MAZAMA VIRTUAL SERIES: LEARN, GATHER, EXPERIENCE
HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY JACK GRAUER!
Join us on Zoom or Facebook Live to participate in our online virtual series. We are adding new presentations regularly—go to mazamas.org/virtualmazamas to get all the details. If you have an idea for a presentation, fill out our presenter form on that same page.
HIKING THE DESERT TRAIL THROUGH DEATH VALLEY PRESENTER: ALAN “SKIP” SMITH THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 | 7–8 P.M. | ZOOM The Desert Trail in Death Valley National Park is composed of 8 segments lasting from one to three days. The corridor goes over, through, and by three mountain ranges, one summit, eight canyons, three old mines, a bar, a restaurant, several showers, two sand dunes, seven valleys, two craters, four rock art panels, a race track, rocks that mysteriously move, a grass which has no relatives, the largest spider west of Richmond, Va., and one cute fish. Join Mazama member Alan "Skip" Smith for a tour of the trek, and how to pull it off.
LESSONS LEARNED & ACHIEVEMENTS UNLOCKED IN A PANDEMIC SUMMER PRESENTER: HANNAH & JOE SNYDER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 | 7–8 P.M. | ZOOM Join Hannah and Joe Snyder for a discussion on safely navigating COVID precautions while hiking and backpacking. Tune in, sit back, and let them take you along on some of their favorite adventures this summer! 6 MAZAMAS
We’d like to wish Mazama Member John “Jack” Grauer a happy and healthy 100th birthday! Jack has been an integral member of our community since he joined the Mazamas in 1947 at the age of 27. He led his first Mazama climb on Mt. Constance in the Olympics in 1954, and in 1956 was elected to both the Climbing Committee and the Executive Council (something that can not happen now). Between 1954 and 1994, when he stopped climbing, Jack led 115 successful summit climbs! In addition to serving five terms on the Executive Council Jack Grauer is also the unofficial Mazama historian and author of Mt. Hood: A Complete History.
