Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section Sierra Club
Alda Van Pappelendam
Active in the DPS: 1947-1965
Active in DPS; Camping (desert)
DPS Secretary (1950); DPS Mountaineering Committee (1953)



Inside the Sacred Cave. Alda van Pappelendam (left) and Freda Walbrecht examine prayer sticks left by Papago Indians long ago. Photo was taken in the Pinnacate Volcanic Field. No date but circa 1955.

Photo by Niles Werner
Louise & Niles Werner Collection
Photo from Elsie and Eric Kent Collection

This group shot from unspecified
location & date (but c. 1948) shows Bob
and Emily Bear on either side of Alda.

Alda Relaxing on summit of
Black Butte February 4 1950

Photo by Niles Werner
Louise & Niles Werner Collection
Sierra Club-Angeles Chapter Archives


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1947 Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1947 DPS Emblem
1948 Member - Newspaper and Publicity Committee
1949 Member - Newspaper and Publicity Committee
1950 Secretary - Desert Peaks Section
1953 Historian - Desert Peaks Section
1955 Member - Chapter Membership Committee
1963 Member - Friday Evening Meeting Committee
1964 Member - Friday Evening Meeting Committee
1965 Member - Friday Evening Meeting Committee
1965 Last year active in the Desert Peaks Section

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