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Teton Wilderness field camp group 1975
The Teton Wilderness group before their 100-mile hike. Front: ?, Wayne Narr, Bob Dickson, Rick ____. Rear: Mike Homiak, Carl Carson, Jerry Kuzior, Jim Ewart, Randy Wood, Paul Archer, Randy Maud, Barry Voight, Eric Von Lunen, Steve Mellon. Credit: Barry Voight

Field Camp 1975

Students In 1975 the Geological Sciences Major included options in Geophysics, Geochemistry-Mineralogy-Petrology, and Geology.  Geology and G-M-P required Geol 470, Introduction to Field Geology, during the academic terms and summer Geol 472, Field Geology.  A pre-camp cross-country excursion was available as Geol 471.  Most of these names are from the database of 1976 Geological Sciences alumni that, hopefully, is a proxy for 1975 field camp, although some may have attended a year earlier or a year later.  Some of these alumni, in addition, may have been geophysics option, so would not have attended field camp.

Frederick J Allen Carl J Carlson Paul L Archer
Joseph M Babinetz William K Behrens Capt. Frederick Y Borden, III
Charles M Boyer, II Scott  B Cline Alan S Cuddy
Robert K Dickson James A (Jim) Ewart, Jr. (MS85)
Barry L Fisher Robert R Fullerton, Jr. Wayne E Gerberick
Michael Homiak Gay A Howell Deamer Jerry L Kuzior
David M Jenkins Jane E Jenness (XC only) B Keith Kaneda
Leona C Kobus Randall L (Randy) Maud Steven A (Steve) Mellon
M Craig Miller Robert D Muzzi, Jr. Wayne M Narr
Mark A Miller David R Robinson Joan M (Schweinsberger) Richarde
Randolph W (Randy) Scott Joseph M Tarantino Eric Von Lunen
Catherine M Woehr Randy M Wood Ramona Weakland

Faculty
   Charles Thornton (cross-country volcanology trip), Duff Gold, Deane Smith, Barry Voight, Derrill Kerrick

TA
   Barry Scheetz

Where They Stayed
   YBRA, Red Lodge, Montana and Northwest Community College, Powell, Wyoming (group split); U of U (for the Alta metamorphics project)

Major Projects
   Elk Basin, Beartooth front, Stillwater, Heart Mountain detachment, group then split between Teton Wilderness in Wyoming and Alta metamorphics in Utah.  Click here to see a detailed itinerary.

From the YBRA Annual Meeting Minutes, courtesy of Russ & Linda Dutcher: "31 students expected with 33 expected next year."

Click here to read Jim Ewart's tale of the Teton Wilderness Area project

Click here to read Steve Mellon's thoughts on the Teton Wilderness project and its effect on his future career

Click here to read Barry Voight's additional remarks

Click here to read Joan Richarde's comments on the Alta experience and a pre-camp volcanology trip

Click on the thumbnails to enlarge the pictures: (thanks to Steve Mellon, Barry Voight, Wayne Narr, Gay Deamer, and Duff Gold for the images)

DuPage IL landfill

DuPage IL landfill

Scott Cline is on the higher step

Randy Maud, Bob Fullerton, and Jerry Kuzior

front: ?, Randy Wood, Steve, Ramona, Joe Tarentino

Bob Fullerton in the center

Ramona and Barry Voight in the center, Joan next to yellow shirt, Carl Carlson on the right

Minnesota

Homestake Mine

Steve Mellon at left, Carl Carlson in grey hat at lower left

Mt Rushmore

Steve, Craig Miller, Jerry Kuzior, Mike Homiak, Carl Carlson, Jim Ewart(?)

Mt Rushmore

Steve, Randy Wood, Ramona, Gay, Joan, Jim Ewart

Wind River Canyon

Big Horn Mtns

Jerry Kuzior or Wayne Narr on the left

Bighorn Basin road trip, Randy W

Craig Miller, Bighorn Basin

Wyodak coal mine

Randy Wood is highest up, Gay below him looking at the camera, Joan with long hair and an orange top, Bob Fullerton at left wearing a geologic pouch

In the Hebgen Lake quake the boulder at lower right smashed the outhouse.

At the time, no one was inside. But Eric Von Lunen poses underneath.

Randy Scott in the yellow cap, Bob Fullerton facing the camera

Snowball fight, Beartooth Plateau

Snowball fight, Beartooth Plateau

"zebra rock" at the Stillwater complex

Barry Scheetz at left, Duff Gold in blue shirt, Wayne Narr behind Duff, Bob Dickson below Duff, Steve and Mike Homiak to the right of Bob, Randy Scott at top right with yellow cap, Joe Babinetz shirtless with a hammer, Randy Wood in the back using his hand lens, Deane Smith in right background

Steve Mellon and Mike Homiak at the Stillwater

Starting the wilderness hike

setting out on the Teton Wilderness trip

Teton wilderness hike

Carl & Jim waiting to cross on a log

Jim falling off log, after crossing the stream. Steve and Randy M on bank

Eric crossing snowfields

Teton trip. Steve, ?, Eric

near the continental divide

At the continental divide. Randy M, Randy W, Eric, Carl

halfway on the Teton trip, Continental Divide

Group at the continental divide

At the continental divide

Crossing a snowfield

Jim Ewart behind in the snow

rest stop

Short rest

Randy Wood and Steve crossing stream on a log

Weathering the storm

Drying out, Steve & Randy W

wet camp on the Wilderness trip

Group at the Yellowstone River

preparing for a ford

crossing the Yellowstone River, Wilderness trip

fording the Yellowstone

fording the river

fording the Yellowstone

fording the Yellowstone

Jim Ewart fording the river

fording the Yellowstone

Steve Mellon crossing the Yellowstone

Randy Wood

Barry Voight

_____ in camp

Bob Dickson in camp

Jerry Kuzior in camp

Eric von Lunen in camp

Jim Ewart in camp

Mike Homiak in camp

Paul Archer in camp

Ralph(?) ____ in camp

Rick ____ in camp

Steve (Sam) in camp

Carl Carson in camp

Randy Wood in camp

Barry Voight in camp

Paul Archer & Barry

Camp scene

Mike cleaning up

The one that got away

A watched pot never boils

cutthroat trout dinner

Steve after the Wilderness trip

Emerging from the wilderness hike

after the Teton trip

Same picture, different shadows

after the Teton trip