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IN THIS ISSUE...

• Introducing DON DEWEY and ROY PETERSON (written by Bil Brown)

• New Books in the Library as reviewed by John Boden

• A Recording of History (Our Thursday Night Safaris)

• "Thanks, FelIas. It's Been Great" by Chet Wilczek

0 An Update For Your Roster

AaVe-otnreir$k1 1) PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE ADVENTURERS CLUB, LOS ANGELES

706 WEST PICO BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017

Volume 24:1 January 1981 - Founded 1922

INTRODUCING TWO MORE NEW MEMBERS

DON DEWEY

ROY PETERSON

DON DEWEY No. 920 is a rugged outdoors-man. He bagged his first trophy antelope at 13 and for nine years obtained his yearly limit of deer and antelope. His Filson's Tackle and Sports Store at Mammoth Lakes has had national recognition for their flyfishing activities. He has surfed all of the hot spots on the California Coast, Oahu in Hawaii and attained water skiing speeds up to 72 miles per hour. Over 180 days a year Don is either on the ski slopes or fishing, hunting, water skiing, surfing or off the beaten trails.

Some activities are not easy for Don as when Ile was 6 years old he lost a lower leg. He is a volunteer instructor for amputees and is

ROY PETERSON No. 919 has spent twenty years of "off the beaten path" trips in the Canadian Yukon, California and Nevada moun tains. A glint comes in his eyes when he tells of his prospecting these areas and his extensive search around a 1926 gold placer find in the Yukon Territory. In 1959 he led a successful search in the Yukon for a JN4 aircraft that crashed in 1926. He returned to the site in 1960 and 1968.

Roy has staked a number of claims and for the last 15 years has operated a lead and silver mine. He hopes to continue his operation if the Bureau of Land Management will let bun.

His military service took him to New Guinea

('More on DON and ROY on page 18. Look for them there)

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THE ADVENTURERS' CLUB NEWS NEW BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY USPS (389-310)

as reviewed by JOHN BODEN Published monthly

Editor .........Bob Williams '4lenderDolguiti's Story" Reporters—Owen O'Callaghan, Smokey Storms

This is the story of an adventure that lasted John Boden and others

for twenty-three years. An American citizen SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. . . $1.00 per year working in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow was

Entered as secotd class postage at the picked up on the street by Soviet secret police post office at Los Angeles, California. and whisked to a city prisno.

CLUB MEETS AT At first he thought it would be a questioning ADVENTURERS' CLUB ROOM and quick release. He was mistaken. The

706 West Pico Boulevard embassy had no notice of his plight and he was Los Angeles, CA 90015 lost from sight. In a few weeks the questioning

Phone 749-3537 (Thursday nights only) and treatment got rough and ended months

1981 OFFICERS later by transfer to a Siberian gulag. Life in the gulag is disclosed in detail. It could be a warn-

President ......George Manchester ing to any traveler behind the iron curtain who

1st Vice President ......Dick Kyle perchance aroused the ever present suspicions

2nd Vice President . . . Owen O'Callaghan of the secret police that his portion could be

Secretary ........Roy Roberts the same dreadful fate.

Treasurer ........Charles Ross

BOARD OF DIRECTORS * * * * John F. Cameron William A. Hawkinson

Donald G. Orosz Peter C. Partitt "MAPS & MAN" by Norman J. W. Thrower William L. Carr "Smokey" C. Storms who is professor of geography at U.C.L.A. and

Dwayne L. Merry has lectured at the Club. It recounts interesting history of map making from ancient times, types of maps and charts and development of

No man was ever endowed with a markings and symbols to guide the traveler on judgment so correct and judicious land or sea. These features are illustrated. in regulating his life but that circum- stances, time and experience would teach him something new, and apprise him that of those things with which he thought himself the best acquainted Summer Summary

he knew nothing; and that those ideas When vacation cation is over, you'll often find, which in theory appeared the most As you give it a backward look, advantageous, were found, when a brought into practice, to be altogether You could have made out with half the clothes inapplicable. —TERENCE. And twice the money you took.

January 1981

A RECORDING THE WEEKLY CLUB MEETINGS

September 25, 1980

ON SAFARI AROUND 706

with OWEN O'CALLAG HAN

LADIES NIGHT

Two hundred fifty members and guests responded to eight beLls rung by V.P. COB HARMS. They stood silent at the Toast to absent and departed members. President DWAYNE MERRY gave a gracious and warm welcome to all. He called attention to the member-authored books in the Library, a dis-play arranged by Exhibits Chairman ALAN SIEBERT, a remarkable collection of published works of which the Club is justifiably proud - 38 authors, over fifty manuscripts.

In tribute to Editor GEORGE MANCHES-TER, Dr. OWEN O'CALLAGFIAN read an original piece entitled "In Celebration of A New Roster." (Printed elsewhere in the News.)

BILL BUCHANAN formally presented to Club Librarian JOHN BODEN a triple-auto-graphed - Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman - a copy of the book Double Eagle, the recounting of the celebrated balloon-flight over the Atlantic from Maine to Paris in August, 1978. Bill acquired the book, he reported, at the Albuquerque, New Mexico balloon-meet this year where he met the enterprizing author-balloonists. He also wit-nessed the unprecedented sight of 420 balloons aloft at the same time -a Christmas ornamented sky.

- KEN BROCK made report on the latest feats of Colonel DON TAYLOR who presently

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OF HISTORY ('Our 1 lw i izy Night Safaris)

(more to come) claims seven new world re-cords in his home-built, ISO-horsepowered, 20-foot wing span Thorp T-18 in his "hops" from Wisconsin to Australia.

At this juncture, President Dwayne announc-ed that the yacht Freedom won its fourth race, assuring the honor of representing the United States in the International Cup.

President Merry then turned over the rostrum to V.P. CHET WILCZEK who introduced the evening's speaker. Let it first be noted that a special kudos belongs to RAY FREDRICK-SON who, when DON CHEESMAN was un-avoidably detained, jumped into the breach and bartencled the large crowd.

PROGRAM

"Flights of the Gossamer A irciaft"

by Paul MacCready

One cannot judge the quality of a man by an individual act. It is in the cumulation of his deeds, seen in retrospect and evaluated in hindsight, that one sees his merit. Lucky the man whose wit and wisdom propells his life in a single straight-lined direction.

Paul MacCready is such a man. As a boy he spent his time modeling airplanes. At 16, he obtained a pilot's licence. At 21, he was National Soaring champion and a few years later the Soaring Champion of the worl' 'n the military (WW H), he was in the Naval Plight training program. He married a glider-loving wife.

He invented the MacCready speed ring, now

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used worldwide by glider pilots. He researched cloud seeding and founded the Meterology Company, world's largest corporation in that field. He developed armored aircraft to pene-trate hail storms. He invented air-drag reduc-tion devices which resulted in Air Environment, Inc., serving the nation's trucking industry.

MacCready earned his B.S. at Yale; his M.S. and Ph. D. at Cal. Tech.

He is responsible for the highest development of human-powered aircraft. Whatever "lucky accidents" scientists fall heir to MacCready will be ready for because Paul is constantly at the cutting edge of inventiveness.

When, in 1959, English Industralist Henry Kramer offered a £5,000 prize for pilot-power-ed flight, MacCready's chief concern was run-ning his corporations. It wasn't until 1976, he became involved. By this time the Kramer prize was increased to £50,000.

MacCready was on vacation; as the daily chores and cares dropped away, the idea of mat, powered flight kept creeping into his con-sciousness. He thought back to the time - in the '30's - when he built model aircraft. One plane in particular struck him. A tiny craft which operated at one revolution per second; for its onetwentieht-of-au-ounce body, it had a hugely disproportionate wing span - three feet. It struck him, as a principle, that the bigger one makes the wings, time less power is required to propel it.

Unimpeded by any knowledge of aircraft structural design and after a compare-contrast study of a different variety of hawks - flight speed, banking, wing loading coefficient - he set about the construction of his first Gossamer

Condor. It had a wing span of 88 feet; its stabilizer

was Out front of the center of gravity. It weighed next to nothing - its shadow was more

substantial than the craft Other designers

were building modified airplanes; their failures were costly and time consuming. The condor

could be healed with a wrapping of tape. CHET KYLE recommended bicyclist Brian

Allen as pilot. The first flight lasted two and one half minutes. From their crashes evolved the principle that if a part was broken, it was sufficiently light; if it withstood breaking, it was overstrengthened. Therefore too heavy. Weight was all, for every pound drew three-quarters percent of power.

The Kramer prescribed flight was over a Figure-8 course, plyons one half miles apart, altitude: over ten feet. On August 23, 1977 Brian Allen muscled the Condor over the course and took the prize. The Gossamer

Condor now hangs in the Smithsonisn Museum, along side the original Wright Brothers' plane and Lindberg's Spirit of St. Louis.

Kramer, thereafter, offered another prize - this time £100,000 for a man-powered flight over the English Channel.

Back to the drawing board: more polystryene foam, carbon filament material instead of the heavier aluminum, mylar wing covering (24 feet of wing weighs six and a half pounds), a new propeller (13 feet) which could pitch for take-off and landing. Time was running and so were the competitors. But the cost? MacCready persuaded Dupont to sponsor 80% of the project. It was costly since it involved overseas transport, the hiring of boats (100 of them), the building of two back-up crafts, paying 22 personnel, food and shelter for a long period in England. Dupont was persuaded that it would be shortsighted of them to participate in the prize money.

On its very first test flight the 65 pound, 94fL wing, newly christened Gossamer Alba-tross flew over the Harper Dry Lake course for

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one hour and nine minutes - "and I could have flown four more hours," Allen reported. The decision to go to England was instantaneous.

Once there, an enthusiastic Royal Air Force helped with loading and unloading crates, selection of site, shuffling of papers, communi-cations. Japanese camera crews, National Geographic (sec Nov., 1979 issue), and the world press followed them.

But they sat in a field outside of Folkestone for over thirty days. The wind would not subside; turbulence reduces efficiency drastically. Finally, in the dark hours of early morning. June 12, 1979, the wind drops to two knots. A false start: time, 4:00 a.m. On the runway a hole cracks the five-inch plastic wheel. Their darkest moment.

It is quickly replaced. At 5:15 a.m. they are given radio clearance.

The fragile craft lifts over the water, 75 revolu-tions a minute, 12 mph, headed Southeast to Cap Griz Nes, 22.5 miles to France. The airplane's "engine:" Brian Allen's two legs.

Every instrument on board - 2-way radio, altimeter, and drinking water (4 pints) were built to last two hours.

One hour out - bicycling constantly at 80 to 90 rpm to generate one-third horsepower - a foreboding of failure. Wind increase to four mph. Sweat-moisture fogging visibility. Turbu-lence zig-zagging the craft. And the cliffs of Dover yet in sight.

Half-hour later: Turbulence continues. Craft drops to within one foot of the wave crests. Radio out. Allen gives signal to abort. A burst Of energy. The craft climbs 15 feet. Surprize! Less turbulence, air smoother.

Two hours out (landing time). Out of water; dehydrated. Leg cramps. Air speed indicator out.

Two hours, seven minutes: France in sight. Four miles to go. Agony of exhaustion: Air speed 12 mph; surface speed, six. Altitude: six inches. Power in kit leg only - right is mass of pain. Pump. Pump. Raise the plane.

Two hours, 44 minutes: Cap Gris lighthouse. 400 yards to go. Allen draws on reserves he never knew existed. The Albatross yaws; correction - it controls well.

Two hours, 49 minutes: It is over. Glide in; touch down. Pandemonium. Jubilation. The first man-powered craft to cross the English Channel.

While the distance from Folkeshore to Cap Gris Nes is 22.5 miles the headwinds and course changes lengthened the course to 35 miles,

After the program, MacCready was asked to justify the flight. "One doesn't climb Mt. Everest to put a motel there. Man-powered flight is as ancient a dream as old as Flight is a challenge that man had to meet."

(Reported by Owen O'Callaghan)

October 2, 1980 ON SAFARI AROUND 706

with "SMO KEY" STORMS

At 8 bells President DWAYNE MERRY called for the momento of silence for those gone on before on the Great Adventure.

Visitors and guests were introduced.

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TRAVELLERS: THOMAS KENDALL (No. 898) sends us greetings from the "Lake Country" in the town of Kendal, England. Thomas reports that he is researching family history back to the ninth century and beyond. He says, "time members would enjoy the museum in Antwerp,

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Belgium at the old castles. The finest collection of ship models in the world."

From Espana comes word from BILL KIT-

CHEN (No. 882). Bill writes "Enjoying great weather here. Attended the pressing of the first "must" last night. Had a delightful dinner at the XIV century town house of Miguel Tortes whose family owns most of the wine producing acreage in this area - see you soon."

Deer stalker JERRY EVANS (No. 721) sends word from Surrey, England (Kingston-upon- Thames) . . . "1 have been fallow deer stalking at Petworth. Shot a nice buck and we are returning to the Savage Club - Lansdowne Club - Fitzmaar House, London tomorrow for con-versation with the London gunrnakcrs.

PERCY CHASE (No. 132) ( and there ain't many lower chapter numbers than that!) reports from the Mt. St. Helens volcano but the low overcast kept Percy on the ground (20 miles away) and therefore didn't get any pictures of

the crater. JOHN DAVIDSON, GERRY PRICE, JERRY

NILSSON and a guest of Gerry's just back from a goose hunt oil Hudson's Bay, Canada and will not only present the club with a goose dinner the evening of October 30, but Jerry will also present the program for the evening. John mentioned that the geese ran S378.95 per poniuL for time hunt ....so, enjoy!

The mention of geese brought on the thought of corn which ill turn brought on a joke from "COB" HARMS ....just a natural progression,

I guess ...... Our own editor running for congress ill the

18th District??? Cob Harms brought back a campaign poster from a telephone pole in Loimgview, Washington which asked for the election of Bob Williams to the 18th Congres-sional District .... Not our BoB WILLIAMS

he's too nice a guy to run for political office! honest too, so give up Bob, you'd never make it in politics.

Editor Bob states that the club rosters were to be mailed 3 October 1980, so if you have not received yours as you read this, contact the club for yours. Extra copies may also be purchased at the club meetings - pick them up in person.

In connection with our program regarding Howard Hughes, President Dwayne Merry called Adm. BILL ROBERTS to the podium to tell us of his first meeting with Hughes. It seems that Adm. Bill had transferred from the Engineering Dept. to flight status as a pilot and going to lunch one day at the Culver City plant, Hughes landed and the chauffer offered him a lift to his own car. Hughes got into the backseat with Adm. Bill, neither looked at or spoke to him when introduced . instead instructed another passenger to have his plane serviced, ignoring the introduction completely. After being ferried to his own car, he got out, started for his car stopped and came back, opened Bill's door and said, "Pleased to have met you!"

GERRY PRICE presented a book to the club library which Librarian JOHN BODEN will review in his "librarian's corner".

It was reported that GEORGE ROSS (No. 627) had been in the hospital but was now recuperating at his home.

WAYNE BARKER (No. 845) told how he met Howard Hughes while building the hanger for the "Spruce Goose". Hughes came down to the hanger under construction one night, climbed up on the roof and called Wayne to one side. He told Wayne never to let his son-in-law know that he was anything but time general superintendant of the job - . . . ignore anything that the newly graduated College engineer

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ordered and proceed as Hughes had instructed, but let the kid think that he was the boss and gain a little practical experience.

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ADVENTURER OF THE WEEK

BILL CARR (No. 855) asked if anyone had ever been in the middle of an air raid in the Peron revolution in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1955. Receiving no affirmative response, Bill figured that at last he had found something that some other Adventurer had not done. It seems that if you mention anything or anyplace or a happening at the Adventurers Club, some-one else had already been there or already done it. Bill was in a hotel in downtown Buenos

Aires when they heard machine-gun fire. Step-ping outside for a look, here came the Navy Air Corps - SNJ's if you are ex-USN, AT-6's if you were USA - advanced trainers but used as fighter-bombers by some of the smaller countries. They bombed and strafed the palace, leaving it a hollowed out shell. Unfortunately, they did not get Peron. Bill has been there many times since and the holes and scars are still there in the building. The army retaliated by sending in their tanks which proceeded to shoot up the naval building. Later a flight of 4 "Canberra" jet fighters flew over and strafed the city. This was followed by 4 PBY's from which the "bombers" threw overboard by hand the bombs onto the city - women, children and other innocents be damned.

PROGRAM

"The Famous/Infamous Howard Hughes"

by ED LUND

In 1926 our speaker Ed Lund began a long

association with Howard Hughes, working as a technical assistant in Hughes' picture, "Hell's Angels". From there he became technical engineer in the modification of a DC-1 for Hughes attempt on the record for aerial circum-navigation. The DC-1 was later discarded in favor of a Sikorsky amphibian S-43. The latter crashed causing Hughes to settle on a Lockheed 14. Mr. Lund was not only chief engineer in the modification of these three planes but Howard chose him as his co-pilot on the record attempt. Ed later joined Charles Babb and eventually became president of the worldwide corporation.

Mr. Lund recalled how Peron had transferred several pilots from the Argentine Air Force to the Navy, changed their uniforms and identified them as the Naval Air Corp. He then sent them to the U.S. for training and Mr. Lund sold Peron the first 50 AT-6's (SNJ's) - followed with the sale of 16 PBY's and then proceeded to train them, pilots, crews - both flight and maintenance - in Montreal, these obviously being the same ones that Bill Carr saw bombing

the capitol. Mr. Lund rebuilt the planes that Howard

Hughes used in "Hell's Angels". Hughes was the complete director, going up one of the old "box kites" and showing the pilots exactly how he wanted the dogfight to occur. Mr. Lund showed us pictures of Hughes doing just that.

After shooting the film, sound his the movie

industry, so Hughes then recorded the sound and matched (mated, married??? - I must ask

Past Preside nt/DirectorfProducer JOHN MAHAN the proper term) the sound to the picture.

Ed Lund's first meeting with Howard Hughes was Hughes' search for a cure for the engines on his Sikorsky that would overheat. Lund's cure was merely installing oil coolers which

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answered the problem atid Lund became a favorite.

When Hughes decided to go for the speed record, they designed their own plane and used the first flush rivet approach for a smooth skin and reduced air drag. It was also the first

aircraft to have retractable lauding gear. They had designed the plane to do 350 mph.

but when they tested it, they were short of the mark - back to the drawing board and alter refining the surfaces they tested again and hit 352 mph. In the testing of this plane (Hughes insisted on doing his own test flying) and going for the world's speed record at Santa Ana, the engine conked out after the final pass over the course and lie made a belly landing in a beet field. This was the plane that Set both the world's speed record and the transcontinental

record. Following the showing of a film made up of

newsreel clips and personal movies of Hughes and his exploits, Mr. Lund answered many questions from the members that had held a rapt silence to that point, which told of the high interest held. The movie told of the personal and intimate Stories of this fascinating man. Thank you Ed Lund and Thank you V.P

CHET WILCZEK for bringing him and his story

to us. (Reported by "Smokey" Storms)

OCTOBER 9, 1980

First Session of the Annual Business Meeting

(No Program)

October 16, 1980

ON SAFARI AROUND 706

with OWEN O'CALLAGHAN

Eight bells, rung by newest member JIM FINDLEY, brought diners, members and guests to their seats. During the silent toast, one bell pealed as President DWAYNE MERRY ensad-dened the Club by the announcement of the sudden passing of DOUGLAS K. MORTON,

No. 907. Guests were introduced, among whom was

Romani Waghmare, obstetrician from Nairobi, Kenya, guest of CHET SIDELL.

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Ill: FRED DEMARA in the Good Samaritan Hospital in Anaheim, suffering acute diabetic problems. Fred, you will recall, is the "Great Imposter." It is worth checking the Roster for his intriguing accomplishments. Unanimously,

we wish you God-speed.

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Postcards: A flimsily covered, wet made-moiselle chasing across the sandy beaches of Nice and a variegated Torso study from Ger-many told us in two cards that ROY ROUSH was distracted in his European tour. Unabashed,

Roy sat in the audience. DEE JAY NELSON, the Bedouin, is back in

Egypt the filth time in two years, this time studying the sun line of the autumnal equinox at the Great Pyramid.

A note scratched on the back of some runway specifications of Fua Amotu Airport, claiming yet another world record —Sydney to Auckland in 8 hours, 10 minutes_ told its that DON TAYLOR is now in Tongs, then to Pago Pago and homeward bound. Perhaps, he will

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THANKS "FELLAS" - It's Been Great!

In most social organizations it seems that 5010 of the members do 95% of the work and that is an acceptable division of responsibility because too many "drivers" tend to confuse "directions".

The Adventurers' Club is no exception to that practice, but there is an outstanding difference. Being made up of "doers" instead of "watchers" or "leaders" instead of "follow-ers" the Club enjoys the unique advantage of knowing th a almost any member can be called upon to function in any official capacity and the necessary work will be accomplished with dispatch and satisfaction.

It is probably that realization that prompts those who are chosen to serve to be continusou-ly aware that nothing less than their very best efforts can effect the desired results.

It is probably this characteristic uniqueness that has accounted for the uninterrupted, long, and energetically active existence of the Adven-turers' Club for so many years.

The amazement that is always expressed by strangers and even members of other similar organizations, when they learn of our weekly meetings and activities that have been success-fully continued for so many years, is an unsolicited compliment of no slight significance.

What this means then is that membership is truly an honor of which every member should be and is justly proud.

The other side of the coin, which calls for the humbleness seemingly realized by all mem-bers, is that as members we are hobnobbing with our peers, some of whose accomplishments Unquestionably far exceed our own and con-sequently we find ourselves in position to learn Much, in other fields, by association. It is Probably this one factor that accounts for so

many of the often heard, though privately expressed question, "Holy Smokes! How did I ever succeed in getting into this group??"

This is not to say that all members are in hearty agreement with any one established opinion of what "Adventure" is. Between those who insist on the "blood and guts" version and those who accept and respect the "brainy" ones who have achieved accepted status academically, there is a vast field of incongruity. But, it is that very incongruity that gives our organization its strength and, yes, its longevity as well. It also imbues us individ-ually with humble admiration for the accomp-lishments of our peers, to which we cannot lay claim.

We find it amusing at times when he who embraces the podium, for the moment, strays from his own field of knowledge or experience a little' too far, in an attempt to impress his listeners, and finds himself in a morass of uncertainty from which some member quickly helps to extricate him through gently offered corrections drawn from knowledge or experience.

Members quickly learn to "play it straight" when they realize they can, at times, even add to their knowledge in their own field by listening at Club instead of talking.

Thus, as these facts and observations have become realizations during the years since my acceptance as a member in 1971, 1 have come to appreciate, more than I might have earlier, the honors that I have experienced in "doing some of the pedaling while going for the ride."

Serving as First Vice President and program chairman of the Adventurers' Club for the 1980 year has been an extremely rewarding and gratifying experience. The help and advice from committee members, and the suggestions made

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AN UPDATE FOR YOUR ROSTER

The following new addresses were received after the Roster went to press. if you

desire you can cut these out and paste them in your copy of the Roster. Other new ad-dresses will be printed in The Adventurers' Club News from time to time as they come in to the Chz.ib office.

ARMSTRONG, MASON L. P. 0. Box 151 Clements, MD 20624 970-5901 Bus.

BUCHANAN, WILLIAM F. (714) 898-4366

CHASE, KEITH H. 918 Avenida Salvador San Clemente, CA 92672 (714) 283-3903 BUS.

COOLEY, STANLEY F. 21851 Newland Ave. Huntington By The Sea Huntington Beach, CA 92646

DEMARA, FRED W., D.D. Box 8620 Holiday Station Anaheim, CA 92802

000 LITTLE, JAMES H. 1015 Cass St. Monterey, CA 93940

EJISEN, CHRISTIAN L. (Buddy) Goldwyn Studio 1041 North Formosa Los Angeles, CA 90046 889-1318 Res. 467-7935 Bus.

EPSTEIN, MARVIN P.O. Box 160 Redondo Beach, CA 90277 374-6942 Res. 933-5561 Bus.

EVANS, GERALD B. P. 0. Box 806 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 (805) 543-4983 Res. (805) 543-0720

FAILLACE, Major GAETANO P. 0. Box 4263 North Hollywood, CA 91607 990-4394

HANCOCK, WILLIAM LEE P. 0. Box 358 Fillmore, CA 93015 (805) 524-3443 Bus.

HELFER, RALPH Gentle Jungle P.O. Box 1251 Colton, CA 92324 (805) 252-7188 Res. (714) 522-1808

HILTON, JOHN W. 3613 S. Garnsey St. Santa Ana, CA 92707

HOROWITZ, THOMAS LEE 11720 Graw Chino, CA 91710

MACDONALD, JAMES R., Ph.D. Harmony Heights Rapid City, SD

MICHAEL, GEORGE 221 Premier Avenue Waterkloof 0181 Pretoria, South Africa

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MILLER, JAMES G. P. o. Box 87 Bella Vista, CA 96008

MUELLER, ROBERT H. 1010 Laguna Road Pasadena, CA 91105 799-0634 Res. 793-2171

MURPHY, HOWARD F.,D.D.S. 640 E. Grand Carlsbad, CA 92008

NILSSON, JERRY D., M.D. P. 0. Box 8780 Anaheim, CA 92802 (714) 956-1615 Res. (714) 776-1411 Bus.

PARFIrr, PETER C. 617 Via Del Monte Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 375-9235 Res. 321-4260 Bus.

PERKINS, NEALE A. 1941 S. Walker Ave. Monrovia, CA 91016 356-1586 Res. 358-1861 Bus.

PETZAK, RODNEY R. Jackson Lodge P. 0. Box 808 Jackson, MT 59736

PHIFER, WILLIAM D. 2580 Wagon Train Lane Diamond Bar, CA 91765 333-6252 Res. 333-1744 Bus.

PIERRE, GEORGE P. 0. Box 3202 Torrance, CA 90510 371.4406 Bus.

RAMSDEN, CHARLES H., M.D. 2701 West Alameda Burbank, CA 91505

ROBINSON, JAMES M. 607.D San Jose Ave. Burbank, CA 91,501 848-9838

ROBSON, HOWARD P. 0. Box 340 Bixby, OK 74008 (918) 496-5356 Bus.

SCHREIDER, FRANKLIN 27429 N. Lake Wohiford Rd. do Armstrong Valley Center, CA 92082

SILVER, ROBERT H. 1. 259 S. Church Lane Los Angeles, CA 90049 472-2062 Res.

STANLEY, LEE K. Casa Dorado -17 Indian Wells, CA 92260

STORMS, Dr. LESTER C. Bus: 7912 Orangethorpe

Buena Park, CA 90621 Res: 16A Sherwood Riviera Apts.

1600 W. Broadway Anaheim, CA

(714) 521-4505 Res.

TALBERT, LEE M. 1285 Kenwood Santa Barbara, CA 93109

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In one Of the Virginia campaigns, U S (iaiit was resting in a farin-

holisc with sonic of his officers, heart-fly (miovilIg the good (lCtii 5[)Oit of ieIeangiiig aiiuisiiig storics. . .One ol the officers said, ''Now, I have a stoi s, to tell, Smue there are no la-clips ciecuitcl.'' Ccii Grant looked up and quietly remarked, No, but there arc g(delleliIclI here." '111c story was clever told. - A,,i.ee lhi.Aln.

THE NEWSLETTER

As a member of the Adventurers' Club, I am extremely proud of the Adventurers' Club

News. Any organization is judged almost entirely by its publications when interested persons have only written contact.

With that in mind, scrutinize the next few issues, or better yet dig out some old ones, and look over the general format and how it has been improved. THANKS BOB WILLIAMS!

Enjoy the cover pages. THANKS GEORGE MANCHESTER and OTHERS who have come forth with beautiful subjects!

Review and enjoy the superbly recounted reports of programs, sometimes almost verbatum, when they are deemed sufficiently worthy. Such detailed and faithful reporting requires hours and hours of writing, and, yes, research too, in order to avoid errors that would embarrass us (and that's the voice of experience). THANKS OWEN O'CALLAGHAN and SMOK-EY STORMS!

Revel vicariously in the adventures and travels of our talented author members! THANKS - AL ADAMS, GEORGE MANCHESTER, KEITH

YOUNG, and many others of your ilk. You give us much pleasureable food for thought and enhance our awareness of our Club's meaningful-'less.

So, through the work and contributions of many, the Adventurers' Club News has been

established as the 'heartbeat' of our organiza-tion by means of which distant members can be with us in spirit, and attending members can review enjoyable happenings and thereby enhance pleasant memories.

CHET WILCZEK No. 811

(THANKS, FELLAS... from page 9)

and sources supplied by many other members, made the difference between struggling for programs and scheduling them several months in advance.

THANKS "FELLAS". It's been great!!

CHET WILCZEK No. 811

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"I think he '.c waiting /br somebody

to ask him about his vacation."

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donate his plane to the Club; we could keep it

in a shoebox in the Library. Small planes. Don reports, give the authorities nothing but head-aches. We are unabated admirers of your feats, Don. TRAVELLERS: RICK BARRET, back from "a ghastly trip to Nigeria," joined us for dinner but had to leave before giving us a report.

HAL MEEKER who spent a few weeks in South Africa conveyed the best wishes of GEORGE MICHAEL from his outpost in Pre-toria. Mention Michael and one triggers many fond memories. We miss you, George. When will you give us a program?

NOTES: JOHN BOOTH called for volunteers to paste the newly-designed bookplates (see September cover) into the nearly one thousand books inour ever-growing library.

BOB SILVER requested information on some skulls originating in Sarawak, dyed and engraved, with tin or silver working around the eyes. Bob is hoping to trace tribal origins. John Booth suggested that these were an artistic form which might have come from Borneo. If you have any information, call Bob Silver.

Fisherman DON CHEESMAN spent nine days in the waters off San Quin tin, Baja, and came back with 82 yellowtail, 39 yellow-fin tuna, popped off a 130 lb. tuna on the line for an hour and a half, 13-1b. bonitas and snappers, groupers, and bass.

Pre-Program: A mirthful, frisky CARROLL CRAIG took the stage as Adventurer of the Week. He recalled gleefully the anxiety, hesita-tion and fear he experienced when first he was admitted to the Adventurers' Club - his timid,

taut, nervous first programs, the solemnity of the Admissions Committee, his green newness.

Then, in a hippity hop, skip and playful jump, Carroll took us around the world. Six months in Chile - climbing the Andes, crossing the Atacama desert alone. Thence to the Congo which at the time ('61) was in a state of rebel-lion - one rebel soldier asking nasty, hostile questions as he pressed a machine gun into Carroll's ribs. Thereafter a run-in with George Michael who told him the story of the British great lion hunter whose unflinching motto was "Shoot 'em between the eyes." The hunter's untimely death c me when he ran across a pair of one-eyed lions locked arm in arm.

Thence to war-clouded Shanghai and Singa-pore when Nazi and Russian war ships jammed each others radio transmission. On to the Indian Ocean and around the African horn where his freighter ran aground. Thence, to the bleak sand dunes of Aden. Rather than "passing through" the Suez Canal, while trying to retrieve a shilling he fell into it.

No ten minutes can contain the irrepressable Carroll. What's needed is a full-fledged pro-gram, one that would unquestionably expand and expound on the adventurous life of our ex-President.

PROGRAM

"Shroud of Turin"

Put together a knowledgeable team of scien-tific specialists from Cal. Tech, Oceanographic Services, Inc., Brooks Institute, the Los Alamos Labratories, USAF Weapons Lab., California's Jet Propulsion Lab. and Lockheed - and you have a group eminently capable of the most modern technological research.

Donald J. Lynn, Design Engineer for Doug-

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las, lecturer at Cal. Tech., Vice President of Space Energy Control System, Inc., currently working on photographic image resolution at NASA Jet Propulsion Lab. was one member of this unique team. At the suggestion of member STU BRUCE, Lynn was the evening's speaker.

The object of this team's research was neither space nor oceans nor energy systems but, rather, a 14-ft. 3-in, long, 3-ft. 7-in, wide strip of linen said to be the burial shroud of Christianity's Founder, Jesus Christ.

This team, three dozen in all, were given five days - 166 hours to be exact - to do its job. To it they brought 72 crates —six tons—of sophisticated instruments and electronic gear. They took 5,000 photographs —infrared, visible, ultraviolet light and x-rays— the entire spectrum of energy emitting wavelengths. Space-probe computcr.enhanced electronic scanners inter-preted the image on the cloth. The intensity of the image varies in proportion to the distance the part of the body was from the covering sheet. The team produced the first scientifically-based three dimneiitioiial photograph of time figure encased in the Shroud of Turin.

What the team came away with was the image of a crucifixion victim, long haired, mustached and bearded, arms triangulated from the shoulder to the pelvis line, legs unbroken, 5 ft. 10 inches, 170-175 lbs. - remarkably consistent with artistic replications of the Christus portrayed in Bysan tiumn, Constan ti-

miople, and in Europe throughout the Middle

Ages. In 1968 another crucifixion victim, a con-

temporary with Christ, was unearthed from an ossuary in Jerusalem. Spike still lodged in the heal bone, the victim's name was Jehohanan. Thus, comparison could be made to ascertain the ''normal" method of Roman execution.

Let it be said that as a historical matter Romans,

among other conquerors captured Jerusalem. Roman governors wisely respected local cus-toms and laws. So it was that Pilate was not

inclined to interfere with Jewish law or a Sanhedrin decision which called for the death penalty for someone claiming to be God.

Still, execution had to have Roman sanction. the law broken was Jewish; the punishment Roman. Tacitus, contemporary Roman histor-ian, was one of the non-Biblical writers to acknowledge the existence of Christ.

The Shroud of Turin Research Project (STRP) proved that the cloth was not painted. The image on the cloth lays on the surface of the linen threads. Paint pigments would diffuse and be absorbed or discolor the sides of the fibre.

In 1532 when the shroud was in the Cathed-ral at Chambery, there was a great fire. The silver container box partially melted and molten silver dropped on the folded cloth. Such heat would have altered paint pigment if the shroud was painted. It did not. Water thrown on the sheet to put out the fire would have caused paint or inks to run. That did not happen. The image maintained its surface integrity through the water marks and up to the burned holes.

To examine the image from head to toe: The right side of the face shows swelling,

the result of contusions. Puncture wounds on the crown of the

head are consistent with the thorn bush existant 2,000 years ago; indeed, still growing today. No neat "crown," the marks show the punc-turing thorns as being slapped on - an ad hoc improvisation by soldiers mocking a victim's claim of kingship.

The shoulders reveal abrasion ridges con-sistent with carrying the cross-member (horizon-tal) of the cruciform. The vertical shaft, made

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of heavy olive wood, was too unwieldy, too heavy to be carried. So pictures showing a full cross are historically incorrect. Nor do such representations square with known facts.

Scourge marks are readily identifiable. The Roman whip, the flagrum, had leather thongs tipped with bits of lead or bone. These marks appear across the back, buttocks, and legs of the victim - over 120 such marks, testifying to an unmerciful beating.

The wrists, aplomb at the pelvis line, showed the marks of the nails. Stigmata and other representations showing the nail driven through the palm of the hands are inaccurate. They could not sustain a man's weight. The Greek word for "hand," Xelp (cheir) includes wrist, even the forearm.

The spear-wound, right side between the fifth and sixth rib, oozed blood and water, both of which flowed around the body, pooling at the small of the back.

Blood from nail wounds saturate the cloth at the feet.

The remarkable research of the STRP team did much to discredit the theories that the shroud was painted or somehow showed a vaporized image or that body oils, sweat and spices combined to stain such an image on the cloth.

Nor will the team yet say the "blood" is blood. They only affirm the presence of hemneoglobin, a substance that will pass the test of hernatic protein.

As to the age of the shroud, a new technique by which material will not be destroyed (as it will in carbon dating) has been developed - an accelerator used as a mass spectrometer - will require only a tiny particle of the cloth. Eventually, date-testing will be allowed.

As to the Shroud of Turin being the actual

October 23, 1980

ON SAFARI AROUND 706

with OWEN O'CALLAGHAN

"Father and Son Night"

Eight bells. President DWAYNE MERRY recited the silent toast, then asked the crowded assembly to remain standing. From the back of the hail, fifteen Scouts of Troop 431 (Encino) marched to stage center and presented the colors. The Scouts, a hiking year-round B.S.A. unit, were later presented by Scoutmaster Peter Lane. President Merry thanked DAVE MOR-GAN at whose invitation the Scouts enjoyed both dinner and the evening's program.

Guests were introduced which included two dozen sons, step-sons, and young cousins. STAN COOLEY was ruled out of order when he presented PERCY CHASE as his son. In the absence of floor microphones, it was impossible to compile a list of the father-son sponsors-guests.

PRESENTATION: ROBERT BURLINGAME, called to the podium, was presented with his Certificate of Membership, a set of by-laws, and his new badge. Bob, number 933, is the newest Club member. Yet, as Officer and Board Member of the Chicago Adventurers' Club, he is an old hand at adventuring. He took the occasion to introduce his two Sons.

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burial cloth of Jesus Christ, it is doubted both by historians and scientists that such a claim will ever be proven beyond the shadow of a doubt.

(Reported by Owen O'O-" han)

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TRAVELERS: A report given by Mr. Robin Martin, guest of GENE BABBITT and co-worker with HERMAN JESSON, placed Her-man on Adainati Islands in the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean. It is here that there exists a tribe so primitive that i t has not yet discovered

how to make fire. Gene, Dwayne and JOHN BOOTH joined in a floor discussion, the most of which, unrecorded, is lost.

Herman, if true to his itinerary, should have been in Manila for a Travel Agents' Convention which would have placed huin in the hotel which was terrorist-bombed recently. Phone contacts were only able to ascertain that there were no casualties from Southern California. We look forward to Herman's next in-person

report. KEN BROCK reported AL ADAMS suffered

a slight uiiishap while on a temporary sojourn in Maui. Seems Al's host accidentally stepped on his pet dog; to avoid the fix. Al suddenly maiiuvcrcd and in the process wrenched his

convalescing back. Not serious but mighty

discomforting. Brock also announced that Col. DON TAY-

LOR is home. The Club eagerly awaits Don's

recounting of his record breaking, globe-girdling

flights. GERRY EVANS gave a charming account of

being invited to Sussex, England for the purpose of shooting a fallow deer (imported to England after Ceasar's invasion in 43 A.D.). The stagof the Species (Darma dama) is characterized by antlers rounded at the base but expanded at the tip into a flattened, palmate structure - one large brow tine, no bcz tine. The deer is hunted exclusively on private estates, the hunter having first to qualify by putting three shots in a three inch circle at 100 meters. Being the only American among the European guests, Gerry

squeezed his shots off carefully - and correctly, of course.

Stalking deer in the damp green forests of England is significantly different than the "walking on corn flakes" that is Fall hunting in the U.S. When Gerry spotted a prize deer, the Overseer informed him that it was an animal of "gold medal" quality. Since there were also silver, bronze, and trophy quality, Gerry inquired of the difference only to learn that the quality of the prize was irrevocably linked to the cost of the hunt. The deer Gerry spotted was valued at $4,000 U.S. Gerry is a modest man of realistic ambitions; in the ensuing search, he settled for a prize animal assessed a quarter of that amount. Nonetheless, Gerry was awarded a bloodied oak leaf for his remarkable clean kill - signal recognition for his through-the-heart marksmanship.

In London, Gerry stayed at the Savage Club (30 pounds per night per couple) and was grateful for the Club's exchange privileges. He also attended a Gun Show where, unexpectedly, and with a great deal of fanfare he was publically introduced as "that great American Gun writer."

To the dub, Gerry presented a copy of the

1981 Gun Digest where, happily, one of his

articles appears.

History colors our perception of geography. Mention Machu Picchu and one recalls that that sky-built city was erected out of fear. It is difficult to imagine that so savage an oppressor

PROGRAM

"The Inca Trail"

by Jim Cliritt,ils

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(the Spanish) could drive a people (the Inca) into the most inaccessable of mountain retreats in order that they might escape the cruelty of detection. The Inca followed the turbulent Urubamba River, cut a zig-zag trail up the precipitous Andes and built a hidden city forever enshrouded by clouds. The saga of Machu Picchu is a tale of bold determination, of a courageous will to survive, of man's valor in the face of bellicose men and hostile Nature.

The men are gone now; but, the geography - the majestic Andes, the treacherous river - remain. Today, men come for other reasons. Member JIM CLEMENT's quest was an utterly peaceful one - tracking of a defensless species of birds - birds so powerless they cannot fly. A gentle mission by a sensitive, knowledgable observer. Doctor Clements is scientist, zoologist, ornothologist - hiker, mountain climber, and adventurer.

His recent journey began, not at Machu, but 18 hours by bus from Cuzco, on the jungled Eastern slopes of the Andes in the tiny 2,000-ft. high town of Tingo Maria. It is a busy place, magnet for prospectors who would be-come rich on Peruvian gold. But it is also populated by a variety of species of sub-tropical, native birds who are as eagerly sought as the native ore. The parrot is worth from $700 to a few thousand dollars on the world market; it is relentlessly hunted by peons to whom $700 is equal to an otherwise yearly salary. Macaws are still more valuable.

The prinicpal Parque Nacional in the area, which Jim helped establish a few years ago, is unpatrolled and unguarded and it sometimes takes on the aspect of a shooting gallery. Export law enforcement is also lax. So destruc-tion of the native bird population goes on apace.

Jim's purpose was to visit Le Chusas (the Owl) Cave but there are no owls there, rather, a species of swallows. It is the home of the nocturnal "oil bird," a singular species which draws Jim's interest because it is monotypic.

The cave is overrun with spiders, thousands of tarantulas, and, of the same species, large bird-eating spiders who feed on nestlings. One has to wear a mask in the fetid, rank cave as protection against microscopic spores of fungi, scorpions, centipedes, millipedes encrust the cave floor - a sea of creatures all feeding on each other - and the floor undulates; one walks as if on the darkened deck of a rolling ship. "The most incredible eerie feeling I have ever experienced," Jim reports, "it makes you feel seasick."

Thence, to the brittle, crisp air of Cuzco, over 10,000 feet, once the central city of the Inca civilization. He meets his son, Dan, whose mountain climbing team was virtually swept off Mt. Huascaran and he helped an injured fellow-climber into a Cuzco hospital. Their plan: to ascend the Inca Trail.

Off the beaten track, their first campsite is hard by the Urubamba. Plans fall through for exchanging burros for llamas. They use human porters. Along the Trail, there is no ascent the first day. Hiking, easy and dry enough for sneakers. Every four or five miles they come across the remains of Inca structures, ruins whose structures include 12-foot boulders, mas-sive weights, so exactly carved that a knife- blade cannot penetrate between them. Twelve feet high, hauled 1200 feet from the river. Welded, Jim jokingly says, by Inca lazers. These ruins extend the length of the Trail from Cuzco to Machu Picchu.

The second day they gain altitude, a few thousand feet - after the gain and loss of

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10,000 feet over and down two passes. Each pass has its own vegetation. They spot the iiliquitous Andean sparrow and a variety of liuiiimiiig birds (so richly interwoven in the

tapestry of Inca and Mayan legends). Below them, terraced agriculture five centuries old

and still in use. Above them, a semi-circle of

over 20,000-loot peaks. Third day, "ichi" grass, the natural feed of

alpacas and llamas, 13,500 feet; temperatures drop 30-40 degrees. Frozen water jugs in the

morning. An all-but-flightless bird called the kinapu,

which you can walk up to and almost touch before lie scurries away in the grass, is seen.

They pass relay posts - Inca messengers rest-Stops. Spot the conebill, a bird indigenous to the cloud forest in this area. Aside from Equaclor, which has many trans-migration birds, Peru has more bird species (1 500) than any country in the world. The long, final 'ass lays ahead, 14,000 feet. Progress thus far: 15 miles

a day. Last Day. One of the world's unique bath-

tubs. Ma rble surfaced, this bath is carved out

of Lite moun ta i nside. What is unique is the

incredible view it offers of the massive Andes

range. The last Il flecim miles of the Trail are

Inca paved amid descend directly into fortress

Mi cli u Picchu.

At Elic concl usion of this Father-Son night

it was wholly appropriate that our ex-President,

with penuuuissk (and justifiable) pride, an-

nounced that his soil, Dami, Will lead a imiowitain-

climbing expedition in Tibet in 1983. Amid,

thus, the s tudemi (-Soil will surpass (lie father-

teacher in limoumltain climbing aCcOlilI)liSllIlleuits.

A proud nnnonflccmncmfl by a proud lat her. (Reported by Owen C) '( tIlahan)

October 25, 1980

ON SAFARI AROUND 706

with OWEN O'CALLAG HAN

THE NIGHT OF HIGH AD VENTURE

An event assumes its own importance by its happening. To the extent that Tue Night of

High Adventure receives approbation of a large number of the members and its program is of a quality consonant with the traditions of the

Club, the Night becomes significant. Such an evening happened October 25, 1980

at the Ambassador Hotel. In the ante-room of the grandiose Embassy Room, three hundred seventy-five members and guests gathered and mingled in all manlier of array - the women splendidly arrayed in dresses that bespoke taste, lure, and grace; the men in splendid business suits, tuxedos, military dress, and dinner jackets

(plus one Bedouin). (to page 19 ...

(More on ROY...)

and a number of other areas of the South

Pacific. He is active in Photographic and

Cinema Clubs and belongs to the Society of

Paper Money Collectors. If you waist a nice chat with an interesting

fellow, check with Roy .....

(More on DON ... )

considered one of the best of the known amputee skiers. He was involved in the concept

and inspiration of the film, "Just a Little In con veniclice" starring amputee James Stacy.

Also, he was a varsity Letterman and a Cali-fornia State finalist in gymnastics.

—lii Brown

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Eight bells. Dr. JOHN BOOTH, as Chaplain, offers the following invocation:

"Eternal Spirit underlying all life. We are grateful for this evening Dedicated to High Adventure And the opportunity to eat grub together

With kindred wanderers Over the face of this battered globe. Forgive this montly crew, 0 Spirit, When some stretTh the size of that fish

they have caught, The force of that storm they have faced, Or the hardship in cooking a can of beans. They mean well. Loquacity falls easily from the tips sipping

the golden grape; Minds growing older tend to forget quali-

fying details. To You, we would express our heartfelt

gratitude For the challenge laid before us - And the spirit seeded within us To try and meet them. Amen."

Exercising his prerogative as President, Dr. DWAYNE MERRY dedicated the evening to the memory of DOUGLAS MORTON, No. 907 whose sudden demise shocked the members of the Club. It was Doug's efforts and skill which was the driving force behind the successful organization of this Night of High Adventure. Doug's wife and family members were in attendance, a presence which paid honor to the Club and which attested to the esteem in which Doug was held by the Club. Doug's ebullient spirit left a large impress on the Club.

BOB SILVER, then, formally presented to Exhibits Chairman ALAN SIEBERT the gift of Honorary Member PETER DE PAOLO, the "Golden Man" of automobile racing. DePaolo

was the first man to exceed 100 mph at the Indianapolis Memorial Day classic which he had won twice. The gift was an oak-mounted chrome-plated monkey wrench Peter had used throughout his career. (V.P. COB HARMS made the esoteric point that George Monekey was the inventor of the wrench.)

A Program In Four Parts

In an elaborate, well merited introduction, first Vice President CHET WILCZEK yielded his duties to the special Master of Ceremonies for the Night. It was the first recognition given WILLARD BASCOM since he was awarded the coveted Explorer's Club Medal this year. It was a public recognition justly deserved. Willard, to be sure, handled the assignment with grace, humor, and dignity.

Part I

The confrontation of member STEVE ROSE was between man and terror. Again, it was a refocusing on a tale told before. It's grim and gripping details raised the hackles of his hearers.

Chased by a grizzly bear, Rose sought refuge in a tree. Without hesitation the bear ascended the tree, grabbed Steve's foot, yanked him, and both fell to the ground.

Clawed and knocked down, Rose "played dead" as the agitated grizzly circled his body. Spread-eagled, the bear sat on Steve's back and began nibbling on his right shoulder. Teeth tore flesh. Blood flowed.

The grizzly rose, nose high, tested the air, circled its prey again. Again the bear sat, this time cracking the right shoulder bone with its teeth and gnawed across both clavicles.

Thus went the visceral deatils of an encounter with Ursus horribiles in a remote part of Jasper National Park, Canada.

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'l'he re-showing of a film is no more a mere re-run than is a second reading of Dickens or a second viewing of Picasso. What was once durable, remains a strength today; what was

quality once loses none of its present power. Ex-President JOHN MAHON's "Concert at

the Grand" makes this point clear. His film is pure poetry as it showed us the greatest masters of music played in the grandest of concert halls

—the amphitheatres carved out by a creative nature. Mozart at the Grand Canyon!

Accomplished musicians who are skillful rapids-runners. Musicians who haul their luin-

hersoine instruments hundreds of feet above the river banks and, then, catch the pitch, the time, the rhythms which is the Colorado, the centuries old canyon-forming rush of waters. A magnificent, soaring film whose reshowing is the renewal of the adventure of the human spirit. A classic.

Pan Ill

BOB LILJESTRAND, President of the Ad-venturers' Club of Honolulu, whose guests flew in especially for this occasion, took us to the exotic Eden, those scenes "behind Hawaii." lie took us to the remote shores and forested

valleys of the island chain where even the most experienced Hawaiian visitor — indeed, genera-lions of home folks — never visit. Bob caught lie music and the mystique of Hawaii. Even

when a surf swell tumbles a small craft stern over bow, the shipwreck ends in Paradise.

And, once marooned, this is the one place in the world one prays for delay of rescue.

Part IV

English Channel - has been told before at the Club. In the re-telling and refining of the feats, one realizes how man, pushed to his outer limits, somehow finds the courage and endur-ance which makes him rise above his own

nature.

The nicety of Dr. Paul MacCready's presenta-tion is the balance between the creative scienti- fic response to a world energy crises and the

perfection of a "simple" man-powered machine which tests, not the world, but the individual.

A combination, on one level, of brains and, on

another level, brawn. An argument that man the spirit, and man the animal, can push his contradictory nature to accomplish one harmon-ious purpose. One small step for man is a giant

leap for mankind. If the Night of High Adventure demonstrated

anything, it showed that the word adventure encompasses all manner of men, circumstances and deeds. Adventure can no more be enframed than the human spirit can be encaged.

The Night of High Adventure was an event

which by its happening assumed its own impor-tance.

(Reported by Owen O'Callaghan)

..- The saga of the Gossamer Albatross — its

t;iking of time Kramer Prize, its flight across the SICilORi ShEEP

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