Show I The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday September 19 1997— Page 13 Quest for Utah peaks takes pair plenty of weeks Herald Journal writer Mike Weibcl and photographer complete their summer goal of climbing the highest peak in each of Utah’s 29 counties this weekend when they scale American Fork Twin Peeks above Snowbird ski resort in Sah Lake County So far this summer they have climbed 23 mountains together While Utah has 29 counties the pair only has 26 mountains to climb because some of the counties share high peaks with a neighboring county Utah leads the nation with the tallest mountains when measured by county high points Weibel's and Miller's lowest mountain was an unnamed peak in Rich County (9233 feet) and their tallest was the state's highest Kings Peak (13328 feet) in Duchesne County in the Uinta Mountains Details of each hike including the location of trail-heamaps of the trails and difficulties encountered along the routes will be chronicled in a hiking guidebook compiled by the pair and published by University of Utah Press sometime next yew They will repeat climbing Cache County's highest peak Naomi in the Mount Naomi Wilderness Area on Sunday Sept 28 The repealed climb will enable the mountaineers to summer say they climbed all 26 peaks in one hiking season They climbed Naomi together last fall to provide sample writing and photographs for University of Utah Press The two climbers met a few years ago while working at The Herald JouniaL Weibel still works there while Miller now works as a freelance photographer based in Ogden Miller's wife Diane Bush also a professional photographer accompanies the pair on some of their mountain excursions Weibel said he and Miller wanted to help raise Getting high in Utah one peak at a time Mhough Colorado boosts tho most peaks ovor 14000 foot atava-tto- n Utah hM its rtiaioot high ptacos Utah's high spots indudK Gilbert Peak Summit County 13442 feet Mount Peak San Juan County 12721 feet Mount Wats Grand County 12331 feet Eccentric Peak Daggett and Uintah counties 12276 ds awareness for adult literacy programs noting that leaning to read as an adult is a difficult mountain to climb'' He encourages businesses to make donations to Bridgeriand Literacy 733-30of mountains they climbed based on the number 64 feet Photo courtesy of Dsn Diane Bush of Ogden Ml tries to maintain her balance as she makes her way down Thurston Peak in Davis County oatlior this year Writer Mika Woiboi follows behind snow-cov-are- Millar d Delano Peak Beaver and Piute counties 12169 feet Ibapah Peak Juab County 12087 feet Mount Nebo (north peak) Utah County 11928 feet Fish Lake Hightop Sevier County 11633 feet Mount Ellen Garfield County 11522 feet Bluebell Knoll Wayne County 11328 feet Brian Head Peak lion County 11307 feet South Tent Mountain Sanpete County 11285 feet Deseret Peak Tboefe County 11031 feet Unnamed Peak Wasatch County 10743 feet East Mountain Emery County 10743 feet Monument Peak Carbon County 10452 feet Signal Peak Washington County 10365 feet Mine Camp Peak Millard County 10222 feet Unnamed Peak Kane County 10027 feet Naomi Peak Cache County 9979 feet Bull Mountain Box Elder County 9920 feet Willard Peak Weber County 9764 feet Thurston Peak Davis and Morgan counties 9706 feet Minimal wages for sure but oh what a summer job boat There's the sweet icy By David Little Redding Record Snarchiight COFFEE CREEK Calif (AP) — It's about the summer job in America worst-payin- g David and Sandy Pickens make $25 a day between the two of them wages you'd expect to see on a cotton farm in the San Joaquin Valley They make 50 cents an hour when you come right down to it spring water that trickles by the front door There’s happy hour There are the deer rathe chipmunks and the trout and the air that's so perfect you can’t see it There's the utter isolation — no telephones no reliable two-wa- y radio contact no i no television could drop off into the Pacific and they'd be the last to know Some see that as a curse But think about it They do it far the fringe bene-! But there are some fringe JtafrJte wqodrous house There's the outdoor show-- er There's the porch and the Sandy Pickens park their old Ford pickup next to North Fork Coffee Creek hoist packs of food onto their backs and hike the four miles to Hodges Cabin They stay in the woods for three months They are the caretakers and hosts at the most remarkable human-mad- e feature in a land of natural wonders the Trinity Alps They are volunteers with the US Forest Service who earn only a chintzy per diem but their care for the cabin has never been about money “I often feel like I should be nM 1 H Her comeback: "Great It's hard to be anything but when of Camp you're up here Well sure Rub it in But their summer home owned by the Forest Service is hardly something to envy David and Sandy will share it with anybody who comes along Their first year at the cabin 1989 46 people dropped in Last year 336 visited Some are day hikers Some are backpackers out for a weekend or a week Many IMi) IlMMil come they invariably greet Sandy with a “Hello How are you doing?” “This is an interesting social phenomenon” said Dale Harvey Verde Ariz an annual visitor to the cabin while sitting around the campfire during a visit in late July “I call this the social event of the Trinity Alps You walk four miles up a trail and have a very sociable couple greet you and fill you with lore" He shakes his head "It’s hard to describe to anybody who's never seen it" he said The David and Sandy philosophy: Love the cabin and love the land and they love'you ' -comThey faake people-fee- l fortable and welcome like they run a wilderness bed and CONSOLIDATE 10000 JllOmo 50000 "550mo his brother and other Cache Valley riders far the outing And for the record last Saturday's working ride wasn't an affair Also taking to the trail Signs Did we mention David Pickens ' is 73 years old? 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