760 East Mariposa Street, Altadena, California
To a Trailfinder of my era and before, this address brings back many memories.
Gene Geritz sketching
'48 or '49. From Unicorn Peak. Tuolumne Meadows below.
111 trout
'48 or '49. Caught in about 30 minutes in an unmapped lake near Tuolumne Meadows. As I recall, Em Sebenius caught over 30 of them. Boyd Biggar holding the line on the left. Francis Toor 4th person to the right of Boyd. John Van de Kamp behind the line on the far right. Any comments on the identification of persons in this or any other photo would be appreciated.
Jim Moule standing on Clouds Rest
'48 or '49. Yosemite Valley in the background. We hiked to Clouds Rest from our camp at Tenaya Lake.
George Bloom belaying
'48 or '49.
Abandoned Stamp Mill near Bodie, California
Steve Smith and Harry on the left.
Lemon Verbena Eucalyptus at the Sespe Creek Camp
Fire Circle at the Indian Creek Campground.
June 1949. My mother and grandmother seated. (This is now part of the James San Jacinto Mountain Reserve.)
Zion National Park
The second campsite on the 1950 Coconino trip. (The first was a brief stop at Lake Mead.)
Campfire by the Green River in Utah.
1950. L-R: Boyd Biggar ??, Jim Botz, Hubert Honani, unknown, John Boettiger?
Jim Botz at Paul Petzoldt's Climbing School in the Grand Tetons
1950.
John Graebner at Climbing School
Tetons. 1950.
John Graebner belaying
1950. Climbing School.
Looking east from Lake Solitude, Grand Teton National Park
1950. The Grand Teton is the peak farthest in the distance. We hiked in to Lake Solitude from Jenny Lake and then returned the same day.
The Teton Group
1950. The Grand Teton is the farthest peak.
On top of the Grand Teton
1950. In the row of 7 people in the back: John Van de Kamp is far left, Boyd Biggar next to him, Jim Botz in the middle, Glenn Exum far right, one of the Kamb brothers next to him. Francis Toor is in front of Jim Botz. John Graebner is the boy below and to the right of Francis Toor. Paul Petzholdt is far left. I am the boy closest to the camera. Roland Wilhelmy is next to me. Harry James took the photo. Click on this (or any other photo) to make it larger.
Our guides Paul Petzoldt and Glenn Exum.
1950. The two black Labradors followed us from Jenny Lake. They refused to return home , so we took them to the top. I carried one of them in a rucksack.
Little Grand Canyon
1950. Taken on our return from the Grand Tetons.
Lolomi Lodge
ca 1951 after Harry and Grace retired to live there. I took this when I was their weekend guest. This is now part of the James San Jacinto Mountain Reserve.
Jim Moule (me)
This photo was sent to me by Roger Samuelsen of the University of California. It was taken when I spoke at the ground-breaking ceremonies for the Trailfinders Lodge in June, 1976. (I shaved off my beard not long after that.)
James Reserve Fund Raisers
James Reserve Fund Raisers L to R: Gene Geritz, Steve Smith, Roger Samuelson, Marvin Blair, Jim Moule, Oscar Sebenius, Howard Stimmel, Mildred Mathias, Ben Earl, Bud Halley, Em Sebenius, Gus Sebenius.
