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THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1972
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The story- of 0 * trek UP Mount
Hood really started several weeks
ago at a picnic at Airport Park
where the project was first dis
cussed. That’s where it should
have stopped—with discussion.
I’ll tell you now. that with the
seventy-mile-an-hour winds and a
wind chill index of 30 degrees be
low zero, we did not make it all
of the way to the top.
As mentioned several times in
this column before. I started my
“training” several weeks before
the climb. I really thought that
I had things going my way as far
as the training went. Just a day-
before the clim b I peaked my
training by going on a shopping
trip with my wife (She assured
me it was for item s we could not
buy in Vernonia.) I really thought
that if I could keep up with her
while running to the area of the
store where she wanted to be. and
then standing for several hours
while she decided what it was that
was such a great bargain, I was
sure to make it to the top. And
then there was the challenge of
following her directions After that
who needed a guide for Mountain
Hood (as my youngest son calls
it).
Nine of us left Vernonia Sunday-
night at approximately nine p.m.
full of vim and vigor The night
was cloudless and the stars were
shining bright. Only one thing was
missing. The moon! One of our
party had checked and the moon
that was to light our way was to
have risen at 10:30. It was now go
ing on 11:30 and still no moon. A
quick check of the packs revealed
two flashlights, both pocket size
But that was the least of ^ur trou
bles because the moon finally did
make a showing about 1 a.m
The real trouble started about
the tim e we reached Sandy. The
air was sandy, or better described
as rocky. The wind was blowing
so hard down the moutain that
small rocks were being blown from
the Hiffs and roadside lots. By the
tim e we got to Government Camp
the driver was having a hard tim e
steering the car. After a quick
counsultation at a restston we de
cided to go on up the mountain
and see what it was like. At this
time the temperature was still quite
warm.
When we got to the Timberline
Lodge everything was quiet and
dark. We were the only group
around. We spent considerable
tim e trying to locate a parking
place that was somewhat in a shel
tered area so that the wind would
not Wow the car off the top of
the mountain.
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July 7-8
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TOWN TOPICS
Funeral services for Mrs. Clau
dine Christman, 32, who was a
longtime resident of the Scappoose
area and who had worked in the
credit department at Montgomer-
Ward’s for over ten years, were
Tuesday, June 27 at the Fuiten
Mortuary Chapel, Beaverton at 11
a.m.
The Rev Gerald May. pastor
of the St. John’s Nazarene Church
conducted the services with Mrs.
Gloria Nybakken soloist. Conclud
ing services and interment were
ut the Fairview Cemetery at Scap
poose with Jim and Les McClau-
akey, Wayford Stallings. George
Meisner, Dave Marsh and Larry
Megert serving as pallbearers.
Mrs. Christman was a native of
Hayti, Missouri where she was
born May 21, 1940. the daughter
of Ollie and the late Claude Mc
Cluskey. She moved with her
family to Scappoose two years lat
er and attended both the grade
and high schools at Scappoose She
had spent most of her working
years with Wards and had lived
in the Scappoose and Portland
area She had just recently had
moved to the Gresham area. Mrs.
Christman was the driver of a car
that was involved in a one-car ac
cident in Columbia County June 18
that resulted in her death.
Surviving is her husband. Rich
ard Christman, to whom she was
united in marriage at Portland on
July 25, 1970; two children, Den-
nise and Kelly Reid, aU of the
family home; her mother, Mrs. Ol
lie McCluskey, Portland, her ma
ternal grandmother, Mrs. Girlie
Stallings. Scappoose; three bro
thers, Jim McClwkey, Longview;
Jack and Leslie McCluskey, Port
land, and two sisters, Mrs. Levi
(Darlene) Migneault and Linda
McCluskey, both of Portland.
Mrs. Loiphton Loo (f tU n d o ) Al
ford. daughter of Ruby Normand.
is in the Tuality Hospital at Hills
boro undergoing traction for a
ruptured disc.
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Clga
Johnson
and -daughter
Debbie of Portland wore visitors
in the Fredrick Johnson home this
past week. Olga is married to the
Johnson’s son. Sgt. Stanley John
son. who is potently serving in
Vietnam.
There was a large self-contain
ed camper sitting on the edge of
the parking lot overlooking about
a hundred-foot drop and I honestly
thought that it was going over
a couple of times. The wind was
so fierce it was rocking the van
like a ship in a wild sea.
But what the heck is a little
wind; the temperature was still
not too bad and the moon had
finally broken over the rim of the
hill and we all had more courage
than brains as we started out.
I didn’t even have to eat any
thing and “I thought I was goin’a
die.” After two hours of fighting
the wind and the, now. increasing
cold, we had made about a mile
walk. At the end of that m ilt we
found a control shack tor the ski
lift It was about five by five and
we had all nine of us huddled in
it. Two of the fellows had space
blankets and we all somehow got
laid down and covered up.
We had been told before we
started the climb that there would
be lots of people to keep us com
pany. So far we had not seen an
other living being.
One in the shack and out of the
wind and having consumed a sand
wich, one could appreciate the
view The moon glistened across
the snow and ice and looking to
the east we could see the light of
a distant forest fire and to the
west we could see the lights of
Portland The wind was so fierce
that it kept m e from taking any
pictures erf the lights I could not
stand steady enough to hold the
camera still.
With daylight cam e, more cour
age and more beautiful sites so
we started out again. Oh, if only I
could have gotten my hands on
that guy that said w e would be
sweating it out and not to wear more
than a shirt and a windbreaker.
To keep warm in this wind the
windbreaker would have had to be
in the form of a house.
At least we were not alone on
the mountain now; there were
other groups coming up the slopes.
But they looked different than we
did! They were all dressed in
parkas and real snow gear.
After about two and a half
more hours of climbing we were
over taken by some experienced
climbers that took one look at our
group and said if we wanted to go
down in a bag we should get on
our way down. I think that it was
the excuse that most of us were
looking for and we promptly head
ed down the slope. Going down
was much easier as the wind was
at your back and the only work
was keeping your feet planted so
you did not get going to fast.
All-in-all, the experience was a
good one and I enjoyed it greatly.
I would even he willing to try
it again in the near future and
hope for a better day weatherwise.
I thought that our efforts were
outstanding in the face of adverse
conditions. We’ll make it next time.
I trust that all of you had a
safe and happy Fourth of July.
On the way down the mountain we
picniced at Wildwood park. This
park is under the management of
the BLM What a fine park it is.
The cleanest and most well kept
that I have ever been in.
After laying in the sun to warm
our bones, we went for a swim
in the Salmon 'R iver that runs
through the park. JMft “body surf
ed” over the sm all rapids in the
stream Very dRWMile
We returned home at approxi
mately 7:30 Monday night and I
spent the nex> • < w e h 0 f t w s sleep
ing off the effceft- oC fhe two-day
“vacation???”
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SO CLOSE yet so far away is the peak on Mount
Hood. An unidentified climber was caught taking a
rest as part of the Vernonia group made their way
towards the top. Fierce winds s
turned the Vernonia crew back.
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WITH THE sun at his pack the |«hotograpber took
this picture of the rock strewen slopes descending
from Mount Hood. Members of the climbing party
from Vernonia included Jack Carlson. Carl Holsey.
JUST A FEW more steps Io the top. Those last few
steps were never taken by the Vernonia group as
they were forced back down the mountain by fierce
Scott Davies. Mike Johnson. Clint Holsey. Brad Gar
ner, Paul Weidman and Jack Seeley. F ra n Portland
Dennis Meyers accompanied the group. Meyers is a
former Vernonia resident.
____ ____ extreme cold. Many of the group vowed
to try the climb again, holding out for good weather.
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The State Highway Commission
has approved two separate con
tracts with Oregon Welcome, Inc.
totaling $37,200 for various tourism
promotional activities.
The new contracts replace two
which are scheduled to expire on
June 30. The contracts will extend
through the next fiscal year. Ore
gon Welcome, Inc., generally con
centrates its efforts on encourag
ing air tourism to Oregon and on
building greater cooperation with
travel agents throughout the coun
try
D is tin c tiv e
S T A T IO N E R Y
By
TIMBERLINE LODGE was the starting point for the grMp of climbers
from Vernonia that tried Io conquer ML Hood over the long Fourth of
Jnlv weekend. The group started their climb at 1 a.m. Monday
tag and returned 4o the Lodge at about 9 a.m. Monday.
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