Remembering our friend Tom Smart - by Bo Chapin & Bill Betz

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Here we present 29 pictures of 3 events with Tom: Our June 2017 reunion get together in the mountains, and then 2 climbing/backpacking trips that Tom organized in the 1970s to Mt. Ranier and the Grand Teton. 1. The cabin that Bill & Joan purchased, with Tom's professional guidance, in 1973. In 2017, we gathered for 3 days to renew our friendship. 2. Front: Tom, Becky Berry, Sandy Chapin. Back: Bill, Dave Berry, Joan Betz, Bo. We had all recreated here forty years ago. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. First night's dinner on the deck. 8.Breakfast on the deck at Jen's cabin. 9. Lunch 10. Dinner at Emmy's cabin 11. View from Emmy's deck 12. Day 3 breakfast 13. 14. Mount Rainer. Tom and Kathy Fletcher. 15. We stayed overnight at Kathy's house, overlooking Lake Washington 16. Hitting the trail. That's Tom bending over in the white T-shirt. Governor Dick Lamm in the red bandana. 17. Tom in the white T-shirt 18. Our goal 19. Muir cabin at 10,000, an unventilated shelter which 22 people crammed into and tried to get a little sleep. 20. Tom on the left 21. 22. 23. Taken from our plane as we flew back to Denver 24. The Grand Teton (center) 25. Back row: Governor Lamm, Tom, Kathy Fletcher 26. 27. Tom in white T-shirt 28. Tom on right 29. Kathy & Tom very close to the summit