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Show Orem-Gcneva Times Wednesday. May 22. 199 1 Page 8 Utah Mt. Everest Team Stymied In Attempt on Mt. McKinley Lady Bruin softball moves on to state By Clyde E. Weeks Managing Editor Frustration and disappointment disappoint-ment met the efforts of a group of local mountain climbers who just returned from an attempt on Alaska's 20,320-foot Mount McKinley, Mc-Kinley, according to team leader Doug Hansen, who said a blizzard and an earthquake stalled climb at the 16,500-foot level. Planned as a training exercise for a 15-member Utah group, looking to climb Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, in the fall of 1992, the group flew onto Mount McKinley April 29 and returned to Utah on May 14. Participating in the Mount McKinley climb were Doug Hansen, Han-sen, owner of Hansen Mountaineering Moun-taineering Inc., and Howard Chuntz, attorney, of Orem, along with David Bjorkman, Dennis Chapman, Corey Child, Keith Hooker, Lee McCullough, Rocky Netz, Bill Rosquist, Ken Schute and Stanton Smith. THE WRONG TIMING "Our timing was terrible to climb Mount McKinley," said Doug Hansen, team leader. "Camping on the Kahiltna Glacier at 8,000 feet, we ex perienced a 6.6 earthquake on our second day," he said. I thought it was the glacier moving. We had a lot of avalanches and expected that we would be buried. Fortunately, For-tunately, we were in a relatively safe location at the time of the earthquake. One of the guys had a radio. That is how we learned that it was an earthquake and that the epicenter was only a couple of miles away." "We later learned that it was the biggest quake they have had for three decades," Hansen said. Following the earthquake, the team divided into two groups with one tackling the West Buttress But-tress and the other attempting the West Rib. Two half days of good weather enabled the climbers clim-bers to reach the 16,500-foot level, but extreme cold and a four-day four-day blizzard forced them to abandon aban-don their attempt to scale the mountain. SUB-ZERO WEATHER With ice freezing to their glasses glas-ses and frostbite posing a real threat to their bodies, the climbers made a conscious decision to leave the mountain and return home. Possibly, the group will organize one more training climb prior to the Fitness Center staff member demonstrates the hurdler stretch designed to stretch out the hamstring muscle and the back of the calf. Recreation Wellness programs begin The Orem Recreation Department Depart-ment and it's Wellness Division want you to stay healthy and get fit. The Wellness division offers several programs to citizens of all ages to help you get started in your own personal fitness program. pro-gram. The 95,000 square foot Orem Fitness Center houses the facilities to meet the needs of individuals in-dividuals and families alike. The Wellness Division offers body fat testing using the popular and accurate "Natant" system of hydrostatic weighing. This is done at a cost of only $5 and will determine your body's muscle to fat composition percentage. This procedure takes about 30 minutes and is done in the Orem Fitness Center swimming pool (schedule appointment in advance ad-vance for hydrostatic weight test). The electrical impedance method of body fat testing is also available, for those choosing not to use the pool, $15. The Wellness Division can also custom design a fitness program, pro-gram, which includes a resource analysis survey to hook you up with the resources you need in areas of personal interest. This service will set you up in a aerobic andor weight lifting program and test your strength and flexibility. The Wellness division has the resources to provide for you blood pressure, total cholesterol and pulmonary function func-tion tests (some at an additional cost). This basic program is offered of-fered at a cost of $10. For additional addi-tional information about these programs, or to schedule an appointment ap-pointment call Mike Johnson at 224-7158. HEALTH AND FITNESS SAFETY TIP Make sure that prior to participating par-ticipating in any physical activity you spend approximately 10 minutes stretching out and warming up, and 5 minutes when you are finished, to cool down. Many injuries associated with activity are a direct result of failure to stretch out. The hurdlers stretch, (shown in photo) is designed to stretch out the hamstring muscle and the back of the calf (gastrocnemius). By laying back, you can stretch out the front of the thigh or quadriceps muscle. These are two of several exercises that can easily be done to prevent serious injury. For information on other stretching exercises you can do and their illustrations, call Mike JohnsonRecreation Wellness Manager at 224-7158. The Spanish once believed bread on the window sill would avert a storm. To prevent leftover poultry stuffing from being too dry, add 1 12 eggs to 1 cup of milk before baking a second time. start of their planned assault on Mount Everest in 1992. Meanwhile, efforts are still underway to raise about $420,000 to finance the Mount Everest expedition. Team members mem-bers are hopeful that corporate sponsors can be enlisted and many other Utahns will rally to support this ambitious undertaking undertak-ing which has challenged mountain moun-tain climbers for hundreds of years. 100 CLIMBERS DIED The first American to scale the world's highest peak was Jim Whitaker. Some 200 climbers have reached the summit since that time, although more than 100 climbers have died in making the effort. For several years, Doug Hansen Han-sen has displayed the figure of a mountain climber swinging from a rope in front of his store at 757 North State Street Hansen Mountaineering. That figure seems to represent Hansen's lifetime desire to scale Mount Everest. When he does, it may attract more attention to Orem and the State of Utah than if Salt Lake City gets the bid for the Olympics! Vehicles Stolen Four vehicles were reported stolen sometime late Friday night or early Saturday in Orem and three were recovered soon after. A Honda CRX, stolen from the vicinity of 400 east and 900 North was found at Sharon Park, 300 E. 600 N., stripped of items valued at $500. A side window had been broken out. A second vehicle was found at 200 E. 300 N., with the engine still running and stripped of items valued at $1,000. A third was recovered at UVCC after an officer spotted it. Three juveniles got out and ran. They were caught and arrested. A fourth vehicle is missing. STEEL SAVINGS 160 lb. ODDS AND ENDS SALE some exception S irwi Trujc r IN STOCK r- , Mon.-Fri. 8-5 . Sat. 9-1 126 N. 1330 W. Orem ANGLE .FLAT BAR PIPE 'CHANNEL 'MISC. TUBE IIATlflAL TERMS: Cuh 'n Carry VISA IMC ScaltWtlghti Rrtumt 224-6783 By Candace Perry Regaining confidence after their loss to Pleasant Grove, Mountain Moun-tain View made a massive comeback come-back that literally devastated the their next two opposing teams. The Lady Bruins shaped up their plays to win an incredible victory vic-tory over cross-town rival Orem High, placing them in second place in the Region 4 play-offs. The second inning was once again the clincher, as in the game against Pleasant Grove. Only this time it was in the Bruin's favor. Due to many an Orem error, seven runs came into home plate in that inning alone. " The game slid downhill from there in sort of a snowball effect for Orem, leaving the Bruins confident con-fident of their victory. Two more runs came in during the fifth inning, in-ning, giving the Bruins a nine point lead over the devastated Tigers. Orem finally mustered two runs towards the end of the game, but not before Mountain View scored one more run in the seventh inning, giving the Bruins the final winning score of 10-2. This win progressed the Bruins on to the State-Playoffs. The Bruins hosted the Brighton Bengals for their first game. Confident Con-fident of their ability, but still humbled by past mistakes, Mountain Moun-tain View played another amazing amaz-ing game. The Bruins hit the Bengals hard, leaving Brighton to suffer with a loss due to the ten run rule, early in the fifth inning. The rule states that once a team scores ten runs more than the opposing team, the losing team automatically automat-ically forfeits the game so as not to prolong their agony. The Lady Bruins certainly antagonized the Bengals with a fantastic double play by Angie Roberts, Julie Wilde, and Jen Schlappi. That play alone left the Bengals starry-eyed while pitcher Jane Walker struck batter after batter out. It was three up, three down throughout the majority of the game with an occasional hit from a Bengal, but the Bruin's outstanding out-standing fielders "picked-up" on the grounders and fly-balls to "catch" an easy win of 12-2. This was the first step towards their anticipated state title. "We were a little down after the P.G. game, but as soon as that Mystery Team left and we came back to play, we showed them (Brighton) that we could play just as well as any other team in the state." commented catcher Steph Stevens. "Our attitude helped us a lot. We weren't with it mentally playing play-ing P.G., but once we got our attitude at-titude behind us, our skills just came to the rescue." smiled Teresa Cardall. . Mountain View's next State Play-off game commences today at Cottonwood at 2:00. Orem, Provo ponder illusive boundaries Where does Orem end and Provo begin? City council and city Host Families Needed Special Olympics Games Utah Special Olympics will be holding their 1991 Summer Games June 6th, 7th and 8th at Brigham Young University Track Stadium. Volunteer host families are needed to house approximately approximate-ly 800 athletes. If you live in the Utah County area and are able to provide housing for and athlete and furnish them with a couple of breakfast meals as well as transportation to and from the games site, we need your help. Utah Special Olympics is an internationally recognized and fully sanctioned non-profit organization or-ganization that provide's year round sports training with Olympic-type competition for children and adults with mental retardation. retarda-tion. For more information on being a host family call 1-800-999-8089. staff members have been attempting at-tempting to reach an answer to the question since 1988. Planning commissions from both cities met on April 26, 1989 and made specific recommendation recommenda-tion on minor boundary adjustments adjust-ments and future boundaries for the area extending between University Parkway, and westerly wester-ly to Utah Lake. A detailed presentation at City Council meeting May 14 revealed an area where boundaries boun-daries appear to overlap with a few residents there receiving tax notices from both communities. In other areas there is a gap with portions of land appearing to belong to the county. One area that could be in Provo has a few residents that say they'd rather have Orem designated as their residence. Council members and staff members will tour all of the areas in question in the near future and develop additional recommendations recommenda-tions for those areas as well as a portion of property in north Orem toward Provo Canyon. w aaa mrrfaeft a III Voluntecr host families are urgently needed to open their homes to our carefully screened, English-speak ing high school students from over 20 countries. They arrive in mid-August, stay up to 10 months, are fully insured, and have their own spending money. Students eagerly await corresponding with you and your family, in preparation prepara-tion for the most rewarding experience of their (and your) lives! Choose your student now! 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