H ig h on w i nter Above, Br an Post '97,
Don Koon,, for many year' rhe ad\'l ,or ' of rhe Ou t i ng
lub, rem lb rhe h l i ::ard of '52 a rhc
mor her of Warer\' i l lc 'n°'''·rorm'>. " I r c losed a l mo-,r C\'Cry road 1 11 \'(/arcr\' d le and tr cur off rhe o l l cge enr i rc ly . The d i n i ng halb ran our of m i l k and bread, -,n rhc -,rudcnr-, hau led -,u rrl 1 e' ur from town on roboggam. We n m nclcd ou r of the "1uth door of
rq t h rough a d n fr . And 1t '' a'
one week before � l orri l l A \ ' en ue , where l l i "ed , wa' rlowcd o u t . "
Steve Mease l l e '98, L i nsay C ochran '97 and Soren Peters '97 on the summit o f M ount Kata h d i n Opposite page C o l by c l i mbers chal lenge the ice covered face of Dev l 's C h a i r near t h e s i te of the o l d s k i s l ope.
T h e t i m i ng of t he bl i::ard , which hcg;rn s udden l y nn a Sunday C\'en i ng, a n d t h e l 1 m 1 ra r 1om of r hc older rlo\\' r rucb comb i ned to make that 3 3 - inch snowfa l l the mo>t t rouble nmc 1 11 the la,r half cenr ury. Rur Koom\ memory bank i ' a ll' a l k - 1 11 frce:cr fu l l of mcrcorolog1cal C\ Cnh.
" I n 1 992 rhe k id -, ll'crc -, k i i ng off rhc roof of my ham 111 1dnc) ," he '>aid. "And h. 1ck 1 11 1 968 t here ll'as so much snnll' rhc dog "" " on rhe roof. " W h i le he counh ll' i n rcr \' iC\\'' of rhc nort hern l 1ghr, among rhc 'rccracular C\'Cll(' of h 1 , year:-. ar
o l b " �hn, Gare' rcal i :c, rhar co nt ra-, u ng acrl\ 1 ( 1c-,, l i ke rhe co nr ra -, r 1 11g � l ame
sca:-.on:-., add n c h ncs' ro rhc
olby e x pe r i ence . "<.. nc th 111g \\ 111rcr doc' up here," ,,11d G.nc,, " 1
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'98, from acramcnto,
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m · hair fro:c :,ul i d ,1n rhc \\'<l\ t<l rhc d111111g h a l l . I rh,iughr c h,H
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rhc co,ilc,t t h 1 11g."
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r ree:, lnok ·nated I ll ICC. " l \ e he.ire! J'C<lpk '<I\ , ' \'\'c ,h,itdd 111\l\ L' ><lmcll'hcrc \\'arm . "' Lett '"'" · " Ru e rhcn 1 r '' ,itddn ' t I c \ilh
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l<ev i n Land is '98, from Sacramento, Cal if., transferred to C o l by after a se meste r at U C LA. " I remember i n January s itt i ng i n my apartment out there and it was 75 deg rees outside. I sa id, \Th is is crazy. There's no c l i mate in C a l ifo r n i a .' The fi rst week I was here I took a shower and my h a i r froze so l id on the way to the d i n i ng hal l . I thought that was the coo l est th i ng ."