Past Banquets

This page is undergoing revision as its structure was getting too complicated.

Banquet list below is an update to info in 1995v39-6p38 Echos of Banquets Past by Vi Grasso & Ron Jones. (SPS was established Oct. 1955. The first anniversary was in 1956. The first banquet was on 12/4/1957.) Most annual banquets were in December until 1999, then moved to the following January. (43rd Banquet was 12/1999. 44th Banquet was 1/2001.) Guide on how to count/number anniversaries/banquets.

Sierra Echo Ads/Flyers of Past Banquets (located below Reports)

Sierra Echo Reports of Past Banquets:

Banquet #-Date---Rpt: Echo Report--- --- ---Sp: Speaker--- --- ---Pgm: Program
2020 | 2010 | 2000 | 1990s | 1980s | 1970s | 1960s | 1950s

----- ----- ----- 3-Part Reprint of Sixtieth Anniversary Speech
#68-2025-1 26--Rpt: 2025v69-1pg9-12--$:Mantle Doug--Pgm: Sixtieth Anniversary Part 1
#68-2025-1 26--Rpt: 2025v69-2pg13-16--$:Mantle Doug--Pgm: Sixtieth Anniversary Part 2
#68-2025-1 26--Rpt: 2025v69-3pg18-24--$:Mantle Doug--Pgm: Sixtieth Anniversary Part 3

----- ----- ----- Reverse Chronological Order List of Programs
2020s
#69-2026-2-01--Rpt: $:Kim Stanley Robinson--Pgm: New Routes/Names in High Sierra
#68-2025-1 26--Rpt: 2025v69-2pg9-12--$:Sean Casserly--Pgm: Japan, Cent.Am Climbing
#68-2025-1 26--Rpt: 2025v69-4pg9-11--$:Mantle Doug--Pgm: Seventieth Anniversary
#67-2024-1-28--Rpt: Sp: Claude Fiddler, aka Norman Claude: a Sierra Classic
#66-2023-1-29--Rpt: 2023v67-2p7-12--Sp: Soares, Travis--Pgm: List Finish in 118 days
#65-2022-1-23--Rpt: 2022v66-2p5--Sp: Musiyenko, Vitaliy--Pgm: A Sierra Crest Odyssey
#64-2021-3-21--Rpt: 2021v65-1p3--Sp: Garry, Paul--Pgm: Vinson Massif
#63-2020-1-26--Rpt: 2020v64-2p7-10--Sp: Chamoun Michael & Smirnoff Alexander--Pgm: Denali: Land of Snow and Ice
2010s
#62-2019-1-27--Rpt: 2019v63-2p5--8--Sp: Cairns, Sophie--Pgm: Seven Volcanic Summits
#61-2018-1-28--Rpt: 2018v62-2p11-13--Sp: Armstrong, Patrick--Pgm: Snow Surveying in Sierra Nevada
#60-2017-1-29--Rpt: 2017v61-2p7-11--Sp: Cates, Bob--Pgm: Glen Dawson: A Life Relived
#59-2016-1-31---Rpt: 2016v60-2p6-11--Sp: Robinson, Doug--Pgm: Mountaineering in the Palisades and the Whitney Massif
#58-2015-1-25--Rpt: 2015v59-2p6-17--Sp: Mantle, Doug--Pgm: stories And images
#57-2014-1-26--Rpt: 2014v58-2p4-6--Sp: Croft, Peter--Pgm: Climbing career achievements
Errata: Flyer indicates banquet date 1/26/13 instead of 1/26/14.
#56-2013-1-27---Rpt: 2013v57-2p11-13--Sp: Bowman, Tina--Pgm: how she became a peakbagger
#55-2012-1-29--Rpt: 2012v56-2p10-11--Sp: Burd, Bob--Pgm: A Decade of Sierra Ramblings
#54-2011-1-29---Rpt: 2011v55-2p17-19--Sp: Scott Swaney & Aysel Gezik--Pgm: Peru: Cordillera Blanca
#53-2010-- -- --Rpt: 2010v54-2p21-23--Sp: Garry, Paul--Pgm: Cho Oyu Climb
2000s
#52-2009-1-31--Rpt: 2009v53-2p19-21--Sp: Fried, Andy--Pgm: Peru: Cordillera Blanca
#51-2008-2-3--Rpt: 2008v52-2p17-19--Sp: Danta, Darrick--Pgm: Mapping the Sierra
#50-2007-2-3--Rpt: 2007v51-1p22-25--Sp: Gibbons, Mike--Pgm: Vinson Massif
- - - - - 2 banquets in calendar year 2005; none in 2006
#49-2005-10-16--Rpt: 2005v49-6p5--Sp: Doug Mantle & Dave Sholle--Pgm: 50th Anniv + DVD
#48-2005-1-8-Rpt: [not covered?]--Sp: Robbins, Royal--Pgm: First Ascents/Descents
#47-2004-1-14--Rpt: 2004v48-1p15--Sp: Wedberg, Kurt--Pgm: mountaineering (various)
#46-2003-1-8---Rpt: 2003v47-2p7--Sp: Wilts, Ellen--Pgm: First Ascents
#45-2002-1-9---Rpt: 2002v46-2p8-9--Sp: Sholle, Dave--Pgm: Travel to Africa
#44-2001-1-10--Rpt: [not covered?]--Sp: Croft, Peter?????
- - - - - ...no banquet during calendar year 2000 as banquet was moved from December to January.
1990s
#43-1999-12-8--Rpt: 2000v44-1p6--Sp: Epperson, Greg--Pgm: rock climbing photography
#42-1998-12-9--Rpt: [not covered?]--Sp: Burhardt & Helmuth--Pgm:
#41--1997-12-10--Rpt: 1998v42-1p5--Sp: Lowe, Jeff--Pgm: climbing experiences
#40-1996-12-11--Rpt: 1997v41-1p3--Sp: Robinson, Doug--Pgm: Night on Ground, Day in Open
#39-1995-12-13--Rpt: 1996v40-1p8--Sp: SPS members--Pgm: telling their stories
#38-1994-12-14--Rpt: 1995v39-1p6--Sp: Child, Greg--Pgm: K2, Triangle Towers, Denali, Hunter
#37-1993-12-8--Rpt: 1994v38-1p7--Sp: Grissom, Kitty Calhoun--Pgm: Spirit of Alpinism
#36-1992-12-9--Rpt: 1993v37-1p5--Sp: Danta, Randy--Pgm: Climbing Everest
#35-1991-12-11--Rpt: 1992v36-1p9-10--Sp: Farr B & Laeger H--Pgm: Caving: Search for Deepest Cave
#34-1990-12-12--Rpt: 1991v35-1p2--Sp: Bass, Dick--Pgm: Seven Summits Completion
1980s
#33-1989-12-13--Rpt: 1990v34-1p3--Sp: G Dawson & J Eichorn--Pgm: Early California Climbs
#32-1988-12-14--Rpt: 1989v33-1p3--Sp: Pies, Don--Pgm: Yosemite multi-day rock climbs
#31-1987-12-9--Rpt: 1988v32-1p3--Sp: Secor, R J--Pgm: 10 Toughest Sierra Peaks
#30-1986-12-10--Rpt: 1987v31-1p7--Sp: Falk, Burton--Pgm: Annapurna Trek; Fluted Peak Climb
#29-1985-12-11--Rpt: 1986v30-1p8--Sp: Lange, Vladimir--Pgm: A South American High
#28-1984-12-12--Rpt: 1985v29-1p8--Sp: Vaill, Edward--Pgm: Tibet: Celestial Peak 1st Ascent
#27-1983-12-14--Rpt: 1984v28-1p4--Sp: Harlin, John--Pgm: The Eiger Direct
#26-1982-12-8--Rpt: 1983v27-1p4--Sp: Ridgeway, Rick--Pgm: Antarctica: The Forbidden Plateau
#25-1981-12-9--Rpt: 1982v26-1p5--Sp: Beck, Dave--Pgm: Adventures in Ski Mountainering
#24-1980-12-10--Rpt: 1981v25-1p4--Sp: Becky, Fred--Pgm: Mountains of America
1970s
#23-1979-12-12--Rpt: 1980v24-1p3--Sp: White, Pete--Pgm: Nepal; 1976 Everest Expedition
#22-1978-12-13--Rpt: 1979v23-1p3--Sp: Dee, Diana--Pgm: Soviet Union Pamirs
#21-1977-12-14--Rpt: 1978v22-1p3-4--Sp: Jones, Chris--Pgm: The Classic Climbs
#20-1976-12-13--Rpt: 1977v21-1p3--Sp: Graber, Mike--Pgm: climbing in Alaska
#19-1975-12-8--Rpt: 1976v20-1p11--Sp: P White, P Pilafian--Pgm: various climbs
#18-1974-12-16--Rpt: 1975v19-1p5--Sp: Sykes, Dick--Pgm: WY: Grand Teton, Wind River Range
#17-1973-12-17--Rpt: 1973v17-9p2--Sp: Frost, Tom--Pgm: 1970 Annapurna South Face Expedition
#16-1972------Rpt: 1972v16-9p2--Sp: Barbara Lilley, Bill Feldman--Pgm: AK: Mt St Elias
#15-1971-12-16--Rpt: 1972c16-1p3--Sp: Dick Beach, Barbara Lilley--Pgm: AK: Mt Logan attempt
#14-1970-12-17--Rpt: 1971v15-1p4--Sp: Dan Eaton & Wally Henry--Pgm: AK: Mt Waddington
1960s
#13-1969-12-5?--Rpt: 1970v14-1p4--Sp: Barnes, George--Pgm: Afgahanistan:Noshaq
#12-1968------Rpt: 1969v12-12p3--Sp: White, Sykes, Jali--Pgm: Peru Cordillera Blanca Huascaran Expedition
#11-1967-12-7--Rpt: 1967v11-7p2--Sp: Thornton, John--Pgm: AK: Wrangell Range
#10-1966-12-8--- --- --- --- --- --- ---Sp: various SPS members*--Pgm: Climbing in Cordillera Blanca*
#9-1965--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---Sp: Stephenson, Graham*--Pgm: Climbing Expedition in Afghanistan*
#8-1964--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---Sp: Ossofsky, Sy*--Pgm: Mt McKinley Climb by 6 SPSers*
#7-1963-12-12--Rpt: 1964v08-1p8--Sp: Dyhrenfurth, Norman--Pgm: American Everest Expedition
#6-1962-12-5--- --- --- --- --- --- ---Sp: Ortenberger, Leigh*--Pgm: 1961 Hillary Himal. Exp.*
#5-1961-12-6--Rpt: 1961v05-6p8--Sp: Lothar Kolbig--Pgm: Andes, Inca ruins, Amazon tributary
#4-1960--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---Sp: Sullivan, Peggy*--Pgm: Northwest*
1950s
#3-1959-12-1--- --- --- --- --- --- ---Sp: Lothar Kolbig--Pgm: Canadian Rockies Climbing Movies
#2-1958-12-3--Rpt: 1958v02-6p4--Sp: Dixon, Bill--Pgm: 3-D tour of Andes, Canadian Rockies, Wind River Range
#1-1957-12-4--Rpt: 1957v01-6p6--Sp: Wallerstein, George--Pgm: 1957 St Elias Expedition

Link to (top of) above Sierra Echo Reports on Past Banquet Programs

Reference to Sierra Echo Ads/Flyers on Past Banquets:

Banquet #-Date—Echo Ad: Flyer— --- ---L: Location—Ch: Banquet Chair--$Cost—Q: Qty
#69-2026-2-01--Ad: 2026v70-1p3--L:Almansor Court--Ch:
#68-2025-1-26--Ad: 2025v69-1p3--L:Almansor Court--Ch:
#67-2024-1-28--Ad: 2024v68-1p3--L:Almansor Court--Ch:Garry, Paul
#66-2023-1-29--Ad: 2023v67-1p3--L:Almansor Court--Ch:Garry, Paul
#65-2022-1-23--Ad: 2022v66-1p3--L:virtual--Ch:
#64-2021-3-21--Ad: 2021v65-1p3--L:virtual--Ch:
#63-2020-1-26--Ad: 2020v64-1p3--L:Almansor Court--Ch:Smirnoff, Alexander$45/50
Note: File name for 2020 flyer indicates 2019v64-1, not 2020v64-1.
#62-2019-1-27--Ad: 2019v63-1p3--L:Almansor Court--Ch:Smirnoff, Alexander$45/50
#61-2018-1-28--Ad: 2018v62-1p3--L:Almansor Court--Ch:Smirnoff, Alexander$45/50
#60-2017-1-29--Ad: 2017v61-1p3--L:Almansor Court--Ch:Smirnoff, Alexander$45/50
#59-2016-1-31--Ad: 2016v60-1p2--L:Almansor Court--Ch:Smirnoff, Alexander$45/50
#58-2015-1-25--Ad: 2015v59-1p3--L:Almansor Court--Ch:Fleck, Rudy$45
#57-2014-1-26--Ad: 2014v58-1p3--L:Taix--Ch:Smirnoff, Alexander$40/50
Errata: Flyer indicates banquet date 1/26/13 instead of 1/26/14.
#56-2013-1-27--Ad: 2013v57-1p6--L:--Ch:1/27 or 1/28? Sun?
#55-2012-1-29--Ad: 2012v56-1p3--L:--Ch:
#54-2011-1-29--Ad: 2011v55-1p1--L:Taix?--Ch:
#53-2010--- --- --Ad: 2010v54-1--L:--Ch:Arnebold, Henry
#52-2009-1-31--Ad: 2009v53-1p2--L:Taix - Saturday--Ch:Two Buck Chuck
#51-2008-2-3----Ad: 2008v52-1p4--L:Les Freres Taix--Ch:
#50-2007-2-3----Ad: 2006v50-3p2--L:Les Freres Taix--Ch:Arnebold, Henry$32 -Q:55
#49-2005-10-16--Ad: 2005v49-4p2/insert--L:Les Freres Taix--Ch:Schenk, Gary$28
#48-2005-1-8----Ad: 2004v48-5insert--L:Les Freres Taix--Ch:Arnebold, Henry$28
#47-2004-1-14--Ad: 2003v47-5p14--L:The Castaway--Ch:Patty Kline$28 -Q:64
#46-2003-1-8----Ad: 2002v46-5p19--L:Buon Gusto LB--Ch:Schenk, Gary$28 -Q:71
#45-2002-1-9----Ad: 2001v45-5p27--L:Buon Gusto LB???--Ch:Tidball, Barbee$28 -Q:84
#44-2001-1-10--Ad: 2000v44-6-insert--L:The Castaway--Ch:Tidball, Barbee$29
#43-1999-12-8--Ad: 1999v43-5p27--L:La Canada Flintridge CC--Ch:Tidball, Barbee$28
#42-1998-12-9---Ad: 1998v42-5p23--L:Greek Orthodox Hall--Ch:Tidball, Barbee$25
#41--1997-12-10--Ad: 1997v41-5p2--L:Greek Orthodox Hall--Ch:Tidball, Barbee$25
#40-1996-12-11--Ad: 1996v40-5p3--L:La Canada Flintridge CC--Ch:Kline, Patty$25
#39-1995-12-13--Ad: 1995v39-5p20--L:La Canada Flintridge CC--Ch:Tidball, Barbee$25 -Q:123
#38-1994-12-14--Ad: 1994v38-5p2,7--L:Greek Orthodox Hall--Ch:Tidball, Barbee$25 -Q:145
#37-1993-12-8----Ad: 1993v37-5p7--L:Greek Orthodox Hall--Ch:Hoffman, Barbee$25-Q:142*
#36-1992-12-9----Ad: 1992v36-5p5--L:Pickwick Center--Ch:Hoffman, Barbee$24 -Q:187
#35-1991-12-11--Ad: 1991v35-5p7--L:Pacifica Conference Center--Ch:Leonard, Karen$24-Q:102*
#34-1990-12-12--Ad: 1990v34-5p1--L:Proud Bird--Ch:Underwood, Dave$22-Q:201*
#33-1989-12-13--Ad: 1989v33-5p7--L:Proud Bird--Ch:Parker, Bruce$20-Q:183*
#32-1988-12-14--Ad: 1988v32-6p3--L:Proud Bird--Ch:Gonzales, Mario$18 -Q:125
#31--1987-12-9--Ad: 1987v31-6p5--L:Proud Bird--Ch:Oliver, Bill$18
#30-1986-12-10--Ad: 1986v30-6p3--L:Sportsmen's Lodge--Ch:Grasso, Vi$17 -Q:122
#29-1985-12-11--Ad: 1985v29-6p3--L:Sportsmen's Lodge--Ch:Armentrout, Ruth$17 -Q:100
#28-1984-12-12--Ad: 1984v28-6p3--L:Sportsmen's Lodge--Ch:Armentrout, Ruth$16
#27-1983-12-14--Ad: 1983v27-6p3--L:Chevy Chase CC--Ch:Miller, Mary Sue$16
#26-1982-12-8---Ad: 1982v26-6p4--L:Quiet Cannon--Ch:Miller, Mary Sue$15-Q:135*
#25-1981-12-9---Ad: 1981v25-6p4--L:The Anthenaeum--Ch:Sullivans$15 -Q:120
#24-1980-12-10--Ad: 1980v24-6p2--L:The Anthenaeum--Ch:McDonald, Rob Roy$16 -Q:130
#23-1979-12-12--Ad: 1979v23insert?--L:The Anthenaeum*--Ch:-Q:136
#22-1978-12-13--Ad: 1978v22-6p3--L:Cockatoo Inn--Ch:McKosker, Joe-Q:143
#21-1977-12-14--Ad: 1977v21-6p4--L:Cockatoo Inn--Ch:Kabler, Betty-Q:130*
#20-1976-12-13--Ad: 1976v20-6p2--L:Taix--Ch:Kabler, Betty$8.50 -Q:160
#19-1975-12-8---Ad: 1975v19-6p2--L:Taix--Ch:Betty Kabler, Les Stockton$7.50 -Q:179
#18-1974-12-16--Ad: 1974v18-6p2Cal.--L:Taix--Ch:Paul Kellow, Diana Dee-Q:120
#17-1973-12-17--Ad: 1973v17insert?--L:Taix--Ch:-Q:142
#16-1972--- --- ---Ad: 1972v16insert?--L:Smokehouse*--Ch:Carol Miller
#15-1971-12-16--Ad: 1971v15-8p2--L:Sir Michael's (Th)? Smoke house?--Ch:Carol Miller$5.70
#14-1970-12-17--Ad: 1970v14-8p2--L:Sir Michael's (Th)--Ch:Ory, Horace$5.00
#13-1969-12-5?--Ad: 1969v13-8p2--L:Sir Michael's/Commerce--Ch:$4.98 -Q:87
#12-1968--- --- ---Ad: --L:Sir Michael's/Commerce--Ch:Barbara Sykes-Q:80
#11--1967-12-7--Ad: 1967v11-6p2--L:Rudi's Italian Inn--Ch:$3.25
#10-1966-12-8--Ad: 1966v10-4p3--L:Rudi's Italian Inn*--Ch:
#9-1965-- -- --L:Rudi's Italian Inn*
#8-1964-- -- --L:Rudi's Italian Inn*-Q:102*
#7-1963-12-12--Ad: --L:Rudi's Italian Inn--Ch:Colevins, Neko-Q:120+
#6-1962-12-5--Ad: 1962v6-5p2--L:Rudi's Italian Inn*-Q:80*
#5-1961-12-6--Ad: --L:Michael's Los Feliz--Ch:Charlotte Pearsons-Q:75
#4-1960-- -- --L:Switzerland Cafe*-Q:50*
#3-1959-12-1--Ad: 1959v3-4p2 & -5p6--L:Silver Saddle Inn/Downey--Ch:Cliff & Maurine Myers-Q:42*
#2-1958-12-3--Ad: --L:Smokehouse/Burbank--Ch:-Q:42
#1--1957-12-4--Ad: 1957v1-5p1--L:Smokehouse/Burbank--Ch:$3.50 -Q:46

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For a PDF copy of a past banquet flyer, select one of the following:
SPS 71st Anniversary / 69th Annual Banquet - 2/1/2026 - Click HERE or Echo-pg4\3
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2025-12/sps-banquet-flyer-for-2026.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2025-12/sps2026_v70-1_8mb.pdf#page=3

SPS 70th Anniversary / 68th Annual Banquet - 1/26/2025

For a PDF copy of the flyer with active links, click HERE.
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2025-01/sps2025_v69-1_10mb.pdf#page=3

SPS 69 Anniversary / 67th Annual Banquet - 1/28/2024

Download a PDF copy of the 1/28/24 flyer
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/sps2024_v68-1.pdf#page=3

SPS 68th Anniversary / 66th Annual Banquet - 1/29/2023

In 2023, Travis Soares and Nathan Longhurst set out to climb all 247 SPS peaks in one year to set the Fastest Known Time. Travis completed the list in a remarkable 117 days, twenty days faster than Nathan, in a remarkable feat of planning, logistics, endurance, and adventure. At the banquet, Travis Soares gave a presentation on the climbs. For a link to the youtube.com recording of the presentation, click HERE.

Click on the following link for a banquet flyer SPS_banquetflyer2023.pdf
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/2023_v67-1_10mb.pdf#page=3

SPS 67th Anniversary / 65th Annual Banquet - 1/23/2022

Click HERE for the banquet flyer (PDF copy)
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2022_v66-1_8mb_rev.pdf#page=3

1/1/22 - The SPS 67th Anniversary banquet is now scheduled for Sunday, January 23. Instead of an actual banquet, there will be a virtual (ZOOM!) meeting with a presentation by Vitaliy Musiyenko on A Sierra Crest Odyssey. For more info, click HERE. Below is an image of the 2022 banquet flyer. Click on the ABOVE link for the PDF copy which has a link to the meeting.

SPS 66th Anniversary / 64th Annual Banquet - 3/21/2021

Click HERE for the banquet flyer (PDF copy)
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2021_v65-1_6MB.pdf#page=3
Below is an image of the 2021 banquet flyer. Click on the above link for the PDF copy.

SPS 65th Anniversary / 63rd Annual Banquet - 1/26/2020

Click HERE for the banquet flyer (PDF copy)
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2019_v64-1_10MB_rev2.pdf#page=3
Note: Above v64-1 file name starts with 2019 rather than 2020.

Below is an image of the 2020 banquet flyer:

SPS 64th Anniversary / 62nd Annual Banquet - 1/27/2019

Click HERE for the banquet flyer
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2019_v63-1_12MB.pdf#page=3

SPS 63rd Anniversary / 61st Annual Banquet - 1/28/2018

Click HERE for the banquet flyer
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2018_v62-1_13mb.pdf#page=3

SPS 62nd Anniversary / 60th Annual Banquet - 1/29/2017

https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2017_v61-1_14mb.pdf#page=3

SPS 61st Anniversary / 59th Annual Banquet - 2016

Click HERE for the banquet flyer. The 62nd Anniversary SPS Banquet was held Sunday, January 29, 2017.

https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2016_v60-1_5mb.pdf#page=3

SPS 60th Anniversary / 58th Annual Banquet - 1/25/2015

Banquet flyer: https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2015-Vol59-Number1_web8m.pdf#page=3

The 60th Anniversary SPS Banquet held Sunday, January 25th, 2015, was a huge success. Many thanks to Doug Mantle for his fabulous address!
NEW! 60th SPS Banquet DVD available - click here to order.

Click HERE to view the 60th Anniversary Slideshow (assembled by Angeles Chapter historian Bob Cates)
(Slide show is a 19.5 MB PDF file so be patient.)

[left photo] Alexander Smirnoff, outgoing SPS Chair (left) and Doug Mantle, Banquet speaker (right)
[right photo] Tina Bowman receives SPS Leadership Award (Tom Bowman on right)

[left photo] Gordon MacLeod, Mary McMannes and Barbara Lilley
[right photo] Shane Smith (SPS Eastern Sierra rep), Kathy Rich (Webmaster) and Dan Richter (Archivist)

Congratulations to our 2014 SPS List Finishers - Lisa Barboza, Bob Wyka and Nile Sorenson!

Lisa Barboza, Bob Wyka and Nile Sorenson all completed the SPS list in the summer of 2014 - Lisa on North Pk, Bob on Muah Mtn and Nile on Clouds Rest. Furthermore, by completing all 3 of the SPS, DPS and HPS lists Bob Wyka, Greg Gerlach, Mirna Roach and Greg Roach joined the elite group of Triple List Finishers!

[left photo] Group photo on Lisa Barboza's List Finish on North Pk, June 2014
[right photo] SPS List Finishers group photo on Bob Wyka's LF on Muah Mtn, September, 2014

SPS 59th Anniversary / 57th Annual Banquet - 1/26/2014

Banquet flyer: https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/Newsletters/2014-Vol58-Number1.pdf#page=3
Note: The above flyer indicates banquet is on 1/26/2013. It should indicate 2014.

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Guide on how to count/number anniversaries/banquets

Banquet list below is an update to info in 1995v39-6p38 Echos of Banquets Past by Vi Grasso & Ron Jones. (SPS was established Oct. 1955. The first anniversary was in 1956. the first banquet was on 12/4/1957.) Most annual banquets were in December until 1999, then moved to the following January. (43rd Banquet was 12/1999. 44th Banquet was 1/2001.)

1955 - SPS established October 1955
1956 - 1st Anniversary October 1956 (no banquet or newsletter in 1956)
1957 - 2nd Anniversary - 1st Banquet 12/4/57 - Echo V1#1 February 1957
1965 - 10th Anniversary - 9th Banquet
1975 - 20th Anniversary - 19th Banquet
1985 - 30th Anniversary - 29th Banquet
1995 - 40th Anniversary - 39th Banquet
     1999 - 44th Anniversary - 43rd Banquet held in December 1999
     2000 - 45th Anniversary - No Banquet in 2000: Scheduled for the following January
     2001 - 46th Anniversary - 44th Banquet held in January 2001
     2005 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 48th Banquet held in January 2005
2005 - 50th Anniversary - 49th Banquet held in October 2005
     2006 - 51st Anniversary - No Banquet in 2006
     2007 - 52nd Anniversary - 50th Banquet in January 2007
2015 - 60th Anniversary - 58th Banquet in January 2015
     2021 - 66th Anniversary - 64th "banquet" [i.e., presentation] was virtual only, no in-person gathering due to COVID-19
   2022 - 67th Anniversary - 65th "banquet" [i.e., presentation] was virtual only, no in-person gathering due to COVID-19
     2023 - 68th Anniversary - 66th Banquet held in January 2023
     2024 - 69th Anniversary - 67th Banquet held in January 2024
2025 - 70th Anniversary - 68th Banquet held 1/26/2025
2026 - 71st Anniversary - 69th Banquet held 2/1/2026
2027 - 72nd Anniversary - 70th Banquet to be held x/x/2027
2028 - 73rd Anniversary - 71st Banquet to be held x/x/2028
2029 - 74th Anniversary - 72nd Banquet to be held x/x/2029
2030 - 75th Anniversary - 73rd Banquet to be held x/x/2030

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Sierra Peaks Section

Past Banquets

Guide on how to count/number anniversaries/banquets

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