OARS guides at Camp Nine put in on the Stanislaus River

OARS trip at the Camp Nine put in. Top: rigging the old assault boats purchased by George Wendt (OARS founder) from Frank Hoover for a 1968 Grand Canyon trip – left to right: Ron Helin, Werner Wilbert (one of George’s students from the Palisades – the school where George taught Werner and George’s family home burned in the 2025 LA wildfire), probably Duncan Ersland with back turned.  Bottom: from left to right: Jamie Paul (from George’s Scout Troop), Duncan Ersland, unknown, Rick Redding, George Wendt (hat), John Ganol.