Chicago Mountaineering Club. Harry Lumby of our club, who is an accredited first-aid instructor, held classes in the early spring of 1955 for a small group of C.M.C. Mountaineers, teaching them the wonders of bruises, bandages, and broken bones. This type of knowledge is very valuable to mountaineers who might be in a wilderness area sans medical aid. The class completed the regular and standard courses.

The first aiders eagerly attended the Chicago Mountaineering Club western outing in the northern Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. Our safety record was perfect, we are happy to say. The club, with Hans Heuer as Outing Chairman, hiked into the Gannett-Dinwoody area from Burris, Wyoming, along toward the end of July. Forty-two people made the 15- mile trip into the area over Horse Ridge. About 10 members traveled in a week early, and set up bridges and marked the trail. A new trail has been blazed from the top of Horse Ridge, bypassing the Ink Wells and thereby eliminating several miles from the hike in.

The advance party had to clear the area for camping since Camp was established at the site of the former Floyd Wilson camp, which was left in a very undesirable state. Don Presgrove now does the packing in from Burris. The weather was beautiful at that time, and much climbing was accomplished, i.e., Gannett, Turret, Wilson, Sphinx, Bastion, Pinnacle Ridge, etc. A report was compiled and copies are available through the C.M.C.

With the greater influx of guests and new members this past year, it was deemed necessary to tighten regulations on rock climbing on local week-end outings. A special committee was formed to appoint official rope leaders and in this way strengthen the club’s safety standards.

B. Heuer