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August, 2009 The

Volume 103, No. 8
The monthly publication of The Mountaineers

M2 Seeding the
environmental field
w w w. m o u n t a i n e e r s . o r g
with scientists

M8 A youth group
Rainier safety
revival afoot program earns
M4 Summit Savvy national praise
M4 Conservation Currents Mountaineers
accident data put
M6 Gear Grist
to use in seminar
M7 Passages By Brad Stracener
“You can’t have zero risk in the
M7 Off the Shelf mountains, but you can reduce
Brian Lewis photo the risks by being smart.”
—Ed Viesturs, forward to “The Zen
of Mountains and Climbing”

B
y applying their smarts, as
gleaned from past experi-
ences, partners in a safety
program at Mt. Rainier have re-
cently received national recognition
for their success in reducing the
chances of tragedy on the moun-
tain. The past experience used as
their teaching tool, though, is not
always their own.
Ben McAllister photo
In fact, one experience in par-
Are you burning for answers about ticular—perhaps the most tragic Conservation via ‘ground-truthing’
Mountaineers Public Policy Associate Leesa Wright ascends the trail to
stoves? See Gear Grist on M6. incident to befall The Mountaineers
Chiwaukum and Larch Lakes in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area. This
fraternity in its history—was not summer The Mountaineers and others in a coalition of wilderness advocates
Discover The Mountaineers shared by any of the initiators of are leading “ground-truthing” hikes, such as the one above, into wilderness
If you are thinking of joining the safety program, but served as areas of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. The hiking teams are
- or have joined and aren’t sure looking for signs of possible incursion by motorized vehicles. For more about
the impetus for the program itself.
the effort and attaining the list of hikes, see the article on M8.
where to start - why not attend Continued on M5
an information meeting?
Check the Go Guide branch
sections for times and locations.
Women alpinists hastened era of equality
Are you ready to jump right in? Editor’s note: This is the final of a two- Wood. The prospectus also clearly pennant to the flag post—a feat
Visit www.mountaineers.org. part article on the influence of women defined the protocol for the attire that was replicated by other women
No computer? See pg. 22. climbers, some Mountaineers, on the of what proved to be the gender advocates on following climbs.
women’s suffrage movement of the majority in The Mountaineers and The evolution of attire
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early 20th century. on the outing—women. This dress The Mountaineers charged each
protocol would later be challenged

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he Mountaineers’ 1909 as- of $40. For this, climbers were

cent of Mt. Rainier was more Moreover, in tandem with the AYPE provided with a commissary outfit
than a club achievement; it flag, the 1909 outing afforded that included provisions—stoves,
served as a bellwether for women’s one of the women on the climb cooking utensils, general assembly
rights nationally, while crowning to attach a women’s-right-to-vote Continued on M3

a regional exposition that drew
national attention.
The club’s third annual outing,
organized by noted photographer
and Mountaineers founding mem-
ber Asahel Curtis, followed its
Olympics outing in 1907 to the top
of Olympus and the 1908 outing to
the eastern side of Mt. Baker.
The prospectus for the climb de-
picted it as a cooperative venture
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AYPE flag was planted atop Rainier thor Paul Bannick for a fundraising 1 for a run of four consecutive
by Curtis and his throng at the event at Mountaineers headquar- weekends. See pg. 2 of the Go
behest of AYPE Director James A. ers. See the ad on M7 for details. Guide for more details.
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Foundation grant seeds the field with citizen scientists

T
he Mountaineers Founda-
tion has been an ardent
supporter of organizations
that bring educational projects
to its grant-proposal table. The
foundation’s mission to promote
the study, protection and enjoy-
ment of natural areas is particularly
suited to two recent projects.
In 2007, the McCall Outdoor Sci-
ence School in Idaho asked the
foundation to approve its proposal
to partner with the McCall-Donnelly
High School environmental science
class. The ultimate goal was to
empower high school students as
citizen scientists to effect change
in their community. How could the
foundation resist?
Both a new housing development
and a golf course are located
upstream from Shiner Creek. As
a delta formed at the mouth of the
creek, the local water advisory
board chair became concerned.
He brought those concerns to the
McCall Outdoor Science School for
further examination.
The science school staff collaborat-
ed with the McCall-Donnelly High
School environmental science pro-
gram to create a high school project
that would not only address issues
in Shiner Creek, but also teach
students the principles of using a
scientific method through a commu-
nity-based and hands-on study.
Citizen scientists: McCall, Idaho, science students collect Payette aquatic data.
Students were given an introduc-
tion to watershed science at the
local Payette River, within walking
distance of the classroom. They
then spent five months collecting
chemical and aquatic insect data
from Shiner Creek to be compared
and analyzed ins respect to water
quality.
They presented their findings at
the school science fair, and also
in a public forum that included the
largest public landowner on Shiner
Creek, city government officials,
the watershed advisory board, local
press and community members.
Students took the lead, from col-
lection and analysis of data to the
dissemination of the results to the
community, thus empowering them-
selves as citizen scientists.
Results of the research project in-
dicated a decrease in water clarity
and an increase in dissolved, solid
load. The results were reported at
the public forum, but a discussion
also ensued on potential causes
and possible next steps. Once the
forum presentation was over, one
student said, “We really did it, and
they cared what we had to say.”
The Townsend School District of
Townsend, Montana, applied for a
Mountaineers Foundation grant in
2008. The funds helped to support
a continuing high school program
that partners with the local county’s
weed district. The project identified
areas for mapping of an invasive
plant species, spotted knapweed,
and the addition of a bio-control
agent, the root-boring weevil, to
slow the spread of the invasive
vegetation.
Students spent an entire semester
learning how to use a GPS/GIS
ArcView unit and then applied
for summer jobs with the county
to map the infestation of spotted
knapweed. The effort included
monitoring and caring for insec-
taries, where root-boring weevils
were raised and then released into
the knapweed-infested areas. Stu-
dents visited sites identified over
the past several years, collected
data from those sites, and identi-
fied new sites for bio-control agent
releases.
They also completed a progress
report for community education
on the success of the bio-control
agent program. Students discov-
ereda that a slowing of the spread
of knapweed was evident on sites
that received weevils a year ago,
and other plant life was returning
to the area. The report will be used
to continue the placement of these
bio-control agents during the sum-
mer and fall of 2009.
Help The Mountaineers Foundation
sustain its vision of “passing the
best possible environmental legacy
to ensuing generations.” Visit www.
mountaineersfoundation.org for
granting information, guidelines
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Mountaineering attire reflected women’s changing role
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tents and enough auxiliary tents to
shelter the group in an emergency.
The fee also included cooks, dish-
washers, pack-train and packers,
and round-trip rail fare to Fairfax
from downtown Seattle.
Individuals were required to provide
their own climbing outfit, including
clothing and bedding. Women were
directed to provide a short skirt,
not below the knee, and bloomers,
as well as “heavy veils to protect
the face from burning when on the
snow.” Additionally, participants had
to apply to the climb leader, Curtis,
to participate in the event.
Dress for mountaineering women
reflected their changing role,
though women were to forge even
more changes in mountaineer-
ing attire by the 1930s. Confin-
ing corsets could exert as much
as 70 pounds of pressure on a
hiker’s chest while long skirts could
dangerously be caught on rocks
or other structures. The weight
of traditional clothing restricted
women’s movements, thus imped-
ing the skills necessary to climb.
One author noted that skirts with
bloomers underneath made of wool
could weigh up to 15 pounds dry,
let alone wet.
Women often wore skirts at lower
altitudes and discarded them once
they attained higher elevations
on the climb. “Slipping on and off”
became the norm. Others simply
hiked up their skirts and secured
them with a ribbon. By the 1930s,
women were finally free of these
impositions on climbing attire, but
until then, the bloomer costume
was often associated with the
women’s rights movement. Women
advocated dress reform during the
first Woman’s Rights Convention at
Seneca Falls in 1848. One of the
first women to wear bloomers for
mountaineering was Julia Archibald
Holmes who wore what was oth-
erwise known as the “American
Costume” when she became the
first woman to climb Pike’s Peak in
Colorado in 1858.
A feminist, Holmes had come west
wearing bloomers and was chafed
at restrictions imposed by men.
In photos of the 1909 Mt. Rainier
expedition, it appears that women
wore skirts in camp but shed them
in favor of bloomers for climbing—
per instructions in the “Washington
Women’s Cook Book,” as written
by the woman who posted the
suffrage pennant atop Rainier, Dr.
Cora Smith Eaton.
The climb
The Mountaineers group left
Seattle on July 17 by train and ar-
rived at Fairfax, near present-day
Carbonado, then hiked to the first
camp on the Carbon River trail, a
distance of 11 miles. There were
some 93 people in camp. Most of
the climbers were from The Moun-
August 2009
taineers but there were delegates
from the Appalachian Club of
Boston; Katherine Reed was from
Washington, D. C.; and Freda San-
ford was from Connecticut. One of
the expedition members was from
Washington State Historical Society photo
the Austrian Alpine Club.
After their arrival, some of the party
built a trail across Carbon Glacier
and a horse pack-train went to
Moraine Park on the east side of
Carbon Glacier where the outing
directors established a permanent
camp that they dubbed, “Camp Mo- This Asahel Curtis photo captures the Rainier summit group at dinner in camp.
raine.” Advance parties tried vari-
ous hikes and were later joined by Pfaff said he was with five other first allied with fellow Spokane
62 (out of a first group of 77, some climbers at the summit on Aug. 6 suffragist May Arkwright Hutton.
of whom turned back) hikers who and did not see the AYPE flag or Later, however, Baker’s insistence
camped between Inter Glacier and the “Votes for Women” pennant. He on employing suffrage campaigns
main White Glacier on a volcanic also didn’t see the climbers’ names of a higher public profile, like those
ash area. They used rocks in their in the summit registry. she had witnessed in England, irked
sleeping bags to keep from rolling Curtis countered Pfaff’s allegation Hutton. Baker disappeared from
down the mountain. by noting the summit group could the Washington scene in 1910 but
Life in the camp featured such not find the Paradise Valley Club was shown campaigning in Portland
diversions as raising the AYPE flag, registry that Pfaff cited and instead during the 1912 Oregon suffrage
foot races, tug-of-war contests, a inscribed their names in another campaign when she wrote her book,
“fatman race,” shoe-lacing contests book. Furthermore, Curtis retorted “Race Improvement or Eugenics; A
and a lemon contest. By July 30, that the 45-mile-an-hour gale pre- Little Book on a Great Subject.”
the climbers started their climb cluded the banners from flying and Eaton atop Glacier
to the summit of Rainier along were, therefore, placed inside the Dr. Eaton continued her mountain-
the White Glacier. After an eight- crater. eering exploits as well. During the
and-one-half hour climb of the Suffragist-climbers aplenty 1910 annual Mountaineers outing,
northeastern side of Rainier, they The bloomer-clad Holmes of the Votes for Women, a suffrage news-
reached the summit in a gale. The 19th century, Dr. Eaton and the paper of the time, reported:
Seattle Times noted that the party other women of the 1909 Rainier “In their annual outing, Dr. Cora
of 62 (Dr. Eaton counted 63) was outing were not the only mountain- Smith Eaton wrote ‘Votes for
the largest to ever reach Rainier’s eering suffragists. Spokane suf- Women’ after her name in the
summit. It reported that some of fragist, LaReine Helen McKenzie record box, which reposes in a
the men had to be “revived with Baker, planted “Votes for Women” cairn of rock at the summit of
snow” but that none of the women flags on several peaks. Baker, Glacier Peak, an elevation of
gave out. described as “one of the wealthi- 10,436 feet. This splendid peak
It was one of the very first times the est women in the West and the is very inaccessible and this is
route had been tried and the first largest taxpayer in Washington,” the first time in its history that a
time women had taken it. was married to Albert Baker, owner white woman has set foot upon
Summit fanfare of the Last Chance lead mine in its glistening glaciers and snow
At the summit, Curtis—suffering Northport, Stevens County. She fields.”
from a broken collarbone incurred had traveled to Europe and was a There were 25 women and 32 men
at a baseball game at Camp delegate to the International Suf- that scaled the peak on Aug. 5.
Moraine—unfurled the AYPE flag frage Alliance Convention in 1909
International thread
while being accompanied by bugler with the Kangley sisters who had
Two famous international women
F. Ormond Morrill. The Times attempted a 1908 climb of Rainier.
climbers immortalized the tradition
reported, “As a finale to the brief Baker said she wanted to plant of planting “Votes for Women” flags
ceremony, Dr. Eaton attached a “Votes for Women” flags—in yellow, and similar materials on mountain-
pennant to the flagstaff bearing the a traditional suffrage color—atop tops. In 1911, Annie Smith Peck,
words, ‘Votes for Women.’” both Pikes Peak and Mt. Rainier. who had scaled several peaks in
She climbed Rainier on Aug. 27,
Curtis said that the flagstaff broke South America, planted a yellow
and “Maj. Ingram (sic) brought 1909, via the route from Longmire banner reading “Votes for Women
another staff and set it firmly in Springs to Gibraltar Rock. ”I never of the Joan of Arc Suffrage League”
the rocks at the crater,” for neither lost sight of the fact that I was on the summit of Nevado Coro-
the AYPE or suffrage flags could going to plant the little flag on the puna, a 21,000-foot peak in Peru.
withstand the wind at the summit. topmost peak,” she stated. Likewise, Fanny Bullock Workman
After its ascent the party stayed on The flag Baker planted atop Pike’s had a photograph taken of herself
the mountain another week, hiking Peak in November, 1909 was given reading a paper entitled, “Votes
to Spray Park and other destina- to her by Alva E. Belmont of New for Woman,” when she was atop
tions accessible from camp. They York, with whom she attended the Karakorum of the Himalayan range
returned to Seattle by a special train International Convention of Women in 1910 or 1911.
from Fairfax on Aug. 7, and were in London in 1909. Baker an- Whether the feats of these two
greeted by a large crowd. nounced plans to climb California’s women helped the cause of
As part of the climb, a four-inch mir- Mt. Shasta in February of 1910 women’s suffrage in Washington
ror was used to flash a message to and she climbed to California’s Mt. or nationally is unknown, but the
Signal Corps men stationed on the Lowe Observatory in April of 1910. accomplishments of women alpin-
AYPE grounds. However, only an M Besides being a daring moun- ists of that time were certainly part
and W were discernible. taineer and suffragist, Baker also of the effort to take women into a
advocated for limiting the size of new era of activism and equality
Though historic, the party’s feat
families and for eugenics. She was with men, according to author M.
was challenged when W. C. Pfaff
active in the 1909-10 Washington Deborah Bialeschki. A professor at
of the Mt. Rainier Club claimed the
women’s suffrage campaign, at
group had not reached the summit. Continued on M6
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month’s mystery summit, Mt. De-

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ception, as photographed by Curt
Baxstrom.

conservation
only modest results. Sometimes, ment of new populations while
however, significant success is increasing the numbers in pre-exist-
achieved after only a few years of ing populations.

CURRENTS
implementing recovery strategies.
According to the WDFW, recovery
strategies include monitoring and
protecting known populations of a
In other efforts of recovery by
the state, the picture is mixed or
even bleak. The northern spotted
owl was federally listed in 1990.

State listing of endangered species and may include popula-

tion management practices, such
Despite massive expenditures and
efforts to restore its population, it

species: hits and misses as reintroductions or augmenta-

Editor’s note: This is the second of
a series of articles examining species
recovery in the Northwest as it relates
to the Endangered Species Act.
By Dyche Kinder
tion of existing populations. Some
continues to steeply decline. Its
numbers inside Washington have
methods entail the moving of a been halved since its listing. Federal
Mercifully, the high levels of political
particular population of a species officials have described the species
meddling that have plagued imple-
to another part of the state, while as on life support with the plug in
mentation of the federal ESA have
some involve augmenting or es- the wall sticking halfway out.
proved nearly non-existent here.
tablishing populations from outside The leopard frog is nearly extinct
Examples of state efforts

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f protecting endangered or
threatened species is viewed
as a battlefield, the state govern-
ment could accurately be called the
frontline. If it fails to protect a spe-
cies, then the federal government
takes command.
Dramatic battles over the future
of species listed under the federal
Endangered Species Act (ESA)—
the state borders. Other methods in Eastern Washington. Habitat
The Washington Department of may include captive breeding of a manipulation, captive breeding and
Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has listed spe- reintroduction are currently being
adopted approaches in policy, such cies and then examined to stem a decline that no
as the Comprehensive Wildlife reintroducing one has yet been able to abate.
Conservation Strategy that aims to it to its healthy
keep common species just that— Meanwhile, the Oregon spotted
habitat.
common. However, deleterious frog recovery program of rearing
factors, such as habitat destruction The most pro- wild eggs from the wild is sur-
as with the spotted owl or hunting lific success prisingly successful but, like the
in relation to the sea otter or fisher, with recov- leopard frog, it is suffering from the
make listing by the state unavoid- ery so far in disappearance of suitable wetland
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service photo

those that breach the state’s front-

line, such as the northern spotted
owl or snail darter—can shift the
public’s attention from the critical
role state agencies must play in
protecting species to the immense-
ly complicated arena of federal
protection via the ESA.
Suites of species are being re-
duced in numbers and distribution
in Washington as habitats such
as prairies, coastal dunes, shrub
steppe, oak woodlands, forested
habitat, wetland and marine sys-
tems are being lost, fragmented
and degraded.
Other factors, such as disease,
non-indigenous predators and
competitors, toxic contamination
and human-caused mortality can
decimate a species. In other cases,
so little may be known about a spe-
cies that factors causing declines
may take years to determine.
A variety of factors determine
whether states succeed or fail in
meeting their objectives of manag-
ing healthy populations of animals.
Washington State has succeeded
in varying degrees with its efforts to
protect species it has listed as sen-
sitive, threatened or endangered.
able. Recovery efforts for those Washington
species are then developed and has been the
implemented by the state. reintroduction
of the fisher to
Washington’s listing provisions are
the Olympic
similar to those of the ESA. A state
Peninsula.
listing triggers a process that cul- Pacific fisher It started in
minates in attempts to recover the January of 2008 at five sites in the
listed species. The state’s study,
Olympic National Park with the
data and analysis can prove useful
release of 49 animals from Can-
to federal authorities in making
ada. Another 45 are planned for
their decisions on a federal listing.
augmentation this fall and winter.
Examples of this in the Northwest
WDFW is pleased with the survival
include the orca or killer whale, the
rate: only 14 have died. It is not
spotted owl and the pygmy rabbit.
as pleased with the reproduction
To date, 28 species are listed rate, though there have been two
by the state as endangered, 10 verified cases of reproduction and
threatened and 8 sensitive. Simi- three suspected cases. The fish-
lar to the federal ESA, the state ers have dispersed over a broad
declares a list of candidate species range as far away as Neah Bay to
which currently numbers 113. So, the north and Ocean Shores to the
with roughly 150 species to worry south.
about, the state’s wildlife officials
The western pond turtle is another
are charged with much to do with
example of success in Washington.
limited resources. Therefore, it
The WDFW reports that “headstart-
enters into partnerships with many
ing” and “overwintering” young
other entities, governmental and pri-
hatchlings to a size large enough to
vate, whose help can prove critical.
escape bullfrog predation is “show-
In most cases, it takes a long ing good results” once the turtles
time for species to become en- are reintroduced. Efforts to help the
dangered and usually decades to pond turtle date back to the 1980s
achieve recovery, sometimes with and have resulted in the establish-
habitat.
The Oregon silverspot butterfly
is extinct in Washington. Habitat
restoration has proven difficult and
takes many years.
A captive breeding program begun
from 14 wild pygmy rabbits has
proven unsuccessful to reintroduce
that species in Washington. Trans-
location from outside the state may
be considered next. The captive
population has already been inter-
crossed with rabbits from Idaho to
help overcome genetic problems in
the captive-bred population.
Efforts to augment the Selkirk
Mountains woodland caribou in
an ecosystem that stretches from
the Canadian province of British
Columbia to Washington and Idaho
has prevented extinction of a very
small existing population, but has
not resulted in large population
increases. Continuation of this ef-
fort is on hold, however, because
of difficulties with transplanting
these caribou in British Columbia,
according to the WDFW.
Dyche Kinder is the fish and wildlife
representative for The Mountain-
eers Conservation Division.

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Serious accidents down since initiation of safety education
“In the three years since the program started,” noted Gauthier, who now
works for the park service in Washington, D.C., “the accident rate dropped
drastically, as did the fatalities.” There has not been a climbing fatality on
Rainier since 2005. The climbing search-and-rescue rate decreased by
more than 50 percent from 2006-08. Injury rates decreased by more than
65 percent during the same period.

A ccording to Gauthier, Mt. Rainier National Park’s partnership with par-

Tacoma Mountaineers Mindy Roberts and Jim Feltus pose with the public safety
achievement award, granted by the National Park Service.
Continued from M1
In 2005, three experienced alpinists and members of The Mountaineers
died on a climb of Sharkfin Tower. Among the group was a longtime Ta-
coma Branch member and climb leader, a leader from the Seattle Branch
and a mentored leader. They died from a rock fall and what proved to be a
faulty belay. However, as one of the Rainier safety program’s founders puts
it, “It was the type of accident, which so many are, in which the reason for
it was not just technical knowledge or a fatal flaw in an anchor, but a series
of decisions.”
It is through the assiduous work of The Mountaineers Climbing Safety
Committee that the Rainier group was able to benefit from the unraveling of
an outing on Sharkfin that shook the club’s climbing community. The Safety
Committee, as it is charged to do, presents reports on all serious accidents
that occur during club-sponsored climbs. It interviews those in the party
who survive the accident, it documents the interviews, reads the accident
reports and pores over all other input it can glean. It then issues sugges-
tions on how the accident possibly could have been avoided.
ties outside of the park, including The Mountaineers, was part of the
reason the park service presented the Rainier program with the Andrew
Clark Hecht Public Safety Achievement Award, the park service’s highest
honor for public safety. Noted climbing guides Eric Simonson and Paul
Baugher helped The Mountaineers with the investigation and suggestions
regarding Sharkfin, as did Tacoma Mountain Rescue. The cadre of climb-
ing rangers under Gauthier’s helm assisted as well with the education
program.
Gauthier also credits an increase in electronic reporting for the decline in
tragedies on the mountain. “Three years ago, we lost our website (at the
park),” Gauthier stated, “so I started my own interim blog just on climb-
ing issues. It ended up being a superior medium to communicate. At
first people just started giving climbing reports on it. People then started
communicating things like, ‘have you heard about that crevasse at 16,000
feet?’ It just skyrocketed from there.”
He added, “Even people outside the climbing community started using it.
I started giving safety messages on it and started to see a decline in my
budget on the amount of money being spent on rescues.”
He would like to see the safety curriculum at Rainier implemented as a
model for mountaineering courses in other institutions, such as community
colleges.
Lauren concurs. “We’d like to replicate it,” he said, “but each branch and
group is distinct.” So some tailoring is needed, he indicated. Backcountry
skiing and kayaking first come to mind, he said. “They can use these real-
life scenarios and reports from their respective committees to customize
their own program from the original climbing model.” He noted that one or
two leaders from these activities actually attended the Rainier seminar.
Lauren credits the increase in “near-miss” reports for bolstering awareness
about accident prevention.
Initiators of the Rainier accident-prevention class, held at the Tacoma
Branch Clubhouse, all agree that it is the widely-shared information from
those who either make the mistakes or witness them that make the school
successful. At first the curriculum focused on snow travel and self-arrest on

T
falls, Lauren noted, but the focus shifts as the program evolves.
he Sharkfin report tells a tale of decisions made, noted Mindy Roberts,
an avid climb leader for The Mountaineers and former chair of the Ta- “It seems that now it is shifting to party separation,” he noted, those
coma Branch Climbing Committee. “Decisions made in emergency condi- incidents when a participant on a hike or climb becomes separated from
tions,” she added. The first decision was to move the victim of a rock fall the group. He said the near-miss reports will become extremely critical
from one location on the slope to another. The next decision was to belay in resolving the party separation dilemma, a topic to be examined in next
her in order to bring her down the slope. Underlying both decisions was a month’s Mountaineer.
route-finding decision by two leaders that proved to be in error and integral Brad Stracener is managing editor of The Mountaineer.
to the dislodging of a rock that created the emergency.
According to Roberts and Mountaineers Safety Committee Chair Dan
Lauren, the Sharkfin incident, as tragic as it was, is one that serves well in
terms of understanding how a chain of decisions can lead to fatal results—
what Roberts calls “the human factors.” These are factors that can surface
even among the most experienced and adroit climbers, such as those who
fell victim at Sharkfin.
But one report does not make a curriculum. Roberts, Lauren and then-chief
climbing ranger at Rainier, Mike Gauthier, tapped a number of accident re-
ports from The Mountaineers committee as well as reports on near misses,
incidents that the committee only began examining a couple of years ago.
“We can see patterns in these reports,” noted Roberts, who was recently
awarded by the U.S. Department of Interior for her work on accident pre-
vention at Rainier. The patterns are not just related to decisions. The abdi-
cation of expertise is a common culprit. “Some members of a team may be
more experienced or a member of the club longer than others. They may
talk more than the others—the less experienced who assume that the one
doing most of the talking knows more than they do.”
She noted that everyone brings a little of their own expertise to a team but
unfortunately not all of the expertise reaches the communication stage of
the decision-making process.
“To prevent tragedies we must recognize when we begin to fall into these
patterns,” stated Roberts, who remembered cancelling her Ptarmigan Tra-
verse trip when hearing about the shocking news at Sharkfin.
With a doctorate in engineering, Roberts is used to methodically examin-
ing conditions over a long period of time, and “stakes are high, so there are
parallels between my work and climbing.” This proclivity is likely instrumen-
tal to her success in teaching the accident prevention program.

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Gear Grist
How low can your stove-weight go?
By Brian Lewis supply, the alcohol option can start can find more information about site in the form of twigs, branches,

I f you want to keep your pack

weight low, one area to consider
is your overall backcountry kitch-
en—stove, pot, etc. The weight-
conscious backpacker often sticks
to simpler evening meals, most
typically meals that require only the
addition of hot water.
Among long-distance hikers, the
most popular stove option is one
using denatured alcohol as a fuel.
This fuel is readily available, not
just in sporting goods stores but at
hardware stores and sometimes
gas stations. It’s a less efficient
fuel than traditional stoves use,
meaning that you need to carry a
larger volume of fuel to produce an
equivalent amount of heat. Alcohol
stoves also typically take longer to
produce the same amount of heat.
Some alcohol stoves offer some
degree of temperature control (to
allow simmering food), others do
not.
In addition to the availability, how-
ever, a lightweight alcohol stove
avoids the downsides of canister
stoves. These include the carrying
weight of the canister itself, dispos-
ing of the empty canister, accumu-
lating partially full canisters, and
determining how many canisters
to bring on a trip. With an alcohol
stove you can carry exactly the
amount of fuel that you choose with
minimal container weight.
For a long multi-day trip with no re-
out heavier (less efficient fuel). At
some point in the journey you hit a
break-even point, and the alcohol-
stove user will have the lighter load
for the rest of the trip. For shorter
trips of a few days or less, the alco-
hol stove option will be lighter from
the start, depending on how much
and how often you cook.
Alcohol stove:
Thrifty on the
pocketbook
and in the pack.
I use an alcohol stove, and a friend
who uses a Jet Boil (perhaps the
most popular and nicely designed
canister stove) regularly teases me
about how much faster he can heat
water and prepare his meal. I don’t
care, because my trail cooking is
limited to heating water for just one
meal a day—and I know that my
total trail kitchen kit weighs signifi-
cantly less than his does.
For those who find pack weight an
important criteria, I’d suggest look-
ing at alcohol stoves, which can
range in cost from “free” (find in-
structions to make your own online)
to perhaps $30 or so for choices
such as a Brasslite or Vargo stove,
and somewhat more for a complete
system like the Caldera Cone. You
these and other referenced stove
options via an internet search.
Another possibility for the “keep-it-
light” user is an Esbit solid (tablet)
fuel stove. Like alcohol, Esbit is a
less efficient fuel (lower heat output
per fuel weight) and its use is
generally limited to heating water.
Some dislike the smell and resi-
due on the cook pot, but it’s easy
to use, and the combined stove-
fuel weight is low compared to an
equivalent canister setup. Esbit
tablets are harder to find than de-
natured alcohol, but they eliminate
the issue of pouring out the correct
amount of alcohol for each use.
The stove for burning Esbit tablets
can be very inexpensive (or, again,
free if you make your own).
Even lighter:
Tablet fuel is
light and so is its
stove, but heating
efficiency is
sacrificed.
A final option that’s an old but now
improved choice is a small wood-
burning stove. The stove itself
is heavier than a typical alcohol
stove. For example, the Bush Bud-
dy Ultra weighs about 5 oz., while
my Brasslite alcohol stove weighs
1.6 oz. With the wood stove, how-
ever, you typically don’t carry any
fuel—you find it near your cook
or dry leaves (please don’t cut live
trees for fuel). It’s more efficient
and uses a lot less fuel than mak-
ing a traditional campfire, yet offers
some of the smoke smell, fire light,
and “old time feel” of a campfire.
A significant factor in using this
relatively new option is whether
your local forest management
authority will consider this a stove
or a fire—particularly in areas or
seasons where campfires are not
allowed. You also need some skill
and perhaps extra gear to light a
small fire when available fuel is
damp.
Whatever you choose, make sure
you consider the total weight of
stove + fuel + fuel container(s). And
keep in mind there is a reason that
canister stoves are so commonly
seen on the trail—they’re easiest
to use, they’re clean, they heat
things up fast, and you can control
the heat output. Nevertheless, I’m
happy with my alcohol stove as the
right balance of weight and other
factors for me; the right answer for
you may be different.
Brian Lewis hiked the entire 2,663
miles of the Pacific Crest Trail in
2008; find his trail journal at http://
postholer.com/brianle. He is also
conducting a “Trekking Fast and
Light” seminar for The Mountain-
eers (see pg. 8 of the Go Guide).

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Continued from M3
University of North Carolina Chapel
Hill, Bialeschki states, “The entry
of women into sports and physical
activities was a significant part of
the general movement for female
emancipation.”
She goes on to point out that
these women challenged the myth
of frailty and the illusion of male
supremacy. This helped make the
case for equal voting rights. Mean-
while, AYPE offered a spotlight for
suffragists. While the eyes of the
world focused on Seattle and its
environs, a statement about wom-
en’s strength and equality could
be showcased in outdoor pursuits,
which reinforced women’s veracity
of equality at the ballot box.
These women’s high-altitude ex-
ploits, at least in Washington, may
have influenced men to see them year marks the centennial com-
in a new light, for on Nov. 8, 1910, memoration of that event.
the men of Washington voted to Shanna Stevenson is coordinator
amend the state constitution and of the Women’s History Consortium
grant women the right to vote by for the Washington State Historical
a count of 52,299 to 29,676. Next Society.
The Mountaineers Legacy Society
The Mountaineers, in partnership with The
Mountaineers Foundation, is proud to announce the
launch of The Mountaineers Legacy Society. The
Society will recognize and honor donors who have
included a gift to The Mountaineers and/or
the Foundation through a bequest or other
estate gift. If you would like to be
recognized as a Founding Member in
the Legacy Society – or would just
like to learn more – we
would love to hear from
you!

To find out more about

The Mountaineers Legacy Society,
please contact us:
giving@mountaineers.org or call
Judy Halls, 206-521-6006

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Passages
Esperanza Gonzales Rich, a 50-year member of The Mountaineers
and recognized for her untiring philanthropy, died May 21, 2009, at the age
of 89. Rich, born in Mexico, spent her childhood living in a dirt-floor shack
and then a boxcar in Nebraska, where she picked sugar beets.
During her teens in the fields, she was helped and impressed by two young
secretaries who brought her family food and clothes. Rich considered them
role models. One of them moved to Seattle and Rich eventually moved,
also, becoming a secretary at the University of Washington. The generosity
of her two role models inspired her to give something back to the immi-
grant community. She did so by directing immigrants to services, schools
and jobs through the St. Vincent de Paul Society. She also devoted her
extra hours to Leave a Legacy Foundation of Western Washington, which
encourages people of all means to make a will and leave a gift to charity.
In 1999 she was one of 11 Americans honored at the White House Confer-
ence on Philanthropy by then-President Clinton.
At age 84, she went to Peru, where she climbed a12,500 ft. peak. Two
years later, she traveled to Guatemala to help with medical outreach in a
remote village.
She was known for her no-waste ethic of recycling and reusing items
around the house as well as in the community. For 10 years she lived
without a car, walking up a steep hill to her home in Magnolia. In her early
years at The Mountaineers, she reveled in the folk-dancing events at the
clubhouse and was involved with The Mountaineers Players.
Though she loved the outdoors and travel, she especially loved music. A
member of the Seattle Classical Guitar Society, she also performed with
the Seattle Mandolin Orchestra.
Gala Lindvall photos

She married a schoolteacher, Bernard Rich, who died 20 years ago. She is
survived by her sister, Maria Guzman of Gary, Indiana, her brother, As-
cencion ‘Joe’ Gonzales of Lincoln, Nebraska, 10 nieces and nephews, and
many friends.
Lindsey White, a Mountaineers basic climbing student, died Sun.,
Forest Theater follies
The Forest Theater opens its summer show, “High Button Shoes,” this month.
In the top photo, Floy (Nathaniel Jones) and Pontdue (Mick Etchoe) run after
being discovered by the Keystone Cops. Above, Mama (Gail Foster) and
Junior (Katelyn Cooper) urge Fran (Amy Beth Lindvall) to look for security
from a man, not love. For more about the show, see pg. 2 of the Go Guide.

Off the shelf

July 5, from a fall while climbing Monte Cristo Peak. She was 39.
White, who joined The Mountaineers in 2008, was ascending Monte Cristo
Peak with her boyfriend and fellow Mountaineers member, Bill Tyers, when The latest from your Mountaineers Library
By Kathleen McCluskey, librarian

she slipped on a snowfield a few hundred feet below the summit. She was
unable to arrest herself with her ice ax and slid about 700 feet, according to
the Snohomish County sheriff’s report.
A celebration of White’s life was held July 22 at The Mountaineers head-
quarters in Seattle. The family asks that donations in her memory be made
to the Snohomish County Search and Rescue, Planned Parenthood or the
Grey Muzzle.
T
he library houses a wealth of timely books just waiting to be checked out by
patrons. The following titles may be of interest to hikers, naturalists, outdoors
photographers, climbers, canyoneering enthusiasts, skiers, sailors and environ-
mentalists.
Circulating collection: “Accidents in North American Mountaineering” (2006 and
2007); “Alaska-Yukon Wild Flowers Guide”; “Allen & Mike’s Really Cool Back-
country Ski Book: Traveling & Camping Skills for a Winter Environment”; “Ansel
Adams: 400 Photographs”; “Ascent: The Invention of Mountain Climbing & Its
Practice”; “Best Loop Hikes: New Hampshire’s White Mountains to the Maine
Coast”; “Canyoneering: The San Rafael Swell”; “Canyoneering 2: Technical Loop
Hikes in Southern Utah”; “Colorado’s Quiet Winter Trails” (2007); “A Different Kind

The Owl and the Woodpecker
A fundraiser event with author
Paul Bannick
Thursday, September 17
7 pm @ The Mountaineers Building
Tickets: $10 advance/$12 at the door
Join us for an evening of owls and
woodpeckers as Paul Bannick shares 100
never before seen images of our local
species.
Space is limited! All who register before
September 10 will be entered to win a
print, a signed copy of Paul’s amazing
book or a private photo outing with Paul
at a local outdoor destination.
Please visit www.mountaineers.org for
details and ticket information.
of Country”; “Emerald City: An Environmental History of Seattle”; “Field Guide to the
Common and Interesting Plants of Baja California”; “First on Everest: The Mystery
of Mallory & Irvine”; “High Odyssey: The First Solo Winter Assault of Mount Whitney
and the Muir Trail Area”; “How to Ski the New French Way”; “Mount Everest: The
Reconnaissance, 1935: The Forgotten Adventure”; “Mountains of Kenya”; “Ocean
Passages and Landfalls: Cruising Routes of the World”; “Traversa: A Solo Walk
Across Africa from the Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean”; “Voyager’s Handbook:
The Essential Guide to Bluewater Cruising” (2007).
Guidebook collection: “Canyoneering Arizona”; “Central Washington Boulder-
ing: Leavenworth & Gold Bar” (2007); “Kluane National Park Hiking Guide” (2007);
“West Coast Ice.”
DVDs: Dozen More Turns (Skiing, Safety–Avalanches); Return to Schralptown
(Skiing); White Book (Avalanche Safety).
Special Collection: “Matterhorn Centenary,” by Arnold Lunn; “Switzerland in Eng-
lish Prose and Poetry,” by Arnold Lunn.
Besides books you can check out, the library and bookstore feature carts full of
books to buy at sale prices from 25 cents to $50 and up (we have some valuable
titles for collectors of the mountaineering classics). Additionally, if you make an
appointment with the librarian, she can open the cabinets storing the overflow of
books for sale.
LIbrary hours: Please visit www.mountaineers.org to view current library hours.

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Youth group seeks to revive itself with a little help from volunteers
Dormant for the past few years, a
Mountaineers youth group is un-
dergoing a revival and is welcom-
ing anyone who would like to help
shape direction.
The Mountaineers Youth Commit-
tee of the Seattle Branch allows
young outdoor enthusiasts to plan
their own group excursions in the
outdoors. In the past, activities
have included hiking, backpack-
ing, climbing, sea kayaking, river
rafting, trail maintenance, beach
cleanups, snowshoeing and skiing
among other outdoor endeavors.
The reorganization of the youth
group will tackle the questions of
how to revive it and where it will
find its members, according to past
advisor Leonard Russell. Will it
invite all kids or will it find youths
from existing groups such as Boys
and Girls Clubs or Scouts. Or, will it
affiliate with such groups? Russell
said the door is wide open with
possibilities. Will it promote itself
and recruit by visiting schools,
recreation centers and other youth
organizations? Who will do this?
Will it hold fund-raisers?
Russell said all these questions
and more will be examined.
The Youth Committee was co-
founded in 1991 by Pat Whitehill-
Bates, Jeroldine Hallberg and Rus-
The Mountaineer
characteristic to the club in general.
However, under adult auspices, the
youths choose, plan, organize and
lead their own activities.
All youths are welcome to join,
especially those who have not ex-
perienced the great outdoors.
The group is now seeking inter-
ested volunteers—youths and
adults—who are willing to give their
time reviving the youth program
and even leading trips.
When enough volunteers express
interest, a meeting will be held to
begin the process of reestablishing
an active program for youths.
If interested in helping this pro-
gram, contact Leonard Russell,
206 325-1310, leonardr@moun-
taineers.org, or Sunny Reming-
ton, 206-354-8518, sunny9@

mountaineers sell. It allows youths of ages 14-18

to interact in outdoor activities
u.washington.edu.

members Resource reconnaissance welcome!

This spring the Okanogan- incursions by ATVs, dirt bikes and

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