 Reprint of MCM brochure to promote the This is the second installment of a $2500 Club and increase membership. grant for 2005-2006 Alliance $5000 2007 Informational kiosk in the Maryland area Appalachian Trail Conservancy $2500 To help fund the ATC summer trail YMCA of Central Maryland $1800 building crew Hike with inner city high school students Appalachian Trail Museum $250 Aid in establishing an AT Museum YMCA of Central Maryland $850 “After climbing a great hill, one Participation in the ATC world wide only finds there are many more to YMCA of Central Maryland $1000 water monitoring project by inner city climb. I have taken a moment to High School students Hiking and trail maintenance with inner steal a view of the glorious vista city middle and high school students 2009 that surrounds me. I look back on Cromwell Valley Park Restoration $1700 the distance I have come. I can Cromwell Valley Park habitat Mountain Club of Maryland $3000 only rest for a moment for with restoration and volunteer recruitment Expenses of MCM’S 75th anniversary freedom comes responsibilities and celebration I dare not linger long, for my walk YMCA of Central Maryland $750 ATC Water Monitoring and Hiking C&O Canal Trust $1000 has not ended.” Project with city High School Students Improvement of a trail to a stream used by disabled veterans Nelson Mandela

JUNE 2009 HIKER HIGH POINTS • 5 New Members for December 2008 - May 2009

BARE, Brian & Susan DITILLO, John HOWELL, Jason & Christine MELSOM, Tore 10315 Kettledrum Ct 2605 Stanley Dr 1114 S Robinson St 315 Carriage Run Rd Ellicott City, MD 21042 Baldwin, MD 21013 Baltimore, MD 21224 Annapolis, MD 21403 410-465-5644 Type = HF 410-692-6960 Type = HF 410-804-0185 Type = HF 443-995-1787 Type = HF BARKER, Linda DORR, David & Darlene JOACHIM, Caryn MELUM, Melissa 200 Park Rd 5500 Hudson Dr 5328 Trenton Mill Rd 2627 Sunset Ln Riva, MD 21140 Eldersburg, MD 21784 Upperco, MD 21155 Finksburg, MD 21048 410-952-9696 Type = I 410-552-1360 Type = HF 410-374-4879 Type = I 410-861-8068 Type = I BENASSI, Chris DOUGHERTY, Elaine KEMPEL, Donald MERCIER, Judy THOMPSON, Alayne 104 Overbrook Rd 1325 Rabbit Hill Rd 1003 Dartmouth Glen Way 2307 Foster Ave Baltimore, MD 21212 Church Hill, MD 21623 Baltimore, MD 21212 Baltimore, MD 21224 443-904-6830 Type = I 443-603-7260 Type = I 410-433-0814 Type = SI 443-799-6955 Type = HF ELLISON, Sean & Alissa KOCH, Ed & Kathy MEYERS, Susan BOBBY, Marilyn 5403 Watercress Pl 524 Sussex Rd 2634 Pearwood Rd 954 Whispering Ridge Ln Columbia, MD 21045 Towson, MD 21286 Parkville, MD 21234 Bel Air, MD 21015 443-283-3986 Type = HF 410-821-6156 Type = SH 410-236-3526 Type = I 410-459-1943 Type = I ENGLES, Craven LAMBERT, Linda NATSAG, Duka BORST, Misty & Christy 218 Norwood Rd 4140 Prospect Rd 3 Duncroft Pl, Apt 1B 2702 Lighthouse Pt E, #614 Annapolis, MD 21401 Whiteford, MD 21160 Baltimore, MD 21236 Baltimore, MD 21224 443-822-4973 Type = I 410-452-0511 Type = I 443-761-9122 Type = I 843-377-7833 Type = HF FEDOR, Helen LaPADULA, Betsy O’DONNEL, Nancy BRANDT, Dan 5630 Leiden Rd 4311 Lynn Burke Rd KALTSUKIS, Curt BOCKSTAHLER-BRANDT, Baltimore, MD 21206 Monrovia, MD 21770 304 Kenmore Ave Shirley 410-866-8114 Type = I 301-865-4530 Type = I Edgewater, MD 21037 10568 Hunters Way FIEDLER, Henry LESLIE, Sue 410-956-8018 Type = HF Laurel, MD 20723 1503 Hunting Wood Rd 5404 1st Ave OSOWSKI, Ken 301-776-4055 Type = HF Annapolis, MD 21403 Upperco, MD 21155 32 N Main St BROWNING, Del 410-263-1968 Type = I 410-429-4954 Type = I Stewartstown, PA 17363 7702 Carter Rd FOLEY, Eileen LETTIS, Julie 443-416-0323 Type = I Sykesville, MD 21784 513 Brentwood Ave LOPEZ Jose PARKER, Scott 410-795-3381 Type = I Severna Park, MD 21146 10400 Swift Stream Pl, 20653 Anndyke Way BURG, Stephen 410-647-4946 Type = I Apt 209 Germantown, MD 20874 2007 Oak Lodge Rd FREED, Larry Columbia, MD 21044 240-723-5427 Type = I Catonsville, MD 21228 22 Wainwright Dr 443-538-2258 Type = HF PHILLIPS, Jean 410-719-7115 Type = I Annapolis, MD 21401 LEWIS, Jim & Mary 17409 Blackrock Rd BUSH, Martha & Christine 410-268-5321 Type = I 715 Maiden Choice, Germantown, MD 20874 206 S Carroll St FULTON, Jud Apt HV415 301-785-8621 Type = SI Frederick, MD HOWARD, Mark Catonsville, MD 21228 POGAR, Mary Kay 21701301-748-9770 Type = HF 1903 Indian Head Rd 410-536-7299 Type = HF 1302 Midmeadow Rd CADWELL, Connie Baltimore, MD 21204 LOVE, Tim Towson, MD 21286 16 Spa Creek Landing, A-1 410-337-3701 Type = HF BELL, Laurel 443-286-7397 Type = I Annapolis, MD 21403 GERKEN, Karen 1009 Shore End Dr POST, Edward & E. Glen 410-263-4925 Type = I 2009 Carter Mill Way Crownsville, MD 21032 4304 Van Buren St CONNOLLY, Randy & Christina Brookeville, MD 20833 410-923-1345 Type = HF University Park, MD 20782 1305 Woodridge Ln 301-452-7611 Type = I LYLE-EVANS, Linda 301-864-9110 Type = SH Eldersburg, MD 21784 GERONIMO, Anne 9824 Forge Park Rd RADER, Corey & Wendy 410-552-0906 Type = HF 215 Lakeview Ave Perry Hall, MD 21128 305 Bucher John Rd COOPER-KAHN, Joyce Edgewater, MD 21037 410-340-6529 Type = I Union Bridge, MD 21791 KAHN, Michael 240-354-3001 Type = SI MACK, John 410-775-2210 Type = HF 204 Lynell Ct GEURTS, Brian & Rebecca 304 Amy Dr REINOEHL, Gary & Justine Severna Park, MD 5351 Green Bridge Rd Abingdon, MD 21009 7139 Honeyladen Pl 21146443-223-6231 Type = HF Dayton, MD 21036 410-515-1936 Type = I Columbia, MD 21045 COTTERELL, John & Dianna 410-531-6517 Type = HF MAHONEY, Gwen 410-381-7212 Type = HF 4223 Wickford Rd GRACE, Nancy 22 Brook Farm Ct ROSASCO, Mark & Carole Baltimore, MD 6102B Green Meadow Pkwy Cockeysville, MD 21030 629 Andrew Hill 21210410-404-7684 Type = HF Baltimore, MD 21209 410-771-6919 Type = I Arnold, MD 21012 DAVIES, Pamela 916-995-2760 Type = I MATYSIAK, George 410-349-2454 Type = HF 313 Norgulf Rd GREENE-LIPSCOMB, “Mikey” 8108 Conduit Rd SALOMON, Erin & Matthew Reisterstown, MD 21136 123 Dogwood Dr, Apt K9 Baltimore, MD 21234 713 Park Ave, Apt 1A 410-526-7641 Type = HF Woofsville, MD 20808 410-668-2492 Type = SI Baltimore, MD 21201 DENNER, Bonita 919-663-9663 Type = J McCAFFREY, Meghan 410-207-1666 Type = HF 503 Lake Shore Dr HENDERSON, Catherine 100 W 39th St, Apt 1A SCHOEN, Larry Pasadena, MD 21122 305 Broxton Rd Baltimore, MD 21210 10478 Waterfowl Ter 410-255-3357 Type = SI Baltimore, MD 21212 443-519-8393 Type = I Columbia, MD 21044 DIRKS, Timothy 410-323-1106 Type = SI MEHRNOUCH, Mahnaz 410-730-9797 Type = I 55 Southgate Ave HERMAN, David KAYNEJAD & Mehdi SKOWRAN, Cherie Annapolis, MD 21401 5437 Ring Dove Ln 6139 Good Hunters Ride 8402 Isles Dr 410-263-2198 Type = I Columbia, MD 21044 Columbia, MD 21045 Pasadena, MD 21122 410-715-5544 Type = I 410-772-1571 Type = HF 410-437-9194 Type = HF 6 • HIKER HIGH POINTS JUNE 2009 SMITH, Bryan & Elizabeth STRZELECKA, Teresa WARD, Benny W 7525 Swan Point Way PERT, Agu1 3702 Altondale Rd Columbia, MD 21045 24 W Henrietta St Reisterstown, MD 21136 443-321-3793 Type = HF Baltimore, MD 21230 443-507-0545 Type = I SMITH, Ralph 410-783-1185 Type = SH WELZ, Mick 1312 Ruth Ridge Ct THOMAS, Dan & Dana 968 11th St Bel Air, MD 21014 1711 Massachusetts Ave, #708 Pasadena, MD 410-803-1451 Type = HF Washington, DC 20036 21122410-439-0972 Type = HF SMITH, Ron 202-680-8863 Type = I WILLARD, Jeffrey 1613 Terrace Dr TIMER, Thomas 4977 Yorkanna Rd Canoe Trip Photos Westminster, MD 5429 Hildebrand Ct York, PA 17406 21157410-861-6511 Type = I Columbia, MD 21044 717-887-3819 Type = I SOUL, Raminta 410-997-7890 Type = SI YEVICS, Patricia 424 Academy Rd TREES, Brian 3807 Delverne Rd Baltimore, MD 54 South Front St Baltimore, MD 21218 21228410-719-6950 Type = I New Freedom, PA 17349 410-366-0164 Type = I STABLER, Sandra 443-834-4672 Type = I 818 W. 33rd St TROSPER, Susan Baltimore, MD 21211 619 Shore Dr 443-838-1936 Type = I Edgewater, MD 21037 410-956-0978 Type = I STONE, Cindy Put in on the Choptank River 9559 Gravel Hill Rd TURNER, Daniel & Sigrid Woodsboro, MD 21798 6905 Mink Hollow Rd 240-446-9584 Type = I Highland, MD 20777 STRAUSS, Nancy 301-854-9918 Type = SH 988 Wilda Dr ULZHEIMER, Beth Westminster, MD 21157 8 Briardale Ct 410-848-1891 Type = I Derwood, MD 20855 STRICKLAND, Ruth A 301-926-8002 Type = I 2026 Cherry Rd VANIK, Kathie Edgewood, MD 21040 7914 Colchester Ct 410-679-4783 Type = HF Pasadena, MD 21122 410-302-1796 Type = I Cookie Break on the Choptank River

New MCM T-Shirt Anniversary Dinner Reservation Natural color shirt features the MCM logo on the Sunday, October 25, 2009 front and the Correspondent’s Monument ( the location of start of the first MCM hike in 1934) on Name(s) ______the back. ______Name(s) ______Address ______City ______State ______Phone No.______Zip______Phone No.______Email address______Email address______# of guests_____@ $35.00 each = $______Small __Medium __ Large __ Extra Large __Extra Extra Large Please make check payable to Mountain Club of $12 (S - XL) & $14 (XXL) (includes shipping). Maryland and mail it with this form to: $______enclosed for #_____ shirts Carolyn Bauer Please make check payable to Mountain Club of 22 Parkwind Court Maryland and mail it with this form to: Baltimore, MD 21234 Joyce Fletcher 3302 Rueckert Ave. Please indicate the number of guests who are Baltimore, MD 21214 vegetarians _____

JUNE 2009 HIKER HIGH POINTS • 7 A Word to the Wise Camp Hosting, Hiking and RV’ing Mike Jaskulis (friend from Sierra Club) to Utah & Maryland The first weekend of May, Hardcore, Treebeard, Pathfinder and Other Parks 2004-2008 and myself went backpacking in the Mount Rogers National Jerry Lemonds Recreation Area. We ended the trip a day early due to total Ever wondered what it would be like to (alone) drive your white out conditions, sustained wind speeds of 50 mph and a “house?” Well, my 20-ft motor home RV is as easy and comfortable driving rain. The weather was pretty foul but that's part of the to drive as my Camry. I have driven it about 30,000 miles from 10,000 experience. What wasn't part of the experience was returning when purchased in 2004. I had no idea fuel prices would escalate. to the trailhead to find a truck window smashed, the cap hatch Cost to Starvation State Park,Utah from Baltimore in 2007 was $900 pried open and all of our personal belongings and my entire although I got about 8 mpg pulling my Camry. car camping "system" stolen. We were out in the middle of no I suppose being active in hik- where with no cell phone coverage. We made it home safely ing, backpacking, camping and but there is still an empty feeling inside me. I've never had this canoeing as a member of the happen to me in all of my years of hiking. Club since 1989 sparked a desire Please let our experience serve as a reminder to NEVER leave to see and hike more of the coun- any valuables in your vehicle. This includes cell phones, sunglass- try. Stories in the Newsletter and es, digital devices and keys. from other members certainly A good general rule is "If you don't want it stolen either leave whetted my appetite. Tenting it at home or carry it with you." Keep your vehicle locked and all and hiking with a daughter and grandson in Yellowstone, the Tetons bags (regardless of what is in them, out of site. and Glacier caused even more of a push to see more. When I stopped The presence of a visible bag makes a would-be thief want to in Baltimore and saw my Coachmen, I was captured. know what's in it and will smash a window in a minute to find I bought the 20-foot motor home with all the comforts. A lot out. They even took Hardcore's knitting. better than tenting if one is in their 70s, I suppose. I also acquired an Finally, don't park your vehicle out of site from the main road excellent map and books of all the Wal-Marts that would allow over- unless it is in a somewhat secure area such as a visitor center or night parking. Most Wal-Marts welcome an RV. We buy food, etc. state or national park or campground. Thieves reallyenjoy work- From Baltimore in 2005, I drove to my birth home in MO, then to ing in an unseen area. We're still putting the list of stolen things New Orleans. From there, I wound my way across near I-40, taking together but it's going to be close to $1000 in value. many digital pictures. I ended up in Yosemite National Park by way Please take the necessary precautions and secure your gear of Salt Lake City before the snow melted. Including 2006 and 2007, and vehicle. Hile safely! I visited (and usually hiked) in Zion, Arches, Bryce, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Cedar Breaks, Yellowstone, Tetons, Glacier, Grand OFFICERS COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS Canyon, Petrified Forest, Great Sand Dunes and Rocky Mtn National President: Archives: Parks in CO, Great Smoky Mtns in VA. Bryce Canyon’s Navajo Trail Rosie Suit Robert Prince was my favorite, but Zion, Capitol Reef, Yosemite, Glacier, Grand Vice-President: Excursions: Canyon and Yellowstone were wonderful. I enjoyed the State Parks in Bob Carson Steve Williams Utah and Maryland, as well. Cold temps prevented me from trying Vice-President: Maryland A.T. Mgt. Committee: some Park trails. Carolyn Bauer Thurston Griggs During the 5 months I was a (VIP) Camp Host in Starvation Treasurer: Membership: and Kodachrome State Parks, UT, I was able to hike the mountains Reuben Dagold Wayne Lipscomb and national parks in the area, Recording Secretary: Newsletter Editor: also canoed 5 miles of the Straw- Bob Carson Mary Jane Morse berry River with some young park Corresponding Secretary: Publicity: workers. Miracle of miracles: I Monica Fortner Bill Bauer didn’t turn them over. Those who Shelters: Immediate Past-President: canoed with me for years will Ted Sanderson Mike O’Connor marvel at that—or not believe it. Supervisor of Trails: COUNCILORS Paul Ives For 2 months, in Maryland’s beau- Bradley Alston tiful Greenbrier State Park, as a Camp Host, near Hagerstown, I had John Heyn Webmaster: Mary Starr direct access to the AT and also some very nice hikes in the Park. Wendy Matt I was also accepted as Camp Host in VA and MO, but minor surgeries PUBLICATIONS STAFF Midweek Leisure: Liz Kristofferson/Joan Valentine and gas prices put a pause to that. I took hundreds of digital photos, Coordinator: although I sometimes can’t find what I want to show. Enjoy. Karen Klinedinst Wednesday Hikers: John Knepley Trip Schedule Layout: John Eckard A.T. Monitoring Coordinator: Dan McQueen Newsletter Layout: MOUNTAIN CLUB OF MARYLAND Terri Eckard 410-377-MCOM (6266) • http://www.mcomd.org Mailing Labels & Database: [email protected] • [email protected] Olive Mongelluzzzo 8 • HIKER HIGH POINTS JUNE 2009