Minutes for Meeting of 02-06-2002

• The Ramblers meet every Wednesday at 5pm in the Forbes Building in room 307.
• All hikes,unless otherwise stated, will meet for departure in the parking lot behind the Park Student Union. After 8pm on Friday the lot is available all weekend for general use.

• Abhishek, Hanna, Rob and Andrew enjoyed a caving expedition at Peppersauce this past weekend. Although the first few rooms of the cave had been vandalized, the vandals had left most of the inner system unharmed. It was quite an exciting trip as they found an alternate route back to the mouth of the cave. Andrew also enhanced the educational aspect of the trip as he explained the various formations within the different caverns.
• Joe, along with a group of 14, hiked the 5-mile round trip to Bridal Wreath Falls in the Rincons. After taking extreme caution not to be mowed over by the Tucson Trail Runners they reached the top and hung out for a while. There was water at the falls but only about as much as would drip out of your sink. Before heading back down the trail they found some more falls a little ways off and explored them.
• Erich did some hiking on the Finger Rock Canyon Trail this past Thursday. On the way up there was snow but by the time he returned the elusive white stuff had been melted by the ever-present Tucson sun. He didn't make it to the vista because another hiker informed him of the icey conditions further up the trail.

• Ross will be leading a thrilling "mystery hike" this coming Sunday. He will depart from PSU at 10am. This hike is rated a C/B and isn't to be missed!

• April 11-14 is UofA's Spring Fling and we will be co-sponsering a basketball game booth with the fencing club. This will be a great opportunity for our club to raise money to buy new equipment. There will be more info about this later.
• This Friday at 1:00pm in room 205 there will be a PADRAC meeting at the Swede Johnson Bldg. This meeting will include the alumni plaza presentations concerning the Krutch Garden issue. If you would like to go and show your support of the Krutch Gardens then please go. If you would like to carry signs contact Joe at jleisz@ag.arizona.edu.
• Joe is having a MARDIS GRAS party this Saturday night. It will begin at 9pm and wrap up around 1am. All are welcome! His address is 3407 E. Linden, which is located NE of Pima and Country Club. If you're on campus and need transportation give him a call at 325-6936.

Equipment is available for borrowing to members of the hiking club, which is done by contacting Ross and signing it out. The following is the current Ramblers Hiking Club Inventory:

• 2 Backpacking Stoves
• 1 Coleman Dual Burner Stove
• 3 First Aid Kits
• 1 Large Stuff Sack
• 1 Compression Stuff Sack (1 Broken Strap?) 1 Fuel Funnel
• 2 6-Gal. Water Jugs
• 1 5-Ft. Floppy Roll Mat
• 1 6-Ft. Firm Roll Mat
• 1 Air Mat
• 1 Camp Trails Exterior Frame Pack (Ripped Front Pouch) 1 Kelty Exterior Frame Pack
• 1 Jansport Exterior Frame Pack
• 1 Maroon Sleeping Bag (Broken Zipper)
• 3 Red Kelty Sleeping Bags (Rated 25 Degrees ñ More Like 60) 1 Grey Sleeping Bag
• 1 5-Man Tent
• 1 Coleman Gas Lantern
• 1 Volleyball Net
• 1 Volleyball
• 2 Metal Canteens
• 2 Sets of Camping Utensils
• 1 Large Silver Tarp
• 1 Knee Brace