Climb planning, Mt. Goddard, Bernard Hallet (UCLA junior), Lamarck Col, Darwin Canyon, Evolution Basin, Evolution Lake, Goddard Divide, Goddard summit, 40 miles round trip, 8000 ft vertical; led 10 person trip to Mt. Whitney, view from Lone Pine, CA, Whitney Portal parking, Mirror Lake camp, Jim Myers, Judy Swain, Cardiologist, Chair Stanford Medical Sch., Julie Swain, Cardiac surgeon, Michelle Millar, Inorganic Chemistry, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; led about 10 person trip to Onion Valley, Gilbert Lake camp, Kearsarge Pass, Mt. Gould, friend George Gutnikov, Craig Bradley, builder of NMR probes and supercon magnets, Sally and Prof. David A. Evans, Organic Chemistry, Harvard (Nat’l Academy), and Evans’ dog, view of University Peak; Norman Clyde Peak, Bernard Hallet (by now UCLA senior had climbed Matterhorn (Switz.), Mt. Blanc (Fra), Pico de Orizaba (Mex) and Aconcagua (Argentina)), Toby Wheeler, Ed Lane, Big Pine, CA, started Glacier Lodge site, bergshrund, bivouac, roped climb to summit; weeks later trip to Mt. Logan, Yukon, Canada, 1969 So. California Mt. Logan Expedition led by Ed Lane, Bernard Hallet, Toby Wheeler, Dick Beach, and another named Eric. I was not on this trip. They hiked up Slims River, Lake Kluane, up Kaskawulsh Glacier, reached Mt. McArthur, where Ed Lane fell to his death. Sierra peak named after Ed Lane (13,576 feet). We are looking for a photo of the black-bearded Ed Lane’s face. Today Wheeler lives Homer, AK, and still enjoys climbing. We have his very interesting diary of the Expedition and if we can get his permission would like to post it on this website. Prof. Bernard Hallet is Prof. of Geology at Univ. of Washington, Seattle [15 min].
Jim’s Stories
Baby-Sitting the BOMB
Sicily in Five Minutes
The Death of Bombay Beach: Harbinger of Global Collapse
Dudes Visit New Mexico
For a Future Time Capsule
The Chinese Monopoly on Rare Earth Metals
I, Wedding Wrecker (or What's the Matter with Jim?
Boundary Waters Canoe Guide
A Tribute to My Mentors
Let It Snow
Adventures with a Concealed Blackjack Computer
Skiing Aspen on $55 a Week
Mountaineering 101: Matterhorn Dreams
Tom and Rita of Stowe, Vermont
Golf Instruction: The Recovery Shot
The Secret of John F Kennedy's Special Magic
Mountaineering 101: California Sierra Club Training
Biological Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Pioneer
My Motorcycle Diaries
Mountaineering 101: Some Tougher Climbs
Improving Faculty-Student Relations at UC Riverside
Mountaineering 101: My Last Sierra Climbs
My 500 Days on Skis
Come Fly With Me
Grandma's Apple Tree
My Father, Carl H. Sudmeier
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