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VOLUME 68 SEPTEMBER 2007 NUMBER 8 Inside This Issue Summer Camp “Special” New Members 2 Served Up With a Twister or Two Obits 3 By John Jacobsen, Camp Boss Board Nominees 9 Annual Meeting 9 INCE 1983, I have been to every Obsidian summer camp. Since 1985, I have been involved in every summer camp, helping set up and run the camps. One Board Notes 10 S thing I have learned over the years is that each camp is unique and has some- Trip Reports & Activities 11-19 thing “special” to offer…and usually has an unexpected twist or turn along the way. Upcoming Events 20-23 Camp Pegg 2007 -- with two one-week sessions -- filled the bill in that regard nicely. Calendar 23 “Special,” this year, probably begins with the Beaver Creek Campground in Features Montana where we stayed. It was the most picturesque camping site I have stayed at Summer Camp 1 & 4 a summer camp. There were great views all around, with the Lee Metcalf Wilder- ness to the north and Quake Lake to the south. It was a spacious campground in Presidents Message 4 open pine and meadows, on a half-mile loop where we were able to spread out and Not so Perfect 5 enjoy the great scenery. Disaster on Denali 7 HIKING WAS EXCEPTIONAL. One week was not long enough to explore the Barb‟s Sampler 20 variety of hikes available near our camp, in the nearby wilderness and in Yellow- Picture of the Month 24 stone Park. During the two weeks, there were 62 posted hikes led by 37 people. There were 55 people attending week one, with 160 signatures on the sign-up sheets. Dates to Remember The following week, there were 64 people at camp, with 226 signatures. The Three Musketeers -- Wayne Deeter, Chris Minarich and Marianne Camp -- all there for Sept 22 Lodge Work Party both weeks, managed to hike almost every day, pounding out around 140 miles: an Sept 28 Summer Camp Reunion (Continued on page 4) Oct 12 Annual Meeting Oct 17 Board Meeting Detailed trip schedules at: www.obsidians.org or Register-Guard – Outdoors – Tuesday Lodge & Grounds Cleanup/Work Party Saturday, September 22 9-Noon See Page 10 Membership Dues Are Due October 1 See Page 2 & Membership Renewal Insert Annual Meeting Friday, October 12 7:00p.m., at the Lodge See Page 9 Expedition Lake in the Hilgard Basin, was a hike for heartier souls willing to do the 18 miles roundtrip to get there. The trailhead was only 5 miles from camp. Photo by Wayne Deeter OBSIDIANS, INC Welcome! P.O. Box 322, Eugene, OR 97440 Website: www.obsidians.org New Members PETERSON, LAUREL (Active) Board of Directors ANDERSON, APRIL (Active) 2161 Madison St, Eugene 97405 President - John Pegg Vice President - Jim Duncan 1274 Oak Drive, Eugene 97404 687-9073 [email protected] Secretary - Laurie Funkhouser 607-5896 [email protected] REICH, ROGER (Active) Treasurer - Stewart Hoeg Marianne Camp BENGIAT, NORMA (Active) 474 Dellwood Dr, Eugene 97405 Brian Hamilton Barb Revere 2525 Oak Street, Eugene 97405 686-8188 [email protected] Anne Dhu McLucas 343-0070 RODGERS, BILL (Active) Board meetings are held at 6 p.m. on the BENNETT, BRAD (Active) 2050 W 22nd Ave, Eugene 97405 first Wednesday of each month, except 3267 Dahlia Lane, Eugene 97404 654-0405 [email protected] August, at the Obsidian Lodge. 688-4802 [email protected] SMARTT, CARYL (Active) Committee Chairpersons CLEALL, WAYNE (Active) PO Box 5933, Eugene 97405 Byways-By-Bus ...................... Liz Reanier 211 Grizzly Ave, Eugene 97404 683-0630 [email protected] Climbs ...................................... Larry Huff 687-0128 [email protected] Concessions .................. Laurie Funkhouser STOUT, CAROL (Active) Conservation ............................ Deb Carver HIBBARD, DEBORAH (Active) PO Box 24816, Eugene 97402 Entertainment.......................... Kathy Hoeg 1200 Rome Ln, Apt 3, Eugene 97404 688-3017 Extended Trips .................. Lana Lindstrom 607-3098 [email protected] Finance .................................Stewart Hoeg TWIGHT-ALEXANDER, SUSANNE Lodge Building ................. Brian Hamilton KOIVU, KURT (Active) (Active), 1798 Cal Young Road, #21 Lodge Grounds ................... John Jacobsen 377 W 8th Ave, Apt 211, Eugene 97401 Eugene 97401 Librarian/Historian ....... Lenore McManigal 343-0712 [email protected] Membership .......................... Julie Dorland 345-0299 [email protected] Online..................................Wayne Deeter KUHN, STEVE (Active) ZENI, SUE (Active) Publications ........................... Barb Revere 1457 Oak Drive, Eugene 97404 88310 Little Deerhorn, Springfield 97478 Publicity ...................... Ann Dhu McLucas 515-0768 [email protected] Safety ................................... Doug Nelson 746-3544 [email protected] Science & Education ..............Joella Ewing MORRIS, DAVID (Active) Summer Camp ........................ Jim Duncan 3561 Ambleside Dr, Springfield 97477 Summer Trips . Janet Jacobsen/Barb Revere 726-7474 Reinstated Trail Maintenance ................... Peter Green Winter Trips ............................. Jim Pierce MORRIS, PAMELA (Active) ABBOTT, COURTNEY (Active) Youth ..................................... Scott Hovis 1058 E 19th Ave, Eugene 97403 2875 Kincaid St., Eugene 97405 915-9925 [email protected] 687-8212 [email protected] The OBSIDIA N Bulletin © 2007 Published monthly, except August. Articles, story ideas, letters to the editor and other Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! editorial submissions may be emailed to: [email protected] Renew Your Membership Now! Although email is preferred, submissions may also be sent to: By Julie Dorland, Membership Chair The Obsidian Bulletin T’S THAT TIME OF YEAR, fellow Obsidians! Time to get your dues in! The P.O. Box 51424, Eugene, OR 97405 I challenge for you is to do it quickly, so you don‟t forget. Okay, I see you For reprint rights, contact above. putting the enclosed form aside…or maybe going on to the next page of this Deadline exciting Bulletin. Don’t! for October 2007 Bulletin Okay, okay, problem averted. Now, carefully place the membership renewal Saturday, September 29, 2007 form on top of your ―to do today‖ pile. All right, I‟m feeling better about this. Whew, another member spared! This isn‟t a threat, but you do know that if Assembly/Mailing Team your dues aren‟t sent in by October 1, I will be calling you! For July/August Bulletin Julie Dorland, Marshall Kandell, John and Dues are an important way to show your support of the Obsidians. I have Lenore McManigal, Bill and Margaret Pren- had a wonderful year of hiking, potlucking, meeting new people and going on tice and Vera Woolley; serving as crew chief trips. And, there are so many other possibilities for me to explore! I have ap- again this month was Barb Revere. preciated all the wonderful Obsidian events …all done by volunteers! On the reverse side of the dues form is a list of Obsidian committees. Please consider Editorial Team volunteering. New members: don‟t be shy! We love fresh ideas. Writing & Editorial Staff ....... Janet & John Jacobsen, Marshall Kandell & Barb Revere And, for those who can afford to do it, please consider rejoining at the Silver Copy Editor .................... Marshall Kandell ($50), Gold ($100) or Platinum ($200) levels. Everything over the basic $30 Graphics, Design & Desktop Publishing.... membership fee will go toward repaying our Endowment Fund, which was bor- Stewart Hoeg & John Jacobsen rowed from to help pay for the lodge reconstruction. Assembly & Mail Manager ....... Lou Maenz Page 2 www.obsidians.org The Obsidian Bulletin OBITUARIES Cancer Claims Sheila Ward HEILA FRANCES W ARD person, she communicated this fact to (DUGGAN), an active Obsidian almost no one and continued to perform S leader and board member, suc- as club treasurer and board member cumbed to cancer on Aug. 18th at the through the June board meeting, when age of 65. A memorial service at- she shocked everyone by announcing tended by a large number of club mem- she was resigning for "health reasons." bers was held at Musgrove Family “I have the unenviable task of replac- Mortuary on Aug. 24th. ing Sheila as the Obsidian's treasurer,” Sheila was born Jan. 1, 1942, in Hali- said Stewart Hoeg. “For almost 10 fax, Nova Scotia to Frank and Margue- years, Sheila spent many hours every rite (Levy) Duggan. Discouraged by month keeping meticulous records of her parents from pursuing a degree in our club's finances. I worked with art history, Sheila earned a bachelor's Sheila on the Finance Committee for degree in chemistry from St. Mary's several years and twice audited her University in Halifax and a master's annual records for the club. As a finan- degree in biochemistry from the Univer- cial person, it was a pleasure to check sity of British Columbia in Vancouver. her work as she could give me detailed support for any entry within seconds. Her love of art prevailed, however. As I try to bring myself up to speed on From 1964 to 1970, Sheila lived in the treasury function, I am even more Chicago, New York and London, impressed with her record-keeping and where she worked as a technical illus- the amount of work she did for the trator. During this time she also stud- club….However, the hard part is miss- ied at Chicago Art Institute, Hyde Park ing Sheila as a friend. I hiked with Art Centre (Chicago) and the Brooklyn Sheila at least a dozen times -- usually Art Museum Art School. at the coast.” In March 1963, Sheila married David Although the New Year‟s Day hikes Christian Ward of St. Johns, New- took place on her birthday, it was foundland. In 1970, Sheila moved to Sheila who usually gave out the gifts… Guilford, CT, where she continued surprising her hiking companions with work as a freelance technical illustrator chocolate treats or an invite to enjoy a while raising her daughter, Tanya. Dairy Queen, on her, on the way home. Sheila and David divorced in 1990 and, Photo by Barb Revere On another memorable Tahkenitch in 1992, she moved to Eugene, where Dunes hike, on Earth Day, she had eve- she focused on her art, continuing her in the Obsidian Lodge‟s Scherer Room.