Desert Peaks Section Angeles Chapter Sierra Club

Rosie Balsam (Kent)
Active in the DPS: 1947-1967
Daughter of DPS member Eric Kent

Rosie on summit of Owens Peak May 8 1949

Rosie Kent & Roland Kent on top of
New York Butte or Montgomery Peak?

Lloyd and Rosie Balsam on Honeymoon cruise on Lake Mead (married June 9 1950

Rosie Balsam sitting on rock. Moonset setting behind Sierra crest in background.

Rosie Balsam glamour shot standing next to Bill Henderson's WWII surplus truck (Brunhilde) dated 1948

Margie Henderson (left) and Rosie Balsam (Rosie Kent at the time) after 10-day climbing trip in Sierra Nevada Aug. 1949 (George Creek trailhead?).

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1947	Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1952	Secretary - Desert Peaks Section
1952	Member - Education Committee
1953	Member - Chapter Membership Committee
1953	DPS Emblem on New York Butte
1953	Secretary - Ski Mountaineering Section
1954	Member - Chapter Membership Committee
1954	Member - Ski Mountaineering Section
1957	Historian - Desert Peaks Section
1958	Vice Chairman - Ski Mountaineering Section
1967	Last year active in the Desert Peaks Section