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THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

“SOCREDS DOOM MICA LAKE"

tiple use basis, with recrea- tional values being seriously considered and provided for in the planning of the project, that the recreational values of the reservoir can approach, or even overtake, the other val- ues involved. This has been the experience in the T.V.A. development, at Lake Mead, and at the Franklin D. Roose- velt Reservoir behind Grand Coulee Dam.

“Such recreation potential, however, can only be realized through conscious efforts by

the river basin developers to

_ accommodate recreational val-

ues. Reservoir clearing is without doubt the key factor involved.

“In the past, there has been a tendency on the part of dam planners to regard wild forest land as something expend- able, to be flooded at will for the needs of power or for other uses. No attention was paid to the destruction of hab- itat and alteration of the eco- logical balance, both a basic part of our wildlife values.

Many ugly and dangerous res- ervoir lakes were created.

“Today, as the increasing

demand for wild values be- ©

comes ever more obvious, such lakes are seen for what they are, the shortsighted er- rors of earlier times. Without exception, they are condemn- ed by the general public. Even when it is pointed out that they are the ones who will ultimately pay, the de- mand for clearing of reser- voirs is almost unanimous.”

THE SPAR POLE TRAVELS WITH HIM

One-time high rigger Danny Sailor, who used to climb for fun and the annual laurel

“wreath of the World Amateur

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Tree Climbing Championship, has turned pro. He still climbs for fun, but now gets paid a pretty fancy sum as a star performer on the exhibi- tion circuit.

In the past couple of years Danny has put the craft of logging on the world map. People as widely separated as Chicago, Illinois, and Lima, Peru, now have some idea of what it means to see a man shin up a smooth, straight spar rising as high as most suburban churches. And as if getting to the top and down in par 35 seconds isn’t enough, Danny has found that a crowd of any size, shape, colour or creed goes wild at the two basic tricks he perfected right here in British Columbia.

As many will remember from Loggers’ Sports Day on the Coast, one of these is the not inconsiderable feat of dancing the Charleston on top

of a 120-foot spar on a dance floor not much wider than a dinner plate. That’s one he didn’t learn from Arthur Murray! The other, equally notable, is to throw his cap off the top and beat it down to the ground, arriving in good: time to catch it. That takes somewhere between four and six seconds, only a second longer in fact than if Danny were to jump all the way.

Danny learned his craft from Fib Johnson, one of the legendary figures in the woods. In 1953 he went after his first World Championship, then held by Ernie Alexander, a co-worker (and both mem- bers of the IWA, natch). It took two years to beat out Ernie for the crown, and in so doing, Danny lowered the record time for climbing up and down a 100-foot spar from 90 seconds to 35 seconds. That was the first of ten successive world championships.

One of the keys to Danny’s success on the pro circuit,

DANNY shown setting up his 120-foot spar in Chicago recently.

apart from a dogged determi- nation to conquer show biz, is the spar which he takes with him on his travels: a dead- straight 12C-foot Douglas fir, cut and notched into two sec- tions and bolted together on site. Imbedded in concrete and guyed by three wires, this is Danny’s main stock-in- trade, apart from his climbing

_irons and the custom boots he

still has made at the same Vancouver boot factory which started him off with his first pair.

Danny’s most recent ap- pearances were in Nashville, Tennessee; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Duluth, Minnesota; New York, N.Y. and right now he’s heading for Lima, Peru, at the invitation of the Commissioner of the Canadian Trade Fair. Then it’s on to Australia and points down under. :

It is gratifying to record the success of one of our local lads from British Columbia’s primary industry. Maybe one of our fishermen will one day perfect a similar spectacular with a killer whale. Who knows: it’s a strange, mad, wonderful world.

SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATIONS

With the boy’s sessions at the Jubilee Summer Camp almost filled, registrations are now being taken for the girls’ sessions from July 31st to August 11th, and from August 14th to the 25th.

A full program of swim- ming, hiking, boating, arts and crafts are being arranged for them at this beautiful loca- tion up Indian Arm.

Cost for the 12 day sessions is $31.50 — and the age limit for the children is from 6 to 14. Registration takes place at 359 Homer Street on Mon- days and Thursdays from 10:00 am. to 2:00 p.m.

For further information, phone: 434-2034, 298-2132,526- 3916 or write: P.O. Box 3144, Vancouver 3, B.C.

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