In 1978, our catalog cover remained the same but our programs began to evolve. With two large groups of twenty-four students and six leaders on our Northwest Expedition, we began offering a third trip group for returning students in the Rocky Mountains, which featured our first climb of the Grand Teton. Little did we know that over two thousand three hundred more students would climb the Grand with us in subsequent years.
Mike, Helen and our group on the Olympic Beach in 1978. Student
Tom Woodhouse with the red pack would eventually lead our
Northwest trip for ten years before becoming our first Staff Coordinator. The tree stump still remains on the beach and has been a favorite photo stop of our groups for many years.
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The 1978 Northwest group in the Tetons.
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The 1978 staff. Mike Englert (top right) and Bonnie Crosky(bottom
Right) were WV's first leaders besides Mike and Helen. Bennett
Borko (bottom second from right led WV's first Alaska trip)
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Mike and Helen's new log home on the edge of the Teton
Wilderness just outside of Grand Teton National Park became the
Gathering place for many WV groups upon completion of
Their trips.
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Mike and Helen and their 1978 group pausing in the Yellowstone
Backcountry.
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The Northwest group on the Olympic Beach
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