American Alpine Club, Sierra Nevada Section

Publication Year: 1954.

A. A. C., Sierra Nevada Section. Under Chairman Will Siri, Vice-Chairman Allen Steck, and Secretary-Treasurer Richard Houston, the Sierra Nevada Section held four meetings during 1953. Included in the activities were programs by Maurice Herzog on Annapurna, Norman Dyhrenfurth on Everest, Dee Molenaar on K2, Fritz Lippmann on McKinley, and Willi Unsoeld on the Grand Teton. During the summer climbing months local members engaged in climbing on Mt. McKinley, Mt. Robson, and on many peaks in the Sierra Nevada, the Yosemite Valley, the Tetons, and Canada. Two members also served as guides in the Grand Teton National Park. Several members were engaged in preparations for the attempt on Makalu in 1954 with the California Himalayan Expedition. Membership in the Section now stands at 64, with an average attendance at meetings of about 25.

Richard C. Houston