Desert Peaks Section Angeles Chapter Sierra Club

Walt Wheelock (1909-97) Active in the DPS: 1957-1997 Active in HPS; Local Hikes; Cabrillo; Camping; Rescue; DPS; Mule Pack; SFV; 83 outings as of 12/17/72 HPS Wheelock joined the club in the late 1930s but his career as a Glendale police detective put his outings leadership role on hold until the early 1950s. He led a wide variety of outings but his primary interest lay in the Hundred Peaks 'game' which he converted into a formal committee in 1954 and then into a full-fledged section in 1955 serving as its first Chair. Walt Wheelock in a Kelty Pack publicity photo taken in the 1950s.
	Former HPS Chair Walt Wheelock October 1965
Walt Wheelock offers a toast at the 1980 Chapter Awards Banquet
	Walt Wheelock & Andy Zdon (r) near Bodie circa 1992

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1955	Chairman - Hundred Peaks Section
1955	Schedule Committee - Hundred Peaks Section
1955	Associate Editor - Southern Sierran
1956	Member - Hundred Peaks Section
1957	Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1957	Chairman - Hundred Peaks Section
1958	Member - Hundred Peaks Section
1958	Associate Editor - Southern Sierran
1959	DPS Emblem
1959	Member - Hundred Peaks Section
1960	Vice Charirman - Chapter Executive Commmittee
1960	Chairman - Desert Peaks Section
1960	Member - Mountain Rescue Committee
1960	Artist/Associate Editor - Southern Sierran
1961	Member - Chapter Executive Committee
1961	Other Officer - Desert Peaks Section
1961	HPS 200 Peaks Bar
1961	Member - Mountain Rescue Committee
1961	Publications Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1961	Artist/Associate Editor - Southern Sierran
1962	Member - Chapter Executive Committee
1962	Vice Chairman - Desert Peaks Section
1963	Member - Chapter Executive Committee
1963	Member at Large - Hundred Peaks Section
1963	Member - Mountain Rescue Committee
1963	Chairman - Mule Pack Group
1964	Member at Large - Hundred Peaks Section
1964	Member - Mountain Rescue Committee
1964	Chairman - Mule Pack Group
1965	Member - Mule Pack Group
1966	Member - Mule Pack Group
1977	Hundred Peaks Section R. S. Fink Service Award
1986	Member - History Committee
1987	Member - Chapter History Committee
1988	Member - Chapter History Committee
1989	Member - Chapter History Committee
1990	Member - Chapter History Committee
1991	Member - Chapter History Committee
1992	Member - Chapter History Committee
1997	Last year active in the Desert Peaks Section