Bud Bingham (d. 2000)
Active in the DPS: 1957-1971
Active in SPS DPS Ski Mountaineers A founding member of the SPS and former chair Bud also served as DPS chair and on the Ski Mountaineers Central Committee. He led many trips for the DPS but is best remembered for his work with the SPS especially with climbs requiring technical skills. Beyond the Sierra his climbing activity included first ascents in the St. Elias Range climbs in the Pacific Northwest and an arduous traverse along the crown of the Inyo Mountains. In addition he was among the first persons to complete the Snow Creek-to-Idyllwild traverse in one day that being prior to the establishment of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. His wry sense of humor appeared in cartoons carried in the SPS and DPS newsletters and he was responsible for designing the SPS emblem which shows Mt. Williamson with a cloud and a pine bough. Bud later dismissed the emblem's design as a mistake saying it should have had an ice axe and a rope in it. That statement reflected his interest in advancing technical climbs and seeing to it that participants were properly prepared. Bud died of natural causes in May of 2000. -Jerry Keating

January 6-7 1968 DPS exploratory to the Sierra Juarez

Bud Bingham and Bep Bingham
barbequeing a steak at Dorothy
Lake Sierra Nevada. No date.