The Backside of Beyond Bardini The Bardini Foundation Newsletter Winter 2009/2010 Issue Our Plea for E-Mail Winter/Spring Season Annual Fund Raiser Bears Repeating Very Active for Starts December 15th Considering the national economic situa- Despite the previous plea for e-mail ad- Bardini Foundation tion, last year’s fund raiser exceeded our dresses the response was relatively small. expectations. We hope our donors will We have 497 people who receive printed Your donor dollars were hard at work this make this year as successful as last.. copies of this newsletter. We expected to past winter and spring. We started the 2009 year in January by sponsoring Peter cut that number by more than half. Alas, Support for the Bardini Foundation is an we signed on a mere ten new e-mail ad- Croft’s slide show on Climbing in the Si- erra (photo below) at Mill Creek Station. annual need - contributions make up 50% dresses. of our gross income. The entire proceeds from the show went to So bear with me and please reread what the Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center The Dale & Edna Walsh (DEW) Foun- follows AND THEN please act - act while (ESAC). dation will again be matching each dollar you’re thinking about it. received through March 15, 2009. If you have an e-mail address and you The DEW Foundation director, Shai Ed- received this newsletter via the United berg, has made this very generous an- States Postal Service (USPS), you should nual commitment of matching funds. Each reconsider your subscription. of your donated dollars will be doubled. Even though we have finally acquired a non-profit mailing permit with the USPS, The monies generated by our annual fund the cost of printing 500 copies of this raiser finance our liability insurance newsletter, 6 pages in color, is the second expenses and also enable us to maintain largest Bardini Foundation expense next and renew the mountaineering equip- to liability and workmen’s comp insurance. ment that is used in our youth activities and guide services - tents, ropes, hard- Those of you with e-mail addresses that ware, sleeping bags, etc. we have on file receive the newsletter via e-mail as an attachment in .pdf format. Peter Croft and Don Lauria at Croft’s slide show For tax purposes your donation is 100% This involves no expense to the founda- Photo by Ron Gomez tax deductible. 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In This Issue 2009 Contributions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Climbing Anecdotes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Youth Group Work - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - 2 Bardini & the Environment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 2 The Backside of Beyond Winter 2008/2009 Issue 2009 Contributions Bardini’s Youth Group Incoming Individuals I am not abandoning the mountains, how- Work ever, we are currently moving my mother’s Benefactor $1000+ by Bob Behrendt possessions … I am overwhelmed. Stay Yvon & Malinda Chouinard healthy so we can go mountain hopping— Jean & Brian Parks I work with at-risk boys in the Owens It will be next year most likely. Paul Rudder Valley. We call ourselves the Back Jeanne Walter, Bishop, CA Chris Smith Country Boys. Angel $500+ Gary & Chris Bard Over the last six years the Bardini Foun- Wayne Griffin dation has been instrumental in getting Patron $200+ these boys into the backcountry to learn Lyman Johnson wilderness skills and how to climb in the You make me feel like such a mooch. … Bruce Russell mountains safely. They have always Here’s a few bucks to pay for a few more Partner $100+ been there with qualified personnel, mailings. Beautiful Bachar quote. Thanks for that. Your courage to climb with Kor is Molly Attell appropriate equipment, and anything else Kenneth Blanchard off the scale … I get it that it was scary, Carol Broberg needed to make these trips successful for but did you say whether it was cold or Andy Carson the boys. not? Michael & Valerie Cohen Tom Frost, Oakdale, CA Michael Graber Clay Greene Charles Grobe Glenn Hirayama Tom & Norma Limp Kenny Lloyd I’m looking forward to more tales on Su- Thomas Rossi pertopo. Largo is right, you have a book to Paul Trester write. Use this where it will do the most Clark Trowell good. Jeanne Walter David Weaver Bonnie Kamps, La Tuna Canyon, CA David Weston Ed Willis Contributor $50+ Eric Cross John Ellsworth My problem is that I never remember to Tom Frost send this stupid check until I read the Clay Greene newsletter and discover that I forgot to do Charles Grobe so. Lawrence Nelson Michael Cohen, Reno, NV Thomas Rossi Terry Walker Sustainer $25+ ...Over these years several of the boys Ralph Alcocer have exhibited leadership qualities Kathryn Anderson learned, in part, from their affiliation Guess I messed up and didn’t contribute Virginia Anderson last year … Anyway, here’s a little sup- Darla Heil with guides Tim Villanueva and Don port. [It was a BIG support—Editor] Jerome Kaminski Lauria. Joe Kelsey Darren Malloy Our outings with the Bardini Foundation Wayne Griffin, Ketcham, ID Lawrence Stowell have ranged from backcountry pack Jerome Tinling trips to bicycle trips down the upper Deborah Tomczic Owens River. With each excursion the Arlene Ustin Steve Vaughn boys received individual mountaineering Denise Waterbury sessions varying from rock climbing to Here is my yearly help to do what you do Member $10+ snow travel. Each session increased their … thanks for all you do in the spirit of Gail Wilts self-esteem and confidence. Several of Allan Bard. the boys are now seriously involved in Clark Trowell, Green, Valley, CA Organizations the sport of climbing. Angel $5000+ I have witnessed great improvement in DEW Foundation the attitude and capabilities of these at- risk boys. The Bardini Foundation has Sustainer $100+ If your lucky enough to be in the mountains, TEAM Engineering & Management Inc. definitely had its effect in this respect. It is truly an organization worth your support. you’re lucky enough! Winter 2009/2010 Issue The Backside of Beyond 3 You may wonder what all this has to do with Tahquitz Rock. Very A Few Anecdotes from the Editor little actually. It’s just that I associate Tahquitz with all the good Some climbing stories from the times we used to have at Tahquitz and TM Herbert came to mind. Hennek, Boche, McLean, Herbert – God we spent a lot of Yosemite Climbing Association time there. web site www.yosemiteclimbing.org It’s not like it was a short drive from LA. You had to really love Tahquitz to drive the 130 miles out to Idyllwild after How Peaks Get Named – Don’t Ask work on a Friday evening, hike up to the base of the An excerpt from the 1972 American Alpine Journal Green Arch, lay out your sleeping bag, sleep through the If you know where to look, and if you really care, what was to be night, get up early so that you could climb the Arch, get named BHOS Dome is visible from what used to be the Mirror back in your car and be home in time to watch the UCLA- Lake parking area in Yosemite Valley. In the spring of 1971, Den- USC football game. nis Hennek, TM Herbert, Doug Scott, and I did the first ascent of the south face – the Mugwump Wall as Scott labeled it. It took us 1½ days to scale the very distinct dihedral for three pitches and then some easier climbing after veering left to a wide crack system. We rated it Grade III, 5.7, A3. Not a difficult climb, but it had a crux – that of trying to sleep though a Herbert tirade on the bivouac. TM Herbert did not own a down jacket. He was nurtured in Choui- nard’s school of wool, but I was determined to wean him from his adamant stance - I loaned him a down sweater for the climb.