| Show g5iiHiti itf nil ifa Alpeh Bock still thrives ClimbingClassmate v 4 Continue Activities by Stan Carambelas AVE YOU EVER wondered what happens to a group of high school kids who start a club of their own? Most of them are enthusiastic for a couple of years— then graduation comes and the club members go their separate ways Richard Reams left) Richard Reese Curtis Hawkins Gary Jones Bob Irvine and Mrs Gary Jones Bock a mountain climbing club which originated at Olympus High School However there are some clubs that keep their interest alive through the years improving and expanding them until they become not just high school playthings but worthwhile organizations Such a club is the Alpen Bock climbing club Six years ago HOME Magazine ran a feature on a group of Olympus High School students who had started their own climbing club They called it the Alpen Bock (which means mountain goat) 'and their primary purpose was to climb and have fun And they did! f are members of the Alpen Dr Funshlne by Bill Weber Lets Make A 'Mike' TODAY WE'LL MAKE A MICROPHONE— WE’LL NEED A CIGAR BOX A DRY CELL 2 CARBON RODS WIRE AND IN FACT they were the first to put on an exhibition of rapel-lin- g Getting yourself down to the ground by use of a rope) g in a incident at Olympus High The Alpen Bock might have gone on as just a bunch of teens climbing for fun cooking up zany things to do and eventually fading away except for an Incident that swayed their obhair-raisin- jectives In the fall of 1959 a boy was on Mt Olympus The sherneeded help iffs jeep and three Alpen Bock members volunteered their services REMOVE THE CARBON RODS FROM THE CENTERS OF TWO FLASHLIGHT CELLS SAW ONE IN HALF DRILL A SMALL HOLE IN ONE END OF EACH PIECE SHARPEN BOTH ENDS OF THE OTHER ROD TO FINE POINTS WITH SANDPAPER lost patrol CUT 2 LONG PIECES OF COPPER WIRE (extension cord or bell wire) INSULATED FASTEN WIRE TO EACH SMALL ROD CONNECT ONE END TO A POLE OF A DRY CELL: CUT THE -O- THER WIRE 12” FROM THE BOX AND CONNECT ONE END OF WIRE TO JTCOTHER CURTIS HAWKINS Steve Utley and Dick Wistline climbed rocks in pitch darkness and assisted the jeep posse by working the ropes to help rescue the boy and bring him down in a stretcher to safety Their services were so appreciated that the jeep patrol made 'the club its mountain rescue division From then on the Alpen Bock had another objective— search and rescue— and the club’s stature started to climb Its members went on more rescues improving their skills and techniques with rescue equipment They even traveled to West with the jeep patrol to for survivors in the Hebgen Dam earthquake Yel-losto- search aster TODAY the Alpen Bock has 24 members They vary in age and occupation and come from various areas in Salt Lake and Vicinity Some are married now Some aren’t But they still have the unity that it takes to make a good organization Members of the club haven’t limited themselves to pist the to do their Salt Lake climbing The Grand Tetons of Wyomimg the Sierras of California-even some of the pinnacles of Europe felt the footsteps of the club The club also is e a g e r to share experiences with other mountain climbing dubs Articles have been written bv Fred Wilson and Richard Reams and sent to climbing magazines for other clubs to read and in this way share the knowledge of a new route or first ascent on a new climb Now recognized by the American Alpine Club the Alpen Bock is setting even higher goals Yesterday a bunch of high school kids with a lot of energy —today a good solid climbing club with some fine achievements in mountain climbing nad public service Tomorrow? Maybe Everest Who knows? area It Brighter Boys THE TREND to brightness continues in boys’ wear for spring Many suitings are subtle mixtures of two colored yards Oxford Shirts striped in color are expected to be the rage The slick look’s been afoot with teen age boys for some time This look features shoes with thm soles and extreme toes like a cube or dagger Now say shoemakers the trend is filtering into stioe styles for grade school boys It’s expected to show up in time for the Easter parade POLE PHONE YOUR ORDER NOV FOR YOUR HOLIDAY PHONES CONNECT THE FREE ENDS OF WIRE TO LOUDSPEAKER OR AN OLD TELEPHONE RECEIVER OR MAGNETIC EARPHONE WRAP WITH TAPE SO NO BARE WIRES TOUCH TEST THE MICROPHONE WITH A CLOCK TURN THE ROD UNTIL THE SPEAKER xT'CKS" £KS3 LOUDEST i AM AM AM 6 4971 SPEAK INTO THE BOXTHE MAKE THE SOUNDWAVES VARY RODS VIBRATE AND THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRI CAL CURRENT IN THE WIRES THE VOICE COIL THE LOUDSPEAKER Of VIPHONE RECEIVER BRATES AT THE SAME RATE TO REPRODUCE THE SOUND WAVES FROM ALADALE FARMS Corn Fed and Grown on Our Own Form FEDERALLY INSPECTED AND GRADED 3666 SO STATE SALT LAKE CITY IN (Ad AA" LARGE EGGS Salt Lake City Nos ember 21 lpG3 TURKEY 17 dot AQ "AA" MED- - 410 ''AA" SMALL EGGS EGGS doz LIVE TURKEYS TOO 279 lb 4A dot OO AT 4 31 |
