Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section Sierra Club
Photo by Niles Werner
Louise & Niles Werner CollectionFred Johnson
Active 1941-present (64 years) Fred is possibly the only living member from the earliest DPS trip photograph. It was taken by Niles Werner on a trip co-led by Chester Versteeg and Niles to Waucoba Mountain.




Fred at age 14 on Waucoba Mt. July 1941.
This is cropped from the earliest known photo
of a Desert Peaks Section outing.

Fred Johnson Collection
Sierra Club-Angeles Chapter Archives Fred Johnson Collection
Sierra Club-Angeles Chapter Archives

Young Fred Johnson with a Sierra Club group on summit of Toro Peak July 5 1942



Fred Johnson Collection
Sierra Club-Angeles Chapter Archives

Fred with a Sierra Club group on
summit of Mt. Kaweah summer
of 1942 (Basecamp outing).


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1946 Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1946 DPS Emblem
1967 SPS Emblem
1987 DPS Emblem on Mount Inyo
1988 HPS Emblem on Big Pine Mountain
1994 HPS 200 Peaks Bar on Mill Peak

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