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All past issues of the Echo are available below, although some may be incomplete (i.e. some text or pages may be missing or illegible). Several are revised copies (marked with *) uploaded to the web site after a preliminary copy was initially available. Links to: 2016v60 - 2006v50 - 1996v40 - 1986v30 - 1976v20 - 1966v10 .....
* v64-1 was revised 1/17/20; v64-3 was revised 6/13/20; 65-1 was revised 2/17/21; v66-1 was revised 1/9/22.
^Correction: v62-3p7 bottom photo taken from Cirque, not Mallory.
Note: Due to changes in web site hosting, links inside older Echo issues may not work. For links listed on Echo 2014v58-2pg15, note peak name and click HERE.
| 2016 | v60- | 1 Jan-Mar | 2 Apr-Jun | 3 Jul-Sep | 4 Oct-Dec |
| 2015 | v59- | 1 Jan-Mar | 2 Apr-Jun***^ | 3 Jul-Sep^ | 4 Oct-Dec |
| 2014 | v58- | 1 Jan-Mar | 2 Apr-Jun | 3 Jul-Sep | 4 Oct-Dec |
| 2013 | v57- | 1 Jan-Mar | 2 Apr-Jun | 3 Jul-Sep | 4 Oct-Dec |
| 2012 | v56- | 1 Jan-Mar | 2 Apr-Jun | 3 Jul-Sep | 4 Oct-Dec |
| 2011 | v55- | 1 Jan-Mar | 2 Apr-Jun | 3 Jul-Sep | 4 Oct-Dec |
| 2010 | v54- | 1 Jan-Mar File 1 of 2 (p1-12) File 2 (p13-44) | 2 Apr-Jun | 3 Jul-Sep | 4 Oct-Dec |
| 2009 | v53- | 1 Jan-Mar File 1 of 2 (p1-9) File 2 (p10-32) | 2 Apr-Jun File 1 of 2 (p1-18) File 2 (p19-36) | 3 Jul-Sep File 1 of 2 (p1-17) File 2 (p18-36) | 4 Oct-Dec File 1 of 2 (p1-15) File 2 (p16-32) |
| 2008 | v52- | 1 Jan-Mar File 1: News p1-22 File 2: Reports *^ File 2: p23-41 File 3: Tribute 5 File 3: p1, 42-68 | 2 Apr-Jun File 1: News p1-19 File 2: Reports File 2: p20-28 File 3: Tribute 6 File 3: 1, 29-60 | 3 Jul-Sep | 4 Oct-Dec |
| 2007 | v51- | 1 & 2 Jan-Jun | 3 Jul-Sep (includes Tribute 3) | 4 Oct-Dec File 1: News**^ File 2: Reports File 3: Tribute 4 | at left 51-4 File1: p1-20 51-4 File2: p21-39 51-4 File3: p1, 40-60 |
*Errata: v52-1p36 is Brewer, not Clarance King; **v51-4p13 is Abbot, not Darwin; ***V59-2p4 mis-identified people in photo.
^See errata for v51-4p3 & 9 & v59-2 & 3. Some or all of the Tribute Series articles have been revised. Click HERE for revised articles.
Page Number Confusion: Between 2005v49-5 and 2010v54-1, electronic files on web site have split 9 Echo issues into 2 or 3 separate electronic files (due to excessive file size). Be aware that the electronic file page numbers for each file start at 1 and thus (for files 2 and 3) are different than the page number shown at the bottom of the pages. (Exception: For v52-1 file 3, page numbers indicated at bottom of pages {of electronic copy} have been changed to match the electronic file page numbers and thus are different than the page numbers shown on the bottom of the pages in the printed copies of the Echo.) Adding to the confusion, electronic files for file 3 of issues v51-4, v52-1, and v52-2 repeat Echo page 1 at the beginning of file 3, offsetting the page numbering by one.
* (below) 2006v50-3-Winter probably should have been marked 2006v50-3-Fall or 2007v51-1-Winter.
| 2006 | v50- | 1 J-M | 2-Summer | 3-Winter* | |||
| 2005 | v49- | 1 F-M | 2 A-M | 3 J-J | 4 A-S | 5 Oct (50th Anniv) File 1 of 2 (p1-34) File 2 (p35-76) | 6 N-D |
| 2004 | v48- | 1 F-M | 2 A-M | 3 J-J | 4 A-S | 5 O-N^ | 6 D-Jan05 |
| 2003 | v47- | 1 F-M | 2 A-M | 3 J-J | 4 A-S**^ | 5 O-N | 6 D-Jan04 |
| 2002 | v46- | 1 F-M | 2 A-M | 3 J-J | 4 A-O | 5 Nov | 6 D-Jan03 |
| 2001 | v45- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-S***^ | 5 O-N | 6 D-Jan02^^ |
| 2000 | v44- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O | 6 N-D |
| 1999 | v43- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O | 6 N-D |
| 1998 | v42- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O | 6 N-D^ |
| 1997 | v41- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O | 6 N-D^ |
* 2006v50-3-Winter probably should have been marked 2006v50-3-Fall or 2007v51-1-Winter. **2003v47-4: several photo captions incorrect.
***Correction: photo caption on v45-4p18&19 are reversed: p18 is No. Pal; p19 is Sill. ^^v45-6p1 is Williamson, not Ritter. ^See errata.
| 1996 | v40- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O**^ | 6 N-D | |
| 1995 | v39- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O | 6 N-D ^ | |
| 1994 | v38- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O | 6 N-D | |
| 1993 | v37- | 1 J-F^ | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O | 6 N-D | |
| 1992 | v36- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A* | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O | 6 N-D | |
| 1991 | v35- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O | 6 N-D | |
| 1990 | v34- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O | 6 N-D | |
| 1989 | v33- | 1 Feb | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O | 6 N-D* | |
| 1988 | v32- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 Jul | 5 Aug | 6 S-O | 7 Dec |
| 1987 | v31- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 Jul | 5 Aug | 6 S-O | 7 N-D |
* 1989v33-6 includes Tribute Part 1; 1992 v36-2 includes Tribute Part 2. **v40-5p1 is Thunderbolt, not N Pal;
^v39-6p38 & 47 & v37-1p5 - see errata.
Errata: v30-7p9 & v20-8p7: First SPS Schedule of trips on these pages missed mentioning second SPS outing to Maggie Mtn & (co-sponsored with DPS) Mt Inyo [corrected v49-5p57].
| 1976 | v20- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 Jul | 5 Aug | 6 S-O | 7 N-D | 8 20th Anniv^ | |||
| 1975 | v19- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 Jul | 5 Aug | 6 S-O | 7 N-D | ||||
| 1974 | v18- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 Jul | 5 Aug | 6 S-O | 7 N-D | ||||
| 1973 | V17- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 May | 4 Jun | 5 Jul | 6 A-S | 7 Oct | 8 Nov | 9 Dec | ||
| 1972 | v16- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 May | 4 Jun | 5 Jul | 6 A-S | 7 Oct | 8 Nov | 9 Dec | ||
| 1971 | v15- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 May | 4 Jun | 5 Jul | 6 Aug | 7 Sep | 8 Oct | 9 Nov | 10 Dec | |
| 1970 | v14- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 May | 4 Jun | 5 Jul | 6 Aug | 7 Sep | 8 Oct | 9 Nov | 10 Dec | |
| 1969 | v13- | 1 J* | 2 F-M | 3 A-M | 4 J-J | 5 Aug | 6 Sep | 7 Oct | 8 Nov | 9 Dec | ||
| 1968 | v12- | 1** Feb | 2 Mar | 3 Apr | 4 May | 5 Jun | 6 Jul | 7 Aug | 8 Sep | 9 Oct | 10 Nov | 11 Dec |
| 1967 | v11- | 1*** M-A | 2*** M-J | 3 Jul | 4 Aug | 5 Sep | 6 Oct | 7 N-D |
Linkage Error: Before 10/28/23, above link to 1971v15-3 above took you to 1973v17-3. This was corrected 10/28/23. This note will be deleted after 1/1/26.
* Jan 1969 v13-1 cover is marked Vol. 12 No. 12.
** The four pages of 1968 v12-1 are numbered 8 thru 11.
*** 1967 v11-1 and -2 covers were marked Vol. 10, not Vol. 11.
Per v11-3p5, the J-F 1967 issue was marked 1966 issue #5 O-N (and was marked v9, not v10-5, and not 11-1).
Blank cells above/below indicate no Echo was issued.
| 1966 | v10- | 1 J-F | 2** | 3 J-J* | 4 A-S* | 5 O-N* | |
| 1965 | v9- | 1 J-A | 2 Summer | 6 N-D | |||
| 1964 | v8- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-O | 5 N-D | |
| 1963 | v7- | 1 J-F*** | 2 M-A*** | 3 M-J | 4 Aug | 5 S-O | 6 N-D |
| 1962 | V6- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O | 6 N-D |
| 1961 | V5- | 1 J-F | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O | 6 N-D |
| 1960 | V4- | 1 Jan | 2 M-A | 3 M-J | 4 J-A | 5 S-O | 6 N-D |
| 1959 | V3- | 1 M-A | 2 M-J | 3 J-A^ | 4 S-O | 5 N-D | 6 Dec Special |
| 1958 | v2- | 1 Feb | 2 Apr | 3 Jun | 4 Aug | 5 Oct | 6 Dec |
| 1957 | v1- | 1 Feb | 2 Apr | 3 Jun | 4 Aug | 5 Oct | 6 Dec |
* 1966 v10-3, -4, and -5 were marked Vol. 9, not 10; v10-5 was last 1966 issue. Also, per v11-3p5, issue marked Oct-Nov 1966 was actually the Jan-Feb 1967 issue.
** 1966 v10-2 cover was apparently not marked with month, year, volume, or issue no.
*** 1963 v7-1 and v7-2 cover did not include year (1963); 1963 v7-2 cover was marked V8, not v7.
^ 1959 v3-3p7 (top line indicates Mt. Winchell) may have been missing from some printed copies but is included on this web version. Page 8 (with drawing of No. Pal) is barely legible in some copies but web copy is good. Page 9 is not completely legible; click HERE for a more legible copy of these pages (to be supplied as time permits).
An index to all previous issues is on the Newsletter Index web page and currently covers all past Echo issues thru 2025v69-3.
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About the Echo: The Sierra Echo is the official newsletter of the Sierra Peaks Section and is issued four times a year (every calendar quarter). It contains:
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- Climbing insurance updates
- Restaurant reviews
- Other articles of interest to our membership
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Past Echo format Changes
Echo 1962v6-1p3 indicates that past Echos were printed by liquid duplicators ("ditto") limiting quantity to about 175 copies. Now, the mimeograph process can print an unlimited number of copies, and copies will be printed on both sides to reduce postage.
Echo 1968v12-8 may have been first issue with photo of mountains on cover.
Echo 1981v25-6 was printed on blue paper.
Echo 1995v39-6 was first issue printed on 11x17 paper (one issue only).
Echo 1996v40-6 and later issues were printed on 11x17 paper.
Echo 2006v50-2 &-3 digital copies (on web site) are 11x17.
Echo 2006v50-3 is marked as Winter 2006.
It should probably have been marked Fall 2006 or Winter 2007.
Echo 2008v52-3 was last paper copy distributed to all members.
Echo copies before 2009 are scanned PDF format.
Echo copies since 2009 were prepared as digital format.
Errata: Echo Corrections Noted:
If you think a peak may have been mis-identified in a newsletter, check the following list.
Near end of each line below, [c] = Echo Corrections (i.e., Vol-#-pg that corrected info)
1959V3-3p7 may have been missing from some copies. It is included in web copy.
1976V20-8p7 & 1986V30-7p9 --- First SPS Schedule of Outings (1956) shown on these pages missed mentioning second SPS scheduled outing to Maggie Mtn & Mt Inyo - [c]V49-5pg57
1993V37-1pg5 - backpack won by RJ Secor was not mentioned; donor was Mountain High Ltd. - [c]V37-2pg2
1995v39-6pg38 - See Past Banquets web page for correction to 1980 speakers/program
1995V39-6pg7 indicates that 1959 Vol 3 had only 5 issues; #6 (special edition) exists.
1996V40-5pg1 --- Cover shows Thunderbolt, not North Palisade (as it was identified) - [c]V40-6pg2
1997V41-6 printing error - pgs 11,12.17,18 are missing from some copies; pgs 13,14,15,16 were duplicated
1998V42-6pg 14 & 15 are reversed - [c]V45-1pg2
2001V45-4pg2 --- Peak List: Pickering & Joe Devel are in V45-5, not V45-4 - [c]V45-5pg2
Captions on next two lines were reversed:
2001V45-4pg18 --- Shows North Pal. And upper Palisade Basin (8/2/01) - [c]V45-5pg2
2001V45-4pg19 --- Shows Mt Sill from Thunderbolt (8/1/01) - [c]V45-5pg2
2001V45-6pg1 --- Cover shows Mt Williamson, not Mt. Ritter (as was identified) - [c]V46-1pg2
2003V47-4 --- see several changes below. (This info added 8/20/23.)
2004V48-5pg20 --- Indicates climb in 2005; was probably 2004
2007V51 #1 & #2 issued as one issue
2007V51-4p3 --- Brian Smith is LF#64, not #65. Randall Danta is LF #65. - [c]V52-1pg3
2007V51-4p9 --- Line was missing from Barbara Lilley's comments on Cal Tech - [c]V52-1pg3-4
2007V51-4p13 --- Photo is Mt Abbot, not Mt Darwin - [c]V52-1pg3
2008V52-1p36 --- shows Mt Brewer, not Clarence King - [c]V52-2pg3
2015V59-2p4 --- printed copy shows photo of Joanne & Frank Bressel instead of Pat & Elton Fletcher. Electronic copy is correct. - [c]V59-3pg4
2015V59#3p4: Print edition of Passages had incorrect photo; on-line ok. This info added 8/20/23.
2015V59-3p22 --- [c] map at former Kern Peak lookout is still there, not missing as reported in 59-3pg22 - [c]V59-4pg21
2018V62-3p7 --- Photo of LeConte & Langley taken from Cirque, not from Mallory - [c]V62-4pg2
2023V67-2 thru 2025V69-1 --- Officer photos list Fifth Officer as /outings: This should be /outreach
2003v47#4: photo caption/credit corrections needed: (This info added here 8/20/23.)
p1, center of page: 11/1959, the second-day of an SPS-backpack in Sequoia National Forest; steps away from the lookout perched atop The Needles
p8: printed caption/credit goes with photo on pg 9.
p10: printed caption/credit goes with photo on pg 13.
p10: 1950 on Avawatz Peak; part of the Louise and Niles Werner Collection looked after by Angeles Chapter Historian Bob Cates.
p11: 1950 in Mexico’s Sierra San Pedro Martir; part of the Louise and Niles Werner Collection looked after by Angeles Chapter Historian Bob Cates.
With a few exceptions...The Sierra Echo started out in 1957 with 6 issues per volume, then 7, then 11 or 12 issues (one year, 1968), then 9 (in 1969) or 10 (1970 or 1971?), then 7 (in 1974) for a number of years (8 in 1976), then 6 in 1989, 3 in 2006 or 2007, and finally settled on 4 in 2007 or 2008. The Newsletter web page now contains a complete list (and a link to a copy) of all Echo issues.
Cover Errata: Jan 1969 V13-1 cover is marked V12#12; May-June 1967 V11-2 cover is marked V10-2. I believe the date, volume, and issue number on other title pages are correct. (If you know of any others that are incorrect, please notify the webmaster.)
Rear Cover Errata: 1988-V32-1 was the first issue with date-volume-issue number on the rear cover. A possible point of confusion is that this info on the rear covers is incorrect on the issues noted below.
1996 V40 #1: Rear cover indicates 1995
1996 V40 #3 May-Jun: Rear cover indicates Jun-Jul
1996 V40 #4 Jul-Aug: Rear cover indicates Aug-Sep
1998 V42 #4: Rear cover does not indicate date/issue
2000 V44-1 & -2: Rear cover indicates V43 #6 Nov-Dec 1999
2013 V57 #2: Rear cover indicates V57 #1 Jan-Mar 2013
2021 V65 #2: Rear cover indicates V65 #1
INFO USEFUL TO WEBMASTER
..... (recent file names/locations)
Recent Echo file names and locations (to aid webmaster in locating files):
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2024-03/sps2024_v68-2.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/sps2024_v68-1.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2023-09/sps2023v67-4a_0.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2023-06/sps2023v67-3.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/sps2023v67-2.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/2023_v67-1_10mb.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/2022_v66-4_9mb.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2022_v66-3_9mb.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2022_v66-2_10mb.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2022_v66-1_8mb_rev.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2021_v65-4_10MB_rev.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2021_v65-3_4MB.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2021_v65-2_9MB.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2021_v65-1_6MB.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2020_v64-4_11MB.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2020_v64-3_5MB.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2020_v64-2_7MB.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2019_v64-1_10MB_rev2.pdf