Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section Sierra Club
Randy Bernard
Active in the DPS: 1970-2006
Active in SFV; HPS; DPS; SPS; BMTC

Randy was well-known in the DPS for he exploits to Picacho Peak in Imperial County where he pioneered a route that avoided the false summit traverse.



Is Randy Bernard describing a new belaying technique
for his Basic Mountaineering students? Or perhaps
chain-mail anti-grizzly attire? Photo taken in 1970

Photo by Dick Worsfold
Dick Worsfold Collection
Sierra Club-Angeles Chapter Archives

Randy Bernard and Joyce
Bernard on summit of Cajon
Mountain March 1970

Randy Bernard (left) John Gibba &
Wynne Benti near Weaver's Needle in 1988

From the Wynne Benti Collection


S I E R R A   C L U B   C H R O N O L O G Y   T H R U   2 0 0 6

1970 Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1970 DPS Emblem on Montgomery Peak
1970 Field Trip Coordinator - Mountaineering Training Committee
1971 Field Trips Coordinator - Mountaineering Training Committee
1973 Member - Leadership Training Commite
1973 Chairman - Mountaineering Training Commitee
1973 Member - Training and Rescue Administration Commitee
1974 Angeles Chapter Special Service Award
1974 Member - Leadership Training Committee
1974 Chairman - Mountaineering Training Committee
1974 Member - Training and Rescue Administrations Committee
1975 Lecturer - Mountaineering Training Committee
1976 Publicity Chairman - Mountaineering Training Committee
1977 Publicity Chairman - Mountaineering Training Committee
1979 Lecturer - Mountaineering Training Committee
1983 Transportation Chairman - Mountaineering Training Committee
1983 Member - San Antonio Ski Hut Management Committee
1984 Council Representative - Mountaineering Training Committee
1984 Transportation Chairman - Mountaineering Training Committee
1984 Member - San Antonio Ski Hut Management Committee
1985 Program Chair - Desert Peaks Section
1985 Member - San Antonio Ski Hut Management Committee
1986 Vice Chairman - Desert Peaks Section
1986 Member - Hut Management Committee
1986 Member - Mountaineering Training Committee
1987 Outings Chairman - Backroads Explorers Committee
1987 DPS List Completion on Grapevine Peak
1987 Chairman - Desert Peaks Section
1987 Member - Hut Management Committee
1987 Council Representative - Mountaineering Training Committee
1988 Outings Chairman - Backroads Explorers Committee
1988 Treasurer - Desert Peaks Section
1988 Peak Guides Editor - Desert Peaks Section
1988 Member - Hut Management Committee
1988 Council Representative - Mountaineering Training Committee
1989 Member - Hut Management Committee
1989 Council Representative - Mountaineering Training Committee
1990 Angeles Chapter Chester Versteeg Outing Award
1990 Member - San Antonio Ski Hut Management Committee
1991 Member - San Antonio Ski Hut Management Committee
1992 Member - San Antonio Ski Hut Management Committee

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