Desert Peaks Section Angeles Chapter Sierra Club

Sid Davis
Active in the DPS: 1964-2003
Sid "San Jac" Davis chaired the SPS in 1967 and earned his SPS emblem in the same year Sid who is now 87 earned his DPS emblem in 1964. Sid is best known for his 643 climbs of Mt. San Jacinto. He's done every route on the peak and has climbed it on every day of the year including February 29 in a leap year! Before retiring to his desert home Sid was a documentary film producer who started his career in the film industry as an extra and by playing bit parts. In 1941 he met John Wayne and soon became a stand-in for Wayne. Wayne later provided the funding that allowed Sid to launch "Sid Davis Productions." -Jerry Keating

Sid Davis in Zion National Park
Slide dated Oct-75

Sid Davis--taken during a DPS climb
of South Guardian Angel 10/11/1975

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

1964	Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1964	DPS Emblem on Navajo Mountain
1965	Program Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1966	Member - Mountaineering Training Committee
1967	Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1968	Chairman - Film Library Committee
1968	Member - Mountain Rescue Committee
1969	Member - Mountain Rescue Committee
1970	Member - Mountain Rescue Committee
1971	Member - Mountain Rescue Committee
1972	Member - Mountain Rescue Committee
1973	Member - Mountain Rescue Committee
1974	Member - Mountain Rescue Committee
1975	Member - Mountain Rescue Committee
1979	SPS Senior Emblem
1989	HPS 200 Peaks Bar on Lockwood Point
2003	Last year active in the Desert Peaks Section