VOLUME 68 MAY 2008 NUMBER 5 Inside This Issue Leaders Meet New Members 2 By Paul Flashenberg Board Notes 6 HE SUMMER Trip Reports & Activities 8-14 TRIPS LEAD- Upcoming 14 ERS Meeting Classifieds 17 T was held at the Obsid- At the Lodge 18-19 ian Lodge on Tuesday, Calendar 19 April 29. Barb Revere, Features the Summer Trips Leaders Meet 1 Chairperson em- President‘s Message 1 ceed. Barb started the What‘s Fair 2 meeting by explaining Web Milestone 2 the different leaders‘ Janet‘s Jottings 3 packets and suggested Life Saver 4 that all leaders read or review the summer Gonna Be a Beauty 5 trips guidelines. Conservation Tip 7 Next up was Doug Where are Records? 7 Trip leaders study their packets. Photo by John Jacobsen Nelson, the Safety Type A Personality 15 Committee Chairman. Doug stressed the importance of good communication by the Barb‘s Sampler 16 leader with all participants on a trip. The leader should also be familiar with every- Mt. Lassen Extended Trip 17 one's abilities and expectations. He recommended that the leader appoint a co-leader Picture of the Month 20 and to keep the group together, especially at trail junctions or if anyone leaves the trail (Continued on page 4) Dates to Remember President’s Message: my original plan, but I found that I enjoyed May 15 Wilderness First Aid being around the people I climbed with May 16 Arctic Hike Potluck The Next Step and being part of a larger community of May 20 Conserv SciEd Tuesday HE MOUNTAINS ARE CALLING! The like-minded individuals. May 24 Lodge Work Party T climb schedule is posted on the web After joining the Obsidians, the next May 31 June Bulletin Deadline site and many Obsidians are looking for- step for me was to begin leading climbs. It June 4 Board Meeting ward to a new climbing season. Graduates was a way for me to give something back. of the 2008 Climb School are anticipating Leading climbs (or hikes and snow trips the upcoming graduation climbs on Dia- for that matter) not only is a contribution to Note Early Potluck mond Peak and Mt. Thielsen. Some of the the club, but also the preparation and re- May 16 - See Page 18 18 graduates may apply for membership in sponsibilities associated with leading forces the Obsidians after their first qualifying one to become more intimate with the climb while others may take the skills they mountain and to become a better climber. Camp Hamilton learned and begin climbing the mountains So for all Obsidians, whether you are a Summer Camp 2008 on their own. climber, hiker, skier, snowshoer, or partici- Sign up now! The mountains have been calling me pate on the Obsidian bus trips, I encourage Don‘t miss this opportunity to visit most of my life. The Three Sisters espe- you to take the next step and lead a trip. If a great place. See Page 15 & 19 cially attracted me since they were visible the task seems too daunting you might from the valley and so prominent from think about co-leading and sharing the various locations in Central Oregon. I had responsibilities with another. I think you‘ll Late Breaking News always intended to climb them and after find that you get more out of the experi- Car pooling fee raised to $.09 my 50th birthday, I decided to get serious ence and you‘ll be proud of your contribu- See Page 2 about it. So, I started climbing with the tion to the club. Obsidians. Joining a club wasn‘t part of - Brian Hamilton, Board President What’s Fair? OBSIDIANS, INC P.O. Box 322, Eugene, OR 97440 S 7 CENTS A MILE a fair cost for car Alpine Club voted to raise the transpor- Website: www.obsidians.org I pooling? Gas was around $2.60 a tation rate to 8 cents per mile. gallon when the Obsidian Board raised Board of Directors Four mathematical formulas pro- President - Brian Hamilton the fee from five cents to seven cents a vided by Barb Revere, Brian Hamilton, Vice President - Jim Duncan mile beginning June 1, 2005. It‘s now Laurie Funkhouser, and Richard Essen- Secretary - Laurie Funkhouser over $3.60 a gallon. Treasurer - Stewart Hoeg berg to calculate Wayne Deeter Marshall Kandell The Yodeler, the Late Breaking News costs were discussed Anne Dhu McLucas Jim Pierce March newsletter for Barb Revere at the May 7th Board The Inter-Mountain The Obsidian Board of Directors Meeting. Based on Board meetings are held at 6 p.m. on the Alpine Club in Rich- at their May 7th meeting, ap- different assump- first Wednesday of each month, except proved an increase in the shared August, at the Obsidian lodge. land, Washington, tions, the car pooling car-pooling fee to $.09/mile. published an article cost based on those Committee Chairpersons about transportation formulas ranged Byways-By-Bus ...................... Liz Reanier costs by their President, Mark Hoza. Climbs ...................................... Larry Huff from 8 cents to 12 cents per mile. Concessions ....................... Kathleen Floyd Here are a few of Hoza‘s statements: It The Obsidian club is tremendously Conservation ...................... Juli McGlinsky is not easy to develop a simple policy, Entertainment................ Laurie Funkhouser appreciative of all members who offer Extended Trips ........................ Jim Duncan particularly if it also needs to be fair. to drive on our trips. If you would like Finance .................................Stewart Hoeg Any rate, consistently applied, is inher- to share your thoughts about car pool- Lodge Building ................. Brian Hamilton ently fair to all people who drive their Lodge Grounds ................... John Jacobsen ing costs, please send them to Librarian/Historian ....... Lenore McManigal share of the time. But the reality is that [email protected]. Membership .......................... Julie Dorland some people drive more, while others - Janet Jacobsen Online..................................Wayne Deeter seldom drive. A survey of six outdoor Publications .............................................. Publicity ...................... Ann Dhu McLucas clubs in the Northwest had transporta- Safety ................................... Doug Nelson tion fees ranging from splitting the gas Science & Education ..............Joella Ewing cost among the passengers, but not the Summer Camp .................... John Jacobsen Web Milestone Summer Trips ........................ Barb Revere driver, up to 13 cents per mile for each Trail Maintenance ................... Peter Green rider. The Board of the Inter-Mountain BOUT A MONTH AGO we reached Winter Trips ............................. Jim Pierce A a milestone on our website, Youth ..................................... Scott Hovis www.obsidians.org, as our counter, located at the bottom of the home The OBSIDIA N Bulletin Welcome! page, turned over its 100,000th visi- © 2008 tor. The counter was installed and Published monthly, except August. Articles, New Members started counting about June of 2000 story ideas, letters to the editor and other CLAYCOMB, C. KEITH (Associate) and has been counting ever since. editorial submissions may be emailed to: [email protected] 3326 SW 13th Avenue I started fiddling with the idea of Portland, OR 97239 a club website in 1999. The idea was Although email is preferred, submissions may also be sent to: 503-228-6978 [email protected] first broached to the Board in January The Obsidian Bulletin 2000 and more specifics on a possible P.O. Box 51424, Eugene, OR 97405 Reinstated Members Obsidian web presence, email options ISI OY For reprint rights, contact above. L , R (Active) and costs were discussed in Febru- P.O. Box 1061, Eugene 97440 ary. In June 2000 the Board approved Deadline 521-7263 [email protected] a motion that I arrange for server space for June 2008 Bulletin Saturday, May 31, 2008 and precede with implementation of a ASPEGREN, BILL (Active) website as well as club email. The of- Assembly/Mailing Team 1939 Alder Street, Eugene, 97405 ficial announcement of the site was For April Bulletin 242-3828 [email protected] made in the October 2000 Bulletin… Assembly & Mail Manager...... Lou Maenz and the rest is history as they say. Call Manager ....................... Vera Woolley BENNETT, SALLY (Active) Assembly Team … Tom Adamcyk, Marc 3267 Dahlia Lane, Eugene, 97404 Sometime in 2001 the Online Hansen, Yuan Hopkins, John & Lenore 337-9837 [email protected] Committee was created. Shortly after McManigal joining the club Wayne Deeter joined KOZIOL, JOHN DANIEL (Active) Editorial Team me on the Online Committee in about Writing & Editorial Staff …. Jean Coberly, 2038 Harbor Dr, Springfield, 97477 September or October of 2001 and has Janet & John Jacobsen, Barb Revere, 232-1987 [email protected] been involved ever since, taking over Beth Roy STULTS, VIOLA (Active) chairmanship of the Online Committee Copy Editors .... Jean Coberly & Beth Roy 4801 Avalon Street, Eugene, 97402 in 2004. Graphics, Design & Desktop Publishing ............ Stewart Hoeg & John Jacobsen 461-3706 - John Jacobsen Page 2 www.obsidians.org The Obsidian Bulletin Janet’s Jottings Remembering, Books and Paintings hyllis Stalsberg Gaffney wrote Outdoor activities strengthened her ence, an avid hiker, became a member me that she copied the whole interest in nature and wildlife. It is not and a Princess. Historian Lenore P April Bulletin to read the article surprising that Shirley has been an McManigal cannot find any records that about her parents, Cliff and Hazel Obsidian member since 1982 and has Cy Fulton joined the club. They con- Stalsberg. She shared this memory: ―I gone on 167 trips and led 50 trips. She tinued to attend summer camps so that was a tiny girl and went with Mom and has been a greeter at the potlucks for Florence could hike and Cy could paint. Dad on lots of Obsidian trips.... I re- many years. She is one of the Friends Some quotes from his Register- member climbing Broken Guard August 1949 obitu- Top and the plane came ary tell more about Fulton: over, dropping ice cream to ―Self taught artist, Cyrus J.