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  • (L-R) Matthew Weston Edward Weston’s grandson, Sarah Adams Ansel’s granddaughter, Jeanne Adams, Michael Adams Ansel’s son, Matthew Adams Ansel’s grandson.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • (L-R) Sylvia Mayhew Desin, Ansel’s granddaughter, Anne Adams Helms Ansel’s daughter, Ken Helms, Virginia Mayhew Ansel’s granddaughter.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • From the “Sierra Club Bulletin” 1935<br />
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Mount Ansel Adams.  On July 11, 1934, Neil Ruge, Jack Riegelhuth, and Glen Dawson climbed a prominent peak standing above the Club’s camp on the Lyell Fork of the Merced and named it for Ansel Adams, in recognition of his services to the club as an outing leader and as a photographer.  The choice of his name for this particular peak was suggested by the photograph taken by him, published in the SIERRA CLUB BULLETIN in 1922.  On July 13, dedication ceremonies were conducted on the Summit by a party under the leadership of Neil Ruge and John Cahill, Including <br />
Ansel Adams, Virginia Adams, Nelson Best, Marjory Bridge, Nathan Clark, Elizabeth Cuthbertson, Elsie Bell Earnshaw, Francis Farquhar, Kenneth Hartley, Louis Hildebrand, Milton Hildebrand, Helen Le Conte, and Mary Saylor.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
<br />
With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was origina
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  • (L-R) Row 1. Matthew Adams Ansel’s grandson, Sylvia Mayhew Desin, Ansel’s granddaughter, Sarah Adams Ansel’s granddaughter, Virginia Mayhew Ansel’s granddaughter.  Row 2. Michael Adams Ansel’s son, Anne Adams Helms Ansel’s daughter, Ken Helms, Jeanne Adams. <br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
<br />
With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
<br />
This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after
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  • (L-R) Matthew Weston Edward Weston’s grandson, Sarah Adams Ansel’s granddaughter, Jeanne Adams, Michael Adams Ansel’s son, Matthew Adams Ansel’s grandson.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
<br />
With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • (L-R) Row 1. Matthew Adams Ansel’s grandson, Jeanne Adams, Roger Hall Ansel F. Hall’s son.  Row 2. Michael Adams Ansel’s son, Matthew Weston Edward Weston’s grandson, Sarah Adams Ansel’s granddaughter.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
<br />
With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
<br />
This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
    AA_Family_1987_A07.jpg
  • (L-R) Row 1. Matthew Adams Ansel’s grandson, Jeanne Adams, Roger Hall Ansel F. Hall’s son.  Row 2. Michael Adams Ansel’s son, Matthew Weston Edward Weston’s grandson, Sarah Adams Ansel’s granddaughter.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
<br />
This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
    AA_Family_1987_A08.jpg
  • (L-R) Row 1. Matthew Adams Ansel’s grandson, Sylvia Mayhew Desin, Ansel’s granddaughter, Sarah Adams Ansel’s granddaughter, Virginia Mayhew Ansel’s granddaughter.  Row 2. Michael Adams Ansel’s son, Anne Adams Helms Ansel’s daughter, Ken Helms, Jeanne Adams. <br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
<br />
With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
<br />
This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after
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  • Anne Adams Helms Ansel’s daughter and Michael Adams Ansel’s son hike up the Lyell Fork Cascade.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
<br />
With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
<br />
This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • (L-R)  Virginia Mayhew Ansel’s granddaughter, Sylvia Mayhew Desin, Ansel’s granddaughter, Greg Desin, and Matthew Adams Ansel’s grandson hike on trail below the Cony Crags.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
<br />
With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • (L-R) Back Row. Michael Adams Ansel’s son, Matthew Weston Edward Weston’s grandson, Sarah Adams Ansel’s granddaughter, Jeanne Adams, Roger Hall Ansel F. Hall’s son.  Front Row.  Matthew Adams Ansel’s grandson.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
<br />
With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Michael Adams Ansel’s son on the trail to Lewis Creek.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
<br />
With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Jeanne Adams and Michael Adams Ansel’s son on the trail to Lewis Creek.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • (L-R)  Virginia Mayhew Ansel’s granddaughter, Sylvia Mayhew Desin, Ansel’s granddaughter, Greg Desin, and Matthew Adams Ansel’s grandson hike on trail below the Cony Crags.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Jeanne Adams and Michael Adams Ansel’s son look up at Mount Ansel Adams summit.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Jeanne Adams and Michael Adams Ansel’s son look up at Mount Ansel Adams summit.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • View just below Mount Ansel Adams Sumnit.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Family member take time to have fun in the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Matthew Adams Ansel’s grandson<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Michael Adams Ansel’s son and his daughter Sarah Adams stand near Mount Ansel Adams summit.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Matthew Weston Edward Weston’s grandson and Sarah Adams Ansel’s granddaughter.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Michael Adams Ansel’s son reads a note while Matthew Weston Edward Weston’s grandson holds bottle of Champaign from the Sierra Club.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Greg Desin and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, Ansel’s granddaughter.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Billy Butler shows off his catch of fish from Hutchings Creek.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Virginia Mayhew Ansel’s granddaughter<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Matthew Adams Ansel’s grandson tries a little fishing on the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Greg Desin and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, Ansel’s granddaughter.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Horses roll in the dirt.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Billy Butler shows off his catch of fish from Hutchings Creek.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Billy Butler gets ready to pack up for the trip back to Tuolumne Meadows.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Billy Butler, Mrs. Desin, Anne Adams Helms Ansel’s daughter, Ken Helms, Sylvia Mayhew Desin Ansel’s granddaughter, Mitzi Hall, and Virginia Mayhew Ansel’s granddaughter get warmed by campfire.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Sylvia Mayhew Desin Ansel’s granddaughter and her husband Greg Desin warm them selves by the campfire with Virginia Mayhew Ansel’s granddaughter.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • With his wife Mitzi looking on Roger Hall tells a great story.  Roger’s father Ansel Halls was a ranger naturalist in Yosemite in 1921 and he introduced our Ansel Adams to Harry Best of Best’s Studio and his daughter, Virginia. There was a piano in the Best household and Ansel Adams was invited to practice there. This meeting began the courtship that ended with Ansel and Virginia married in Yosemite in January of 1928.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey doe
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  • Dressed for dinner Michael Adams and his daughter Sarah Adams.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Billy Butler well know packer in the Park with a member of his crew.  Bill has the white hat.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Jeanne Adams helps out in the camp kitchen.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Yosemite National Park Mt. Ansel Adams 11,760':  Late in the day Mt. Ansel Adams is viewed from the meadow near the Sierra Club Camp.  I used my Pentax 645 camera and Kodak Color negative film.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Yosemite National Park Mt. Ansel Adams 11,760':  Alpine Glow on Mt. Ansel Adams viewed from the meadow near the Sierra Club Camp.  I used my Pentax 645 camera and Kodak Color negative film.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Yosemite National Park Mt. Ansel Adams 11,760':  Late in the day Mt. Ansel Adams is viewed from the meadow near the Sierra Club Camp.  I used my Pentax 645 camera and Kodak Color negative film.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Yosemite National Park Mt. Ansel Adams 11,760':  Alpine Glow on Mt. Ansel Adams viewed from the meadow near the Sierra Club Camp.  I used my Pentax 645 camera and Kodak Color negative film.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • Michael Adams Ansel’s son tries a little fishing on the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
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  • After my first trip to Mount Ansel Adams in 1985, my images were published nationally before and after the official dedication in Tuolumne Meadows.  Jeanne Adams called me to look at my color images of Mount Ansel Adams.   She selected one of my color images to be used as a postcard announcing the naming of the peak.  I am proud that they used my image.  <br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the
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  • Yosemite National Park Mt. Ansel Adams 11,760':  Late in the day Mt. Ansel Adams is viewed from the meadow near the Sierra Club Camp.  I used my Pentax 645 camera and Kodak Color negative film.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography
    AA_Family_1987_A41.jpg
  • In preparation for the dedication of Mount Ansel Adams in July of 1985, Jeanne Adams commissioned special Sierra Club Cup to be made.  For the family trip in August of 1987 everybody on the trip was given the own cup with their name painted on the back with nail polish.  <br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day afte
    AA_Family_1987_A45.jpg
  • In preparation for the dedication of Mount Ansel Adams in July of 1985, Jeanne Adams commissioned special Sierra Club Cup to be made.  For the family trip in August of 1987 everybody on the trip was given the own cup with their name painted on the back with nail polish.  <br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel’s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia’s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg’s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called “The Tower in Lyell Fork," they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel’s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day afte
    AA_Family_1987_A44.jpg
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