Desert Peaks Section Angeles Chapter Sierra Club

Fred Bode (1899-1995) Active in the DPS: 1971-1989 Active in HPS DPS Local Hikes HPS Special Award-Inspiration (1970) Fred Bode was the oldest person to complete the Desert Peaks List. This accomplishment was the ultimate testimony of the slow but steady school of hiking. He often served as an assistant leader to Paul Lipsohn. Those of us who lingered at the tag end of the group with Fred were often entertained by his muttering "one more step" in his thick German accent as he one-stepped his way to the top of another peak. Fred Bode on Heald Peak April 27 1974
	Slide labeled "Old Timers Picnic." Slide mount stamped with processing date of November 1982. R.S. Sam Fink &Fred Bode (right). From the structure this looks like Vetter Mountain Lookout. (Identifications by Bob Cates.)
Fred Bode (left) and R.S. "Sam" Fink on Dick Akawie Memorial Climb of Buckhorn Peak October 1989. This was Fred Bode's last climb.
	Fred Bode with a sandwich and a can of beer c. 1974 location unknown.

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1970	Hundred Peaks Section Special Award - Inspiration
1971	Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1971	DPS Emblem on El Picacho del Diablo
1971	HPS List Completion
1973	DPS List Completion on South Guardian Angel
1975	SPS Emblem
1989	Last year active in the Desert Peaks Section