Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section Sierra Club
John Ripley
Active in the DPS: 1974-2005 Active in RCS; HPS; History Committee
Angeles Chapter Special Service Award (1983)
John was RCS Secretary in 1977 and Chair in 1981. He has served as the unofficial historian of the RCS since the mid-1970s. Jon serves a a member of the Angeles Chapter History Committee.
John Ripley as Co-leader on 1974
Heart Bar Peak Exploratory hike.
Photo by Bob Cates
From the Robert & Maureen Cates Collection John Ripley at Sturtevant Falls.
History Committee hike to site of Muir Lodge
in Big Santa Anita Canyon March 9 1986
From the Robert & Maureen Cates Collection


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1968 SPS Emblem
1973 HPS 200 Peaks Bar
1974 Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1977 Member - Chapter History Committee
1977 Secretary/Treasurer - Rock Climbing Section
1978 Member - Chapter History Committee
1978 History Commitee Chairman - Rock Climbing Section
1978 Newsletter Editor - Ski Mountaineers Section
1979 Member - Chapter History Committee
1979 History Commitee Chairman - Rock Climbing Section
1979 Newsletter Editor - Ski Mountaineers Section
1980 Chairman - Chapter Council
1980 Member - Chapter History Committee
1980 History Commitee Chairman - Rock Climbing Section
1980 Newsletter Editor - Ski Mountaineers Section
1981 Member - Chapter History Committee
1981 Member - Rock Climbing Section
1981 Newsletter Editor - Ski Mountaineers Section
1982 Member - Chapter History Committee
1982 Past Chairman - Rock Climbing Section
1983 Angeles Chapter Special Service Award
1983 Member - Chapter History Committee
1983 Past Chairman - Rock Climbing Section
1984 Member - Chapter History Committee
1984 Newsletter Editor - Rock Climbing Section
1985 Member - Chapter History Committee
1985 Newsletter Editor - Rock Climbing Section
1985 Newsletter Chairman - Ski Mountaineers Section
1986 Member - History Committee
1986 Member - Rock Climbing Section
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
2002 Member - Chapter History Committee
2003 Member - Chapter History Committee
2004 Member - Chapter History Committee
2005 Member - Chapter History Committee

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