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Bridge Named for Young Victim Newsletter of the Issaquah Alps Trails Club THE ALPINER January February March 2016 Cougar Squak Tiger Grand Ridge Taylor Rattlesnake DAUBERT SPEAKS BRIDGE NAMED FOR YOUNG VICTIM AT IATC MEETING The annual meeting of the Issaquah Alps Trails club will be held at the Eagle Room of the Issaquah City Hall at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Janu- ary 28. The site, next to the city po- lice station, was chosen in anticipa- tion of a larger attendance not only for club elections and business, but also for the special guest, Karen Daubert, executive director of the Washington Trails Association. Daubert will lead a discussion of future trails and possible acquisitions in the Mountains to Sound Greenway. Daubert, former deputy prosecuting attorney for King County, was also the founding director of the Seattle Parks Foundation before taking the reins for WTA. Murat Danishek, a popular young we supplied that, working with man who loved the outdoors (along Sam Jarrett and DNR,” father Steve “We hope our members will come with his parents Steve and Dee), stated. to this important meeting,” said has posthumously had a major IATC President Dave Kappler, “not bridge on Tiger Mountain named Murat, a graduate of Shorecrest High only to hear Daubert, but to have a for him. Murat, who battled a and the University of Washington’s say in the goals and direction of the heart condition and many physical screen writers’ program, had plans club.” challenges, was 33 when he passed to write. In recent years he was an in January of 2013. ever popular bellhop at Seattle’s Westin Hotel. “My wife and I were looking for something to commemorate “He was such a good kid. He had him and learned that a planned many friends and everyone liked replacement bridge on Tiger lacked him,” said his father Steve. “It was funding for engineering costs. So a suitable connection in our minds,” continued on page 5 2 Issaquah Alps Trails Club The Apparatus Club Founder Harvey Manning Whenever possible, please President use e-mail to contact any member listed below. David Kappler • 392-3571 • [email protected] Vice President Doug Simpson • 823-0747 • [email protected] Treasurer Jackie Hughes • 641-3815 • [email protected] Secretary Kathleen Petty • 885-4349 • [email protected] The Alpiner is published in Board of Directors January, April, July, and October. Tom Anderson • 206-245-3787 • [email protected] Issaquah Alps Trails Club Kirt Lenard • 894-7790 • [email protected] PO Box 351, Issaquah, WA 98027 Rachel Hopkins • 206-715-5009 • [email protected] Website: www.issaquahalps.org Ken Konigsmark • 222-4839 • [email protected] George Potter • 557-6554 • [email protected] IATC subsists on member donations Scott Prueter • [email protected] only. Please send your tax-deductible Doug Simpson • 823-0747 • [email protected] contributions to the address above to Ed Vervoort • 206-523-6461 • [email protected] help sustain our efforts to preserve, Steve Williams • 453-8997 • [email protected] protect, and promote the Issaquah Alps Legal Advisor and local environment. Jim Hilton Hikes Coordination Articles are welcome, preferably Jackie Hughes • 641-3815 • [email protected] via e-mail to: [email protected] Jean Lanz • 206-322-0990 • [email protected] Send diskette or hard copy to post Joe Toynbee • 228-6118 • [email protected] office box number above. Book Sales/Distribution Issue deadlines: November 21 for Scott Prueter • [email protected] January; February 21 for April; May 21 Webmaster for July; August 21 for October. George Potter • 557-6554 • [email protected] Chief Cartographer Harry Morgan • 432-3249 • [email protected] The Alpiner Doug Simpson • 823-0747 • [email protected] Advocates Cougar Mountain: Steve Williams • 453-8997 • [email protected] Issaquah: Connie Marsh • 392-4908 • [email protected] Tiger Mountain: Ed Vervoort • 206-523-6461 • [email protected] Rattlesnake Mountain/Taylor Mountain: Ralph Owen • 270-3322 Squak Mountain: Cathy Brandt • 430-9877 Volunteer Trail Maintenance Coordinator Open (Note: All telephone Mountains To Sound Greenway numbers are area Ken Konigsmark • 222-4839 • [email protected] code 425 unless otherwise noted.) January February March 2016 3 PRESIDENT’S REPORT By David Kappler Our wonderful partnerships with various jurisdictions H H H continues to pay dividends as we end a successful year and start a new one. I don’t want to speak too soon We were saddened to hear of the passing of Betty or out of place, but there are promising developments Manning. Betty was a great supporter and participant in the City of Issaquah on the park acquisition in IATC, but left the public rabble-rousing to Harvey. front and commitment to increase restoration and She and Harvey were both original members of the maintenance of its park and open space parcels. This North Cascades Conservation Council, and she along with an increased interest within King County edited its “The Wild Cascades” publication. Betty Parks and Washington State Department of Natural was brilliant and had amazing insight and knowledge, Resources will further explore cooperative efforts in which she was not reluctant to voice. With her strong planning for improved access and facilities to Grand passions matching Harvey’s, it must have made for a Ridge County Park, West Tiger Natural Resources lively household. For most of her life she was a strong Conservation Area and Issaquah’s Tradition Plateau. advocate for conservation and a great team member with a lifetime of accomplishments far greater than New board members Kirt Lenard and Tom Anderson most of know of us know of or can match. have been great assets working to bring the club into more modern times with technological improvements and exploring new ways to get our message delivered HIKERS and people involved. CORNER We are looking forward to our annual meeting and By Joe Toynbee our special guest, Karen Daubert, executive director of the Washington Trails Association. Our mutual cooperation on the acquisition of the Squak property and the building of the Margaret’s Way Trail by HELP WANTED! WTA must be repeated as we go forward together. We also hope to get updates from our other partners The IATC has recently lost on what new initiatives they are planning and how several veteran hike leaders. we can be involved. Replacements have been slow in coming forth. If you think you would like to try your hand at We also face potential challenges. Larry Phillips is hike-leading, give me, Joe Toynbee, a call at retiring from the King County Council. He may have 425-228-6118 or Jackie Hughes at 425-641-3815. officially represented Magnolia, Ballard and Queen Anne Hill, but Larry represented every piece of land You could also attend one of our hike committee in King County that should be farmland, forestland, meetings, where we plan schedules for the upcoming open space or park! Before Larry was elected to the quarter. Hike leading is not for everyone, but can be council, he was the staff person for County Executive very rewarding if you give it a try. Randy Revelle, making Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park a reality, and while on the council was the leading force behind many Cougar and county- wide acquisitions, restorations and enhancements to our landscape. Others are stepping forward to fill Larry’s shoes, and we will be there to help and keep them on the correct path to the best of our abilities. 4 Issaquah Alps Trails Club Betty’s favorite hike is the Naches Loop, a 5-mile trek on part of the Pacific Crest Trail off Chinook Pass. This used to be an annual outing for her. Her longest hike was 14 miles up the Elwah River with Bob Wood. The most difficult was a 7-mile trek to the rim of Mt. St. Helens, especially challenging due to the post-eruption terrain. Culbert’s hiking stopped for a while last March when she fell and cracked her pelvis. Bouncing back from her injury now, she has several shorter outings every month, most recently 2.5 miles to Iron Goat off Highway 2 with the Renton Ladies. “I have loved being here and going on so many hikes. My life would have been a lot different if I hadn’t AN OVERLOOKED joined IATC,” Culbert stated. OCTOGENARIAN Today Betty prefers outings with the Renton Ladies and midweek hikes with IATC when offered, which Betty Culbert, age 88, is the fifth octogenarian with somewhat limits her opportunities. In the past 35 an active presence in the Issaquah Alps Trails Club. years, Betty Culbert has been a great asset to IATC. (She was somehow overlooked in the last issue, which featured Lena Cushing, Bob Gross, Richard Mann and Joe Toynbee.) TIGER MT. HAS While working for IBM in Washington D.C., Betty NEW PREDATOR met Bill Culbert, a forest service officer, and after marriage embarked on travels around the world, By Ed Vervoort primarily ten years in Geneva, Switzerland, where she gained a love of mountains and hiking. She also There is a new predator on Tiger Mountain, but started raising her six kids (she and Bill now have 22 you don’t have to worry about being attacked by grandchildren from ages 3 to 30). it—unless you go into its lair. It doesn’t have any legs: The new Predator Trail is the first mountain The couple settled in Bellevue in 1978 near Harvey Manning, and soon she was a frequent companion of bike-only downhill only trail on Tiger. If it were a Manning on Cougar Mountain hikes and in the battle ski trail, it would be Double Black Diamond (experts for park status.
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