EASTON'S We Carry the Finest in Sports Equipment and Wear NATIONALLY ADVERTISED LINES Ski Equipment LUND NORTHLAND ALF ENGEN WHITE STAG Athletic Goods WILSON RAWLINGS LEE CORTLAND The largest stock and finest quality of well known hunting and fishing equipment all at cut rate prices. TWO LOCATIONS 225 So. State 1114 So. State 4-8771 9-2541 WASATCH MOUNTAIN CLUB Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge THE RAMBLER Published by the Wasatch Mountain Club 1947 2 THE RAMBLER A note to the Visiting Firemen In behalf of the Wasatch Mountain Club, I would like to extend our heartiest greetings to the visiting delegates and friends of the Westeren Federation of Outdoor Clubs. One presumes the primary personal reason for attending such a convention is for the en­ joyment of the outdoors and association with friends of similar tastes. So aside from a little serious mental exercise to prolong these pleasures, our earnest hope is that you will make many new friends and enjoy our kind of outdoor life. If you leave without having had a good time, you had better come back because you must have missed something. If you leave having had a good time, you had better come back and visit the many friends you left behind. Stephen L. MacDonald STEVE Pre.sident SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE 1947 FEDERATION CONVENTION TABLE OF CONTENTS AT BRIGHTON Aug. 30 (Saturday) Rambling in Utah, Midge Parks ................ 5 Noon to Dinner-Get acquainted. Up, Up, and Up, Bruce Parsons ................ 7 Dinner. Cruise of the "Theo Judah", George Informal Party. Van house ................................................ 8 Taps. Aug. 31 (Sunday) Hard-timers Ball, June Rasmussen ............ 10 8: 30 Breakfast. The Fe :leration of Western Outdoor 9:30 Meeting. Clubs, Ed. J. Hughes.. ............................. 11 1 : 00 to 6: 00 Hikes ( Lunches will Mirror Lake Trip, Tom Degles ................... .12 be packed. ) Lake Mary (Mt. Majestic) 1-3 Work Trip Info ............................................ 13 P.M. Roaming the Wasatch, O 'Dell Petersen .... 14 Twin Lakes 3 :30 to 6 P.M. Duties of a Trip Leader. ............................. 15 Devils Castle Ridge Rock Climb Rock Climbing With the Wasatch 1 :90 to 6:00 P.M. Mountain Club, Janet Christensen ........ 17 6:30 Dinner. Something New .......................................... 19 8 :00 Program. Sept. 1. (Monday) A Glimpse of the Past, Loretta Bartlett....20 9: 00 Breakfast. Ski Circus, Bruce Parsons .......................... 22 10-11 :00 Meeting. The Langlauf, Ed Orlob ............................ 23 Farewell until next year. Winter Round-up, Elfriede Shane.... ..... "' WASATCH MOUNTAIN CLUB 3 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS of the WASATCH MOUNTAIN CLUB Stephen L. MacDonald Douglas Elkins James Shane Lee D. Steorts Bruce J. Parsons George Van Hbuse President Lodge Commissary Vice-President Publications Publications-Retired Harold Goodro Janet Christensen Florine Rands Phyllis Steorts Midge Parks Trips and Outings Secretary Treasurer Publicity Transportation Not Present - Orson D. Spencer Loretta Bartlett Recreation Librarian & Histor:ian OUR CLUB Publication Staff The. Wasatch Mountain Club is a non~ Editor profit co~operative club, organized for the Bruce J. Parsons purpose of encouraging outdoor recreation; Assistant Editor to unite the energy, interest, and knowledge Thelma Bagnell of students and explorers and lovers of the Advertising mountains of Utah; to collect and dissemin­ Stanley Murdock ate information regarding the rocky moun~ tains in behalf of science, literature, and art; Phot-ographers to explore and picture the wonders of this Irene Guertz and surrounding states and to help in ad~ M idge Parks vertising the natural resources and scenic George Van House beauties of the State of Utah; to encourage Cover preservation of forest flowers and natural Arrangement, Stephen L. MacDonald scenery as well as wild animal and bird life. Photo, Irene Geurts 4 THE RAMBLER THE GREAT WHITE THRONE Magestic pinnacle of God~wrought stone, What secrets you have kept since time was known! Night, a blackened panther, creeps across your face A lexicon of loneliness in that bleak space. Morning gallops like a stallion with a streaming mane To bring you slanting sun, the. sighing rain. Winds nudge your rugged shoulder as the seasons speed, And moonlight silvers chasm with a miser's greed. You are a challenge to man's puny strength, Yet man has walked the distance of your sober length! BEATRICE RoRDAME PARSONS WASATCH MOUNTAIN CLUB 5 RAMBLING IN UTAH The first sight of Weeping Rock beck­ oned all to come and enjoy the shade and By MIDGE PARKS coolness that it offers a weary hiker. A tired, dusty, thirsty, hungry, but happy group Twenty-six Wasatch Mountain Clubbers, meandered back to camp. including cooks, pot washers, pot watchers, fire makers, wood choppers, sunners, sinn­ ers, singers, snorers, outdoor sleepers, in­ door sleepers, deep sleepers, camp-cot sleep­ ers, drop-seat sleepers and anti-sleep spec­ ialists, departed from Salt Lake City, ( by bus,) May 29, 1947, for a week-end of free, frolicking fun to the wonders and warmth of Zion National Park. The first stop was Riverton, where two pages, ( Maurine and Meredith) were picked up and stuffed into the bus. Next stop was at Nephi, once again to sit up, stand up, All Aboard fresh up and fill up. At 4 :30 A. M. we stopped at Cedar City Showered, with old faces renewed, as to for coffee and ... Each one felt more re­ the gals, and shaved, as to the masculine laxed, refreshed and all primed for the re­ set, we were ready to enjoy a real steak mainder of the going. dinner. Afterwards, in our mountain best, we rambled over to the Lodge to be First We arrived at Zion about 8 A .M. Our Nighters at the opening of the season's en­ driver took us to our camp-site and himself tertainment. to the Lodge for sleep and quiet. After the program, the dancing began. The exclamations as to the beauty of the We tackled a few, listened a bit, and then scenery were many and all were anxious to wended our way back to tuck tired bodies get going. Base camp was set up, breakfast into bassinets. ( Chick Morton found that prepared and eaten, lunches made, and we wood-ticks were in season. ) were on our way to Hidden Canyon. The pleasant odor of bacon and coffee awoke us to another day. After breakfast Climbing the trail, up and further up we the bus called for us and we browsed about admired the view with awe and more ex­ the museum, learning a lot about dinosaur clamations. at We rested intervals, then bones. We then went to the Temple of Sin­ ascended higher, finally eating lunch atop awava and hiked up the narrows to the end a small peak overlooking the floor of the of the trail. Some of the g~ng, including canyon. Orson Spencer, Steve MacDonald and June After lunch we crossed, by rope, an allu­ Rasmussen just had to splash about in the vial fan, thus to continue our trek to the end Virgin River. of the trail and from there up the wadi where Leisurely hikes were made to the two walls of sandstone were barely a double­ Emerald Pools, Lady Mountain and Angel's arms stretch apart. We continued on until Landing. As evening approached, we dressed we were about two-thirds of the way to the for dinner at the Lodge. Did we relax in Great White Throne. The going down was style!- no smoke to dodge, no dishes to much easier and quicker. wash. Tt,i E RAM BLER After lunch we grudingly entered our bus and began the trip home. Before we were very far along the way Ruby's Inn was in sight and we made a must stop on our list. !ack >r:xor:. did. his bit at the piano there. \ V e drov~ 8n and on, over the rolling moun~ ,ains, th rough Circleville, Marysvale, and the Big Rock Candy M tns. J:st last \Ye c;cim e rn our journey's end. Salt Lake: Citv seemed mighty big and populated after oeinq om in the grea t out-of-doors. A s '?: ach cne awoke and sa\v the city lights, he began thinking ho,v good it \·V ould be to take 2 bath or shower, then into his own little bed ·wi th its white sheets arise the next morning to eat M other's cooking. * * ....~ \/';/hat's Cookin ' 7 .A fter dinner we strolled around the grounds, wrote post-cards and iooked at the sunset. T hen we enjoyed another program and some more dancing. Later, Emilie Segil wrangled with Spike, the Wrangler, and suddenly, she, Adrian and Midge were out on a moonlight horse-back ride. The next morning after breakfast, we broke camp and loaded our equipment on the bus. ·At the gate we w ere met by the. Lone Ranger. AH he wanted was $10.00,~Park fee. Vve got in for nothing, but you never can tell what i t'll cost to get out. From Zion we drove through the M t. Carmel Highway, viewing the big windows Musde-man, Segil in the tunnels. Entering Bryce we were met by a ranger. This time it cost us $11.00 in INVALIDS advance. Word, evidently, travels fast! On the invalid list this past year, we Our trip through Bryce was short and have had Wally W yman who has had more quick. Seeing Fairyland brought shouts of than a little trouble with his back. Dick joy from Janet Christensen and Floreen Saville underwent an appendectomy that Rands. At S unrise Point, Irene Geurts was knocked him out of spring season of skiing. interested in some good camera angles. Some Irene Guertz was laid up temporarily because of the more daring climbed to the top of the of an auto accident that occurred on the way Natural Bridge.