Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

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and an ability to transfer this into his daily trans- actions in the city. Tapia said, You find a meadow and the whole thing belongs to you - you don't hear the wind, you don't hear insects, you don't hear people. Club member Philip Deutschle experienced back- packing for the first time with the Boy Scouts of America. Recalling his adventure during his first solo journey backpacking, Deutschle nearly had a mountain lion as a bed partner, Making camp after nightfall, he was unaware of what was beyond the beam of his flashlight. In the morning he awoke to find that he was trespassing on a local mountain lion's territory. Luckily, he was not evicted. Deutschle's biggest fear, oddly enough, is not the elements of territorial wildlife, but the crazy people that are frolicking up in the mountains. When journeying away from his camp, he is com- pelled to camouflage his gear, lest some confused campers pass through and confiscate it for them- selves. Neal is a solitary camper. l guess l'm sort of the adventuresome type. I don't like to have to depend on anyone. He concedes that solo excursions eliminate the hassle of competition which occurs frequently when companions disagree on routes, campsite selections, or scheduled traveling time. When you're by yourself, you're the leader and the tail end of the party. This enthusiastic backpacker would rather spend the night at the top of a secluded mountain pass than park with the multitude at the foot of the pass. He believes that that little extra effort at the end of the day doubles itself in rewards when it permits him to view a valley painted with a sunrise from a mountain's heights. lt's about this time Dennis 0'Leary begins to think maybe he should take up tennis or a sport that's more down-to-earth. -.15-sa -i - .yt . rl! ,limi Z1 - , , :Jai ,, ,fi 1 r i ,LN 1 , .sin if. ll 9 '-af .E .' .Q ,B . .' I f r , 7 J l -'cx,a',? t .4 He: lv: Working his way out ol a right squeeze, Al Tapia masterfully performs a somewhat dangerous descent between ragged mountain cliffs. A veteran of the john Muir Trail, Neal refers to it as being a zoo or a freeway. He does admit that it was a profitable experience, but sees it as a one-shot deal. Neal genuinely wants all people to take up the art of backpacking, as long as they don't do it at the same time he does. Neal would not exactly qualify as a dedicated disciple of doctrines of Euell Gibbons. Yet, he still is in agreement that All plants are edible, those that taste terrible, those that don't have any nutritional value, those that taste good, and those that will kill Il If-e ,ff 'C you. When describing one of Gibbons' prescribed beverages, pine needle tea, Neal verified that lt tasted exactly how it sounds. After a full day's climbing Philip Deutschle scales down a mountain cliff to step onto solid ground. Ng .. , lll .' 3'!1.4

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-1-Hf 1 f, k, .tx 3 . u .4 . - 1 s,' 149, i- Al Tapia retains his grip while foraging up the mountain cliftside, at Stoney Point, Chatsworth. By Vanessa Finan Illustrated by Robert Lachman Paul Neal has been forced to concern himself with one of the most important unwritten laws in the constitution governing the wilderness. If a bear is just about to get your food, you can scare him off - it still belongs to you. But once he has the food, there is no way you can get it back. As president of the newly formed Mountaineering Club, Biology Major Paul Neal, along with the help of fall president and club originator, Al Tapia, saw the year through on the Mountaineering Club's new foundation. Fundamentals of self-preservation in the wilds and camping techniques are discussed and taught at the club meetings, which are held Thursdays at 11 a.m. in Life Science 107. Tapia explained that club sponsor Gerald Bessey strongly influenced the club's organization. Bessey, associate professor of biology, has injected his knowledge of survival in the wilderness into the club's very fiber. Hiking, backpacking, rock climbing and ski touring are the facets of mountain- eering that are practiced in the club. Club members who are active not only with the group, but also on their own time, register indivi- dual likes and dislikes involved in mountaineering. Tapia has just recently changed his major from electronics to outdoor recreation. With a goal set at becoming a park ranger or lecturer and instructor in mountaineering sports, Tapia is experienced in the fields of ski touring, survival instruction and camp- ing, backpacking and rock climbing. The biggest rush Tapia gets from mountaineering is his relationships with people in the wilds. He finds himself to have undergone a metamorphosis that has cocooned into his becoming more self-assured 30 All Campers APE Edible Instructions on howto handle mountain climbing gear is explained by Club President Al Tapia. X 4

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Dynamics in anmony 'mfr s-YY! . . ill Terri Freeark, LAVC student, plays passionately for her audience in Monarch Hall, in a scheduled performance. 32 U IIDDL. III II I II II I lg 'l-I. By Michael Hudson Illustrated by Ken Hively The Monarch Hall Concert Series is one of the few continuing programs held at Valley College that strive to give a balanced calendar of events to students, as well as to the community it serves, Theodore Lynn, assistant professor of music, coor- dinates the series working with a budget of about 510,000 annually. With this sum, Prof, Lynn plans, organizes, and books various off-campus profession- als along with faculty members, and student work- shop classes to play in Monarch Hall for the students and surrounding community for free. Prof. Lynn gets off-campus performers through a variety of methods. Some he is acquainted with by reputation, some he knows through studio work that they have done around Los Angeles. He usually books five to seven professional acts a year. The other performance dates in the series are faculty members, or student workshop classes. A highlight from the year's off-campus performers was the Los Angeles Saxophone Quartet. Another was Clark Spangler, who gave a demon- stration of the synthesizer used as an instrument, who was booked by Prof, Lynn because, he is the person responsible for most of the synthesizer sounds heard in television, movies, and radio. Concert cellist, Dana Ress, appeared at Valley in the fall semester. In his career he has backed such professionals as Tom jones, Harry Belafonte, the 5th Dimension, and was also a part of the Houston Symphony Orchestra for two seasons. The eight-piece Bill Broughan Trombone Ensem- ble, a group that boasts some of the best-known studio musicians around, also performed at Valley. David Pittman Jennings, a member in the Santa Fe Opera Company, one of the most world-renowned avante-garde opera companies in the United States, also performed, The Kanter Woodwind Ensemble, a group of professional studio woodwind musicians, were also featured artists. Brass performances were represented by The Modern Brass Quintet. Another performer in the brass field, Bud Brisbois, is one of the best high register jazz trumpeters in the world, according to Prof. Lynn. As a special concert treat, the High School lazz festival was held at Valley this past year, and it ran for seven hours. DeWayne Fulton, a harpist that gave a perfor- mance par-excellence, also performed at Valley. The string portion of the musical spectrum was represented by Murray Adler. Adler is a well-known studio musician as well as being a traveled concert performer. Every faculty member is involved with the series, in regards to their directing the various workshop bands and groups on campus. Individual faculty members performed four times throughout the year