CRAIG HILL
Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com
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Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com
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The 2009 Summer Speaker Series at Mount Rainier National Park kicks off Saturday and includes programs at Ohanapecosh for the first time.
The series feastures preentations from speakers with a connection to the park.
Among the scheduled spearkers are Rex Derr, now director of Washington State Parks, but a former Mount Rainier ranger; Loren Lane and Jim Ross, who worked as interpretive rangers at Ohanapecosh for years; and. Gerry Tays, a former assistant superintendent.
The talks will be held in the Paradise Inn main lobby at 9 p.m. on Saturday nights in July and August, as well as Sept. 5. The Ohanapecosh Campground amphitheater programs will be given in August at 8:30 p.m. on Saturdays, as well as Sept. 6.
Here is the schedule of events:
Paradise Inn
Saturday: Todd Smith, Olympia City Parks, will discuss his research on the history of the National Park Service.
July 11: Joe Kane, Nisqually Land Trust, will discuss the trust’s cooperative efforts to protect the entire Nisqually watershed
July 18: Pat Pringle, author of the new “Roadside Geology of Mount Rainier National Park and Vicinity” will talk about the park’s geology.
July 25: Keith Dunbar, National Park Service-Seattle, will talk about the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, newly established by Congress.
Aug. 1: Brian Luther, Puget Sound Mycological Society, will discuss mushrooms.
Aug. 8: Alton Byers and Jon Riedel will discuss climate change as seen through glaciers worldwide and regionally.
Aug. 15: Todd Cullings, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, will talk about Pacific Northwest volcanoes.
Aug. 22: Derr and his wife Anne will reminisce about their time on the mountain.
Aug. 29: Joyce McCloud and family members will share their Nisqually tribal culture and connection to Mount Rainier.
Sept. 5: Carolyn Driedger, USGS, will talk about the geologic story of the mountain.
Ohanapecosh
Aug. 1: Heidi Walker, will talk about the “Adventurous Women of Washington” including Fay Fuller, the first woman to summit Mount Rainier.
Aug. 8: Lane will share stories from his many years as a ranger at Ohanapecosh.
Aug. 15: Tays will talk about his experiences on the mountain.
Aug. 22: Ross will look back at his time at Ohanapecosh.
Aug. 29: Cleve Pinnix, a former Mount Rainier ranger and now volunteer, will share tales of his time at the park.
Sept. 6: Smith, Olympia City Parks, will present his Park Service research.
