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2 Volume 81, Number 7 Winter Sports, Michael Berry dues only. Periodicals Postage THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN (583-4 721) Paid at Salt Lake City, Utah. CLUB GOVERNING BOARD [email protected] POSTMASTER: Send address 2000-2001 PRESIDENT AND changes to The Rambler, DIRECTORS Membership Director, 1390 Office Telephone: 463-9842 COORDINATORS: South 1100 East, Salt Lake City, 1390 S. 1100 East# 103Salt Adopt-a-Highway, Randy Long UT 84105-2443. CHANGE OF Lake City, UT 84105-2443 (943-0244) ADDRESS: This publication is www.wasatchmountainclub.org not forwarded by the Post Office. President, Gloria Watson(466- Boating Equipment, Bret The right is reserved to edit all 9016) Mathews contri-butions and (273-0315) advertisements, and to reject Vice President, Michael Canoeing, (Vacant) those that may harm the sensi Berry(583-4721) bilities of WMC members or Commercial Ads, Jaelene defame the WMC. Secretary, Adrienne Boudreax Myrup (583-1678) Copyright 1999 Wasatch 278-9894 Mountain Club. 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Subscription rates of $12.00 per Williams(486-2261) Cover foto by Donn Seeley [email protected] year are paid for by membership t 3 WMC Purpose: (Article II of the WMC Constitution) The purpose shall be to promote the physical and spiritual well being of its members and others by outdoor activities; to unite the energy, interests, and knowledge ofstudents, explorers, and lovers ofthe mountains, deserts, and rivers of Utah; to collect and disseminate information regarding the Rocky Mountains in behalf ofscience, literature and art; to explore and picture the scenic wonders ofthis and surrounding states; and to foster awareness of our natural areas including their plant, animal, and bird life. Miscellaneous Information Moving? Please call the WMC office or send your new address to the Membership Director. Allow 45 days for address changes. Missing your Rambler? Contact the Membership Director to make sure the WMC has your correct address. Replacement copies are available, while they last, at the WMC office during office hours. How to submit trip talks: I .Email them to: [email protected] You can email your pictures too! 2.Submit the trip talk, on a 3.5" disk, to the WMC office (1390 South 1100 East in Salt Lake City). Use Microsoft Word and Arial, 10 point for all submissions. Label the diskette with your name and identify which file(s) are submissions. Enclose a hard copy in case your diskette cannot be read. The deadline is 6:00 p.m. on the I 0th of the month. How to submit pictures: The same way you submit trip talks. Photos of all kinds are accepted. Make sure each photo is labeled with the photographer, date, and names of people. Unless a S.A.S.E. is provided, photographs will be left in the red bucket outside the WMC office door. IN RESPECTFIL MEMORY OF .... Life member William (Bill) H Yates passed away June 13 2002 in Brigham City UT. Bill was very active in the WMC throughout the seventies and eighties, leading numerous boating and hiking activities. For over twenty years he was regular attendee of lodge work parties. Bill's family was also very active in the WMC, his wife Sarah, children Kathy Shupe, Greg Yates and Brad Yates have all been members of the WMC. His son Brad has served multiple terms as Hiking Director, Conservation Director and President of the club. In lieu of flowers, Bill asked that donations be made the WMC lodge building fund. 4 Conservation Notes June 2002 Will McCarvill The environmental community in Utah is opposed to Congressman Hansen's anti wilderness provision known as Title XIV in the Defense Authorization Act of 2003 (H.R.4546). This act would supposedly designate wilderness in the west desert. It has been touted as a way to prevent nuclear waste from being transported and stored in the Skull Valley by prevented the construction of a rail spur. Title XIV would allow the military to build on the ground contructions and roads and prevent public access. It designates less than 1/3 of the lands deserving wilderness designation in the west desert. It expands DOD control over the lands of the fly space, where now it controls only the airspace. While most Utahan's oppose the shipping and storage of nuclear waste in Utah, the wording of Title XIV is unacceptable. The designation of appropriate wilderness for the Cedar Mountains is the best way to stop the flow of nuclear waste. As the process for defining what the proposed San Rafael National Monument unfolds, the WMC will be a part of the Utah Wilderness Coalition team that will ensure that the proposal will protect it outstanding natural beauty. SITLA has already come forward with a proposal for exchanging state lands within the boundary of the proposed monument for other BLM lands outside the boundary. The lands SITLA wants will have high potential for leasing revenue from oil and gas production. We must ensure that lands given to SITLA will not be in areas with significant natural values. The next Conservation Committee meeting will be Wednesday July 17 at 7PM in the club office The WMC takes care of the section of Wasatch Boulevard between Big Cottonwood Canyon and Health Rider. We had good help last time, but a few more hands would make the job go in about 2 hours. Help us out on July 13, look for details in the activity section. We will also be working on trails the same day, call Chris Biltoft at 364-5729 to sign up. A UWC wilderness inventory trip is planned for June 28-30 in the Wah Wah mountains. Call Ken Venables at 486-2872 or [email protected] for details. Boating Directors Message Boaters are nothing if not resourceful! This year we are making lemonade out of lemons! There is precious little water but we are making the best of it! In June we have had a very successful and fun beginners trip with a great group of beginners on the Gray Canyon of the Green River led by Vera Sondelski! We kept throwing the beginners in the water and they came up smiling! Bart and LaRae led a canoe trip down the Ruby/HorsethiefCanyons on the Colorado. Lori Major took a group of experienced boaters down the mighty river of no return, the Main Salmon. Mike Budig in his annual non-permit river trip to the north is leading a trip on the Lower Salmon right now. In a few days, Bret Mathews is taking river lovers on the Payettes for one of the greatest day trip rivers in the west! We could use some more trips in August! WE NEED ORGANIZERS! Idaho has water and will have fun for boaters all summer. Get away from the heat and go boating in Idaho! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO! Call Lori Major 424-2338 or send an e-mail to [email protected] to volunteer to organize a trip. If you want to find out about trips not listed in the Rambler, please sign up for the boaters e-mail list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wmcboaters/ We list both V'fMC sanctioned trips and non WMC private trips organized by club members. This e-mail is for information only, a listing on it in no way implies Wasatch Mountain Club sponsorship of any given boating trip. t 5 THIS YEARS BOATING ACTIVITIES: DATES RIVER CL ORGANIZER TELEPHONE EMAIL (#DAYS) JUL 4 I 4 day Payette rivers IV Bret Mathews 801-273-0315 [email protected] AUG 9 I 1 day Pink Flamingo Party XXI Gloria Watson 801-466-9016 gloria_ [email protected] 26 I 8 day Middle Fork Salmon IV Steve Susswein 435-647-9833 steve [email protected] SEP OCT 19/ 1 day End season work - Shed I Bret Mathews 801-273-0315 [email protected] 19/ 1 day End season party - Lodge I Lori Major 801-424-2338 [email protected] PINK FLAMINGO YOU CAN'T RUN! YOU CAN'T HIDE! THE PINK FLAMINGO PARTY IS COMING! AUGUST 03, 2002 GLORIA WATSON'S HOUSE NOTE DATE CHANGE! What is the scariest, most thrilling, adrenaline filled boating event of the year? THE PINK FLAMINGO PARTY! The place has changed but the party still remains a class XX! Vera has turned the Pink Flamingo over to Gloria Watson and she will take it over with the style and grace she has in everything.