Show r r 0 H ' C2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday April seelks ©m 1 u®Bn) The route would roughly follow the ed John Muir Trail named for another Sierra tiailblazer — covering remote and spec- tacular terrain from Yosemite to the 1449S-fotop of To take a spill alone Whitney would spell doom Even today standing atop the passes and peaks Bartholomew scaled gives the sensation of an endless labyrinth of soaring mountains and plummeting' ' canyons To meander up the spine of the range on skis with a 70- pound backpack was consid- ered by many to he foolhardy Even Bartholomew had sec- ond thoughts contemplating in his journal (hat he might “break my fool neck” In persevering and making first winter ascents on Mount Langley and Mount Tyndall adventure remains n today as nearly as was when he finished Now Bartholomew's son a group of avid skiers and some history buffs are working to resurrect the memory of his trek by naming a peak for him in the mountains that were his home until he died in 1957 ol : “There’s so many other people who were never in the Sierra others who did next to nothing to get their names on a peak" said Gene Rose of “High Odyssey" a chronicling the improba- bk trek “It's really almost tragic that history has almost ' bypassed this great Sierra both over 14000 feet he alone little-know- ' 6 2004 “Bart" as he was known recruited his friend and col- league Ed Steen for the trip and lined up $t 000 from an organization promoting travel in the Fresno prea The two men spent the summer of 1928 storing provisions throughout the high country using pack horses to haul 30- gallon garbage cans of food they hung from trees But their sponsor backed out and so did Steen Bartholomew decided to go it YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK Calif (AP) — Escap- mg avalanches enduring bliz- ards and surviving an entire winter skiing the rugged Sier- ra crest Orland Bartholomew made history 75 ydars ago— scoring the first winter aLscent of Mount Whitney the highest peak in the United Stales at the time The journey that ended April 3 1929 was an early feat of ski mountaineer- ing at a time when skiing was in its infancy in North Ameri- ca and climbing in the Sierra Nevada was a warm weather ' pursuit But hardly anyone noticed No record was kept at the park of his arrival and his 300-mil- e 1 ' - ' AP photo Phil Bartholomew holds a photo of his father Orland Bartholomew on the Summit of Mt Langley laste month at his home In Oakhurst Calif On an April day 75 years ago Orland Bartholomew skiied into the Yosemite Valley from the high Sierra emerging from a 300-mil- e ski trek as anonymously as he began it single-handed- ly did-auth- or Forest where Bartholomew worked as a ranger is unnamed Efforts are under- way to get Bartholomew's name on the summit US Rep Geoige Radanovich wrote get-ho- ok " ' ' : - icon" opened the Sierra Nevada — Spanish for "snowy moun- tains” — to winter recreation Bill Tweed chief naturalist for Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks views Bartholomew as a forefather of those who embrace nature's challenges - “In a way he's the direct precursor to modem day extreme mountain sports” Tweed said On Christmas Day 1928 Bartholomew who would tuni30 that winter got a lift up the road leading from Lone Fine to Cottonwood Pass op the Sierra’s steep east side He hiked until the snow goi deep around 8000 feet and strapped on his new custom-i- t built hickory skis and pushed off with poles fashioned from rake handles “That gives you an idea of what this guy faced” said Baggett chairman of the' State Water Resources Control Board “It was an amazing' amazing feat he pulled off” While the expedition renewed their respect for a ' man who took on the mountains it n't ichieve their goal of ting a peak named for him An 11099-fomountain near the Minarets a section of soaring spires in the Ansel Adams Wilderness of Sierra National ot - the US Board on Geographic Names in support of a Mount Bartholomew after recording a tribute to the skier and his lat- - ' followers in the con- -' ter-da- y gressional record five years ago lif ' ' ' Philip Bartholomew a retired fishery biologist filed the necessary forms with the federal government last week to give his father a quiet modest man the exposure he deserves" Conservation groups want wilderness settlement tossed WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after the Interior Department made sweeping changes to its management of millions of acres of proposed wilderness to resolve a lawsuit with Utah conservation groups are press- ' ing to have the deal tossed out of what led up to the settle- ment remains cloaked in secrecy Under the agreement the Interior Department stated that it lacked the lcgal authority to designate new wilderness areas beyond 228 million Rock Continued from acres identified in inventories prior to 1991 In doing so the department with- drew protections on nearly 3 million acres in Utah that had been deemed to have wilderness potential jn 1999 Environmental groups have said the settlement also leaves millions additional pristine acres across the West vulnerable to oil and gas devel- d vehicle use opment and The Utah settlement came after extensive closed-doo- r negotiations drop many climbers don't put their equipment away aiid wait for the spring sun to cast its warm glow hack on the cliffs They simply strap crampons on their climbing boots grab ice axes and scale the polished ice Lacking natural ice conditions in Logan Canyon area cl imbcrs-slrunhoses from a canal near the mouth of the canyon to spill water out But' the hoses have been removed and climbers must now travel to Provo which boasts some of the finest ice climbing in Utah Many climbers feel ice climbing is not as technically ' challenging as climbing a rock face but it can be craggy more hazardous- While sport climbers usually rely on safety ng Getting to the top of a rock precipice has more meaning to Nydick than just simply over- coming a challenge She gets (o see and experience places that otherwise would only he a beautiful horizon “Standing on top of a tower ' and looking out over what's in front of you I realjy enjoy” is also she can't You very therapeutic is going else what about worry on in your life You can just get away for a while” In a society traditionally dominated by men women haveemeiged in positions of responsibility and acceptance and the climbing community is no different Overcoming fear doubt and the challenge climbing offers is something female climbers take with " them into their work and life Nydick says “I would encourage any woman to climb" she says “It has built a lot per-son- : - 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