Desert Peaks Section Angeles Chapter Sierra Club

Graham Stephenson (d. 1976) Active in the DPS: 1957-1976 Active in SPS; DPS; Mountaineering Training Best known as a soft-spoken but friendly SPS leader who always claimed he wasn't working on any climbing lists Graham liked difficult itineraries. He did climbs such as one from Death Valley's Badwater to Telescope Peak to get in shape and then would lead SPS groups from the edge of the Owens Valley over the Sierra crest to remote summits such as Arrow Peak. He chaired the SPS Training Committee and early in 1960 became chair of the newly-formed Angeles Chapter Training Committee. Graham also had a deep interest in the desert and led many trips for the DPS. Graham's contributions to the Angeles Chapter ended much too early when he died in an October 1976 climbing accident on Dunagiri in the.Garwhal Himalaya of India.-Jerry Keating
Graham Stephenson--taken during an SPS trip that climbed Mt. Foerster 8/25/1973
	Portrait of Graham Stephenson at Barter Island at completion of 1963 Alaska Expedition (refer to Summit Magazine article by Louise Werner.)
L. to R. Gene Gail Barbara Hill and Graham Stephenson; members of Alaska Expedition of 1963 at completion of trip at Barter Island.
	Graham Stephenson on summit of Mount Trojan September 3 1956

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1957	Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1960	Member - Chapter Membership Committee
1960	Chairman - Mountaineering Training Committee
1960	Training Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1961	Chairman - Mountaineering Training Committee
1962	Vice Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1966	DPS Emblem
1966	Treasurer - Sierra Peaks Section
1976	DPS List Completion on Needle Peak
1976	Last year active in the Desert Peaks Section