Wisconsin Hoofer Mountaineers

Publication Year: 1967.

Wisconsin Hoofer Mountaineers. The past year was one of continued growth and expansion of the club’s activities. An unusually mild winter saw considerable activity at our local areas, particularly Devils Lake. One winter outing gained a possible first ascent of one of the spectacular sandstone pinnacles in the central part of the state. A large group journeyed east in the spring to climb in the Shawangunks. Although there was no major club outing in the summer, individual members were busy in the mountains. Highlights included an expedition to Denali (McKinley), successfully led by Tuck Forsythe, and the first ascents of numerous peaks in the Albert group of the Selkirks by an expedition which included Bob and Peggy West, Mike and Stephie Petrilak, John Freitag, and Tom Fiebig. Other roving Hoofers found their way to the Tetons, the Colorado Rockies, Yosemite Valley, Norway, the Alps, and Africa’s highest point, Mount Kilimanjaro. Returning climbers, in good trim after the active summer, and enthusiastic newcomers contributed to a full fall season of climbing at Devils Lake, several areas in Illinois and Minnesota, the ’Gunks, the Needles in South Dakota, and Devils Tower in Wyoming. Two girls were among the eight members who climbed Devils Tower in the fall. Three members were successful in climbing Mexico’s "big three” volcanoes during the Christmas holidays, while others rock-climbed and explored canyons in sunny Arizona.

Allan Rubin