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General Meeting (Shawangunk Ridge, New York State); Off-The- Track Destinations Here in the Greater Bay Area; and More September 2011 Peak Climbing Section, Loma Prieta Chapter, Sierra Club Vol. 45 No.9 http://peakclimbing.org - www.facebook.com/peakclimbing General Meeting (Shawangunk Ridge, New York state); off-the- track destinations here in the greater Bay Area; and more. Date September 13, 2011 Time 7:30 – 9:30 pm Where PCC 3921 E. Bayshore Road Palo Alto, CA Program Great Climbing Destinations: Coast to Coast Presenter Jim Thornburg The most published climbing photographer of the past 20 years, Bay Area native Jim Thornburg is a master at capturing the Directions from 101 profound interplay between climber and crag. His photos have graced the covers of Exit at San Antonio Road, go east to the first numerous magazines and catalogs, including traffic light, turn left and follow Bayshore Rd to Climbing, Rock and Ice, Patagonia, and Black the PCC on the corner of Corporation Way. A Diamond. sign marking the PCC is out front. Park and Tonight, Jim will share highlights of his life’s enter in the back of the building. work, featured in Stone Mountains: North America’s Best Crags, his new large format photo book showcasing 35 climbing areas Google http://tinyurl.com/28ngaw spanning the continent. Join Jim for a visual tour of treasured crags, including the fantastic granite boulders of Joshua Tree; the perfect limestone of El Potrero Chico (Hidalgo, Mexico); the spectacular overhangs of Red River Gorge (Kentucky) and the Gunks Editor's Notes For next month, I'd like to write on snacks. What do you snack on during your summit First off, I want to dedicate this issue of Scree attempt? And where do you store it while to Louise Wholey, and congratulate her on her climbing? SPS list finish. As you read her three trip reports, you will see that she was VERY To close this column, I am going to share a determined to finish off this list! recipe for the food dehydrator. Next, check out our new column starting this Clean-Air Chili month: The Food Column, featuring recipes Portion size may vary for good and light-weight backpacking meals provided by our very own PCS members. 1 pound of ground meat (I replace 1/2 with Thank you, Sonja, for the suggestion and the textured soy protein) first contribution. And yes, this month it really 1 can chopped tomatoes is here! 1 small can tomato paste 1 onion 1/2 pound of red lentils Finally, Louise had hoped to organize a 1 cup bread crumbs conservation trip over Labor Day, but she's 3 tablespoons of your favorite Chili powder been busy with a few other things. However, she is interested in hearing from PCSers who Salt might have ideas on how to help with Tabasco conservation in the Sierra or elsewhere. Garlic, crushed (plenty, or as much as your tent mate will tolerate) Judy Soak the lentils in water for a few hours. The Food Column Sautee onion and meat. Put all ingredients in crockpot and let simmer for about three hours Inside the Bear Canister to blend flavors. The chili should have a very By Sonja Dieterich thick consistency. Spread the chili on fruit leather sheets. These are thin silicone sheets Every decent newsletter needs a food column: that go over the more open-mesh like regular welcome to the inaugural version! I have dehydrator racks. I use three soup ladles per always enjoyed seeing the various dinners sheet for my Excalibur, which is the equivalent and breakfasts being cooked on our PCS of 2 portions for me if I serve it without rice, trips. National Outings provided me and three portions with rice. If I happen to be opportunities not only to hike in new areas, at home when the crockpot is cooking, I throw but pick up recipes and ideas as well. We've in the rice about 30-45 minutes before I plan had stove side discussions on what works for to take the chili out. Dry at 130 F for about 12- breakfasts that first morning after getting to 16 hours. You can speed up the process by altitude, when your stomach is not happy but flipping the drying chili halfway through. To do your muscles need fuel. I hope that some of this, take one sheet out of the dehydrator, you will contribute as well. Anything food place a second sheet above the chili, flip related goes, ranging from a recipe to a around, and pull the formerly bottom, now top, simple one-liner of a new snack food you fruit leather sheet off the chili. discovered. PCS Trip Calendar Barnard and Friends These are required statements. Goals: Trojan, (13950'), Class 2; Versteeg, Note: CST 2087766-40. Registration as a (13470'), Class 2; Barnard, (13990'), Class 2; seller of travel does not constitute approval by Peak 4180+, (13680',) Class 2; Carl Heller, the State of California. (13211'), Class 3; Morgenson, (13920'), Class Note: All Sierra Club trips require you to sign a 2S3; Carillon, (13552'), Class 2; Tunnabora, Liability Waiver. (13565'), Class 2; The Cleaver, (13355'), http://www.sierraclub.org/outings/chapter/form Class 3 s/signinwaiver.pdf Location: Eastern Sierra, North of Whitney Sept. 2 - 5 - Labor Day Weekend Trip Dates: September 8 - 13 Leader: Tim Hult Leader: Jesper Schou Difficulty: Class 2 and 3. Strenuous. Hardest Sept. 8 - 13 - Barnard and Friends day probably 3E3 Leader: Jesper Schou We are going to take advantage of the fact Sept. 10 - North Peak that the George Creek drainage is now open Leader: Arun Mahajan all year to climb a bunch of peaks from an unusual direction. While we will enter via Sept. 16 - 18 - Needham Mountain George Creek the plan is to exit via the North Leader: Aaron Schuman Fork of Lone Pine Creek. October 1 - San Joaquin Mountain We are planning to do the peaks roughly in Leader: Daryn Dodge the order listed. Enter via George Creek, climb Trojan, Versteeg, Peak 4180+ and Barnard from the Barnard/Trojan saddle, descend Barnard to Wallace Lake, climb Carl Heller, go PCS Trip Details towards Tulainyo Lake, climb Morgenson, Labor Day Weekend Trip Carillon, Tunnabora and The Cleaver, exit via Russell/Carillon saddle and North Fork Lone Goals: Seven Gables (13,080'), Hooper Mt Pine Creek. (12,349'), Senger Mt (12,286'), Gemini (12,880') Our plan is to keep the details on where to Location: Florence Lake, Westside of the camp and which days to do each peak Sierras flexible. If we run out of time we may drop Dates: September 2 - 5 peaks of the list, especially the ones towards Leader: Tim Hult the end of the list. Difficulty: Class 2-4 Maps: Mount Whitney and Mount Williamson (Manzanar and Mount Langley for Our group of four will enter the John Muir approach) Wilderness at the Florence lake trailhead (west side) with the intent to climb a grouping of North Peak these class 2 - 4 peaks: Seven Gables, Hooper, Senger, and Gemini. Goals: North Peak (12,242') Depending on group comfort, we may use a Location: Saddlebag Lake, near Tioga Pass, rope on Hooper. This trip promises to be long Yosemite NP but with very good peaks as objectives. Date: September 10 Contact Tim Hult at 650-966-2215 (work) Leader: Arun Mahajan Difficulty: Class 2 A dayhike of a nice 12k+ ft peak in the Amphitheater Lake (11100'), up to Needham beautiful Saddlebag Lake area of Mtn (12520'), and finally return to camp the eastern/northern Yosemite. This trip is way we came. On easy day 3, we hike out suitable for fit and acclimated peak climbers and drive home. who have had some experience in peak Leader: Aaron Schuman a.j.Schuman AT climbing. gmail DOT com Co-leader: Joe Baker joe AT joebaker DOT us The route will take us to some spectacular scenery and we will have views of the San Joaquin Mountain Quadruple List Yosemite high country including some nearby Finish Celebration 13k and 12k ft peaks. Goal: San Joaquin Mountain (11, 598') Starting time: We start walking at 7am, Location: Eastside of the Sierras, Mammoth Saturday morning. Please be there, ready to area hike. Date: October 1 Leader: Daryn Dodge Starting place: The right side of the dam over Difficulty: Class 1 the Saddlebag Lake, almost at the very end of the Saddlebag Lake Road. This trip is sponsored by the Sierra Peaks Route: From the starting point, we will walk Section of the Sierra Club. across the dam to the west shore of the lake Louise Wholey and Chris Libby have just and make our way past a beautiful waterfall to completed the SPS list. In addition, John a saddle on the ridge line and will scramble Hooper and Greg Gerlach will coincidentally over class-2 talus to the summit. both complete the list on Mt.Gardiner by the Preference will be given to relative new end of summer. We will have a celebratory list comers to the PCS. We will take 6 finish dayhike climb for all 4 list finishers on participants (besides the two leaders). San Joaquin Mtn (about 2700' gain and 9-12 Since this is an official trip, all participants will miles from Minaret Summit area, or 1600’ gain be required to sign a waiver. and 5 miles from Deadman Pass via 4WD All participants must contact the leader(s) to road) on Sat Oct 1. Immediately following the be signed up and if they have not climbed with climb will be a potluck party at John's place in the leader before, provide some information Paradise. Send e-mail or SASE with about their recent climbing conditioning and experience to Leader: Daryn experience/fitness/acclimatization.
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