Twelve eager students, representing Cal State Long Beach, survived five weeks of intensive field geology. The group completed several mapping projects including walking 5-6 miles a day in a shadeless desert, enduring temperatures up to 105 degrees, as well as climbing up to 12,000 feet to survey an alpine landscape still covered with snow in places.
Pictured left to right: (back row) Chris McNeil, instructor Dr. Al Bol,
Bruce Crabtree, Robin Smyth, Gary Lundgren, (middle row) Brad Downing,
Mike Tardif, Ron Morris, Autumn King, (front row) Barry Dalkey, Trinon
Carter, Ernie Roumelis. Not pictured Dave Stevens.
Field partners Autumn King and Bruce Crabtree enjoy a summer rain shower
while mapping near Rock Creek in the Sierra Nevada at 11,000 feet elevation.
The rain was a welcomed event after spending four weeks in the desert.
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