The Desert Peaks Section is in need of NEW Section and Outings Leaders. You newer members, look around you. Many outings leaders have been serving for 10 or even 20 years and more. They love to do it but their numbers are slowly getting fewer and fewer. I would like you newer DPS members, those of you who have enjoyed DPS hikes for a couple of seasons and who like the challenge of the list, the beauty of our desert and the camaraderie of good friends, I would like you to consider becoming an outings leader and help build and maintain the Section that gives you this enjoyment. Sign up for the Leadership Training Course at Griffith Park on Saturday April 13! Send a sase to Carol Breyde (address in Schedule) NOW for info and application. The next Training Session will be held in October. If you can't serve as a leader then volunteer to serve in one of the DPS Management Committee positions soon to become available. And at the very least, be one of the 20 or 30% of our 260 members who vote in this month's election. Help the DPS survive without its becoming a Geriatric Section. -- RON
| Mary McMannes 6955 Kester #305 Van Nuys, CA 91405 Mary, Last night I was reading through the Scoops du Jour section in the Dec/Jan 1991 issue of the DPS Sage. In it was an edited version of the writeup I supplied about a trip last November to Mt. Mera in Nepal. The edited article left out the names of the other DPS'ers (Richard Carey, Bill Stevens, Ken Olson and Fred Bright) who also climbed Mera as well as a sentence crediting Richard Carey for organization of this trip; omissions that greatly embarrassed me. The climb of Mera was a team effort and my participation in it was as a team player, nothing more. I decided to immediately get on the phone to each of them to apologize for the oversight and promise that I would write a letter to rectify the situation in the next issue of the Sage. The great deal of hard work and dedication required in achieving this high summit demands the mention of each participant by name. Attached for your review is a copy of the original article I submitted to the Sage. Please see that these four gentlemen (especially Richard Carey for his fine leadership in organizing this climb) get their just mention; they did a hell of a job and really deserve the recognition of their peers. Thanks in advance for your resolution of this matter. Regards,  Dave Jurasevich |