1. Route: Mt. San Gorgonio via the Vivian Creek trail
   • Tuesday. Backpack 1.2 miles from the Mill Creek trailhead (5880') to the Vivian campground (7100')
   • Wednesday. Backpack 3.6 miles from the Vivian campground (7100') to the High Creek campground (9200').
   • Thursday. A day hike from the High Creek campground (9200') to the summit of Mt. San Gorgonio (11,499'). [3.0 miles one way]
   • Friday. Return to the trailhead from High Creek.

2. Leaders
   • Sarah Borthwick
   • Andy Gill (Ace)
   • Wayne Steinmetz (Der Feldmarschall)

3. Members of the Class of 2001
   • Christine Behnen
   • Susie Dudis
   • Marcelle Ferguson
   • Katy Frank
   • Phil Garrison
   • Sam Meites
   • Margot Middaugh
   • Patrick Resing
   • Adam Teicholz
   • David Tenholder

4. Digital camera shots of the trek
   • Preparations at the trailhead (Tuesday)
   • Crossing Mill Creek (Tuesday)
   • Preparing to leave Vivian campground (Wednesday)
   • On the trail between Vivian and Halfway campgrounds (Wednesday)
   • Scenic portion where Der Feldmarschall heard a mountain lion two weeks earlier (Wednesday)
   • Lunch at a spot providing views of Mt. Baldy (Wednesday)
   • Lunch at the junction of the Vivian Creek and Dry Lake trails (Thursday)
   • Aaargh. Feldmarschall and Ace made it to the top (Thursday)
   • Ace at the summit (Thursday).
   • Leaving High Creek camp for home (Friday)
   • Tight passage under the tree near Vivian camp (Friday)

5. Digital camera shots of camp life
   • Setting up camp at Vivian camp
   • Getting water at Vivian camp
   • View of our campsite at High Creek taken near the upper bear bag line
   • Throwing the line for the bear bag at High Creek camp
   • The hoisted bear bag at High Creek camp. The bears were out of luck.
   • The kitchen crew at High Creek

6. Digital camera shots of mountain scenery on our trip
   • View of Mt. Baldy, looking west from the area of our Wednesday lunch spot.
   • View to the south taken from the ridge close to the summit of San Gorgonio.
   • View taken near the Thursday lunch spot at the trail junction showing the main ridge of the mountains in the San Gorgonio wilderness including San Bernardino Peak and East San Bernardino Peak, the goals of last year's OA Adventure.
   • View east from the summit. The country below is very rugged.

The pictures were taken with an Olympus D-300L digital camera in low resolution. The graphics files are in jpg format which can be read by most graphics utilities, e.g. lview.

last revised, 31 August 1997, WES