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logo
as featured on many of our web pages, caps, mugs, jackets, etc. was
born out of a club wide logo competition that was judged by the 2002
LAM Board of Directors. Peter McLachlan was the club president and
responsible for the Mountaineers' 50th anniversary celebration. As
part of the celebration it was decided that a club logo would be an
appropriate icon of the anniversary. Mario Schillaci first made the
suggestion to have Masherbrum be the club logo to honor
George Irving Bell, a longtime club member who died on May 28, 2000,
who went on several Himalayan expeditions
which culminated in the first ascent of
Masherbrum on July 6, 1960.
Close up of
Masherbrum as seen from Hushe Valley near Kande. McLachlan found
this photo of
Masherbrum, as seen from Hushe Valley near Kande, on the internet and he and his friend Patrick Harvey
modified it with Photoshop to produce the winning
LAM
logo. A few more of the
original Logo Contest
entries were recently unearthed:
Logo Merchandise Usage: Dave Katonak, our LAM Equipment
Manager for 3 years, was largely responsible for the first few rounds of
logo endowed merchandise. The club gave members a half-liter
water bottle emblazoned with the logo and had clothing with the logo
available for purchase. Bill
Priedhorsky and others have since used that very same logo on many
of the clubs "trip
rewards". Below are two of several impressionistic logos used on
LAM merchandise:
The original
LAM
logo survives today, along with a few newer versions, due to the
rich club history that it represents and it's fine artistic
interpretations. Our thanks go to the 2002 LAM Board of
Directors, Peter McLachlan, Patrick Harvey, Mario Schillaci, and
oh yah, let's not forget George Irving Bell.
Masherbrum was first climbed on July
6, 1960 by LAM member
George Irving Bell and
Willi Unsoeld, as part of an American-Pakistani expedition led
by Nick Clinch. They succeeded in climbing the southeast face that
had stymied earlier attempts.
The teams 1953 view of Masherbrum from the Baltoro Glacier in
northern Pakistan. At 25,660 feet,
Masherbrum is the 22nd highest peak in the world. According to the
Himalayan index, there have been only three subsequent ascents. The
Los Alamos Mountaineers honor this historical climb and an esteemed
member by featuring Masherbrum (as seen from the Hushe Valley near
Kande) as our club logo.
George ascending a
steep snow gully,
George approaching Willi at the summit of Masherbrum. The
south and lower summit The American Alpine
Journal published an
account of the climb written by Willi Unsoeld; it is well worth
reading.
George Bell on the
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