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We held five talks in 2019, starting with Deb Kelley’s door-busting presentation on research at the Axial Seamount. Other topics included a technical discussion of ground-water dating and a personal retrospective of working at Mount St. Helens (1980-83). In June, we took a deep dive by inviting geologist and KCTS (Ch. 9) celebrity Nick Zentner to talk about his video series “Nick on the Rocks.” Luckily, we anticipated a large crowd (275!) and had booked Chimacum High School’s Auditorium. As a result, we gained about 100 members, swelling the ranks further and signaling us to look for a larger venue. Finally, we finished the year of with Peter Ward’s wide-ranging discussion of the Coming (?) Great Simplification and possible future extinctions.
David Williams, a popular geology speaker of ours from Seattle, conducted two intriguing walking tours of downtown Seattle, focusing on architecture history, and the building materials used. In the early summer, Jim Aldrich (a former advisor) led his second trip to Hurricane Ridge to speak about the history of the Olympic Mountains. Finally, Pat Pringle led a three-day circum-navigation of Mt. Rainier, focusing mainly on the debris-flows and eruptive history of this magnificent mountain. We lucked out on the timing: the day after we left, the Sunrise Visitor’s Center (at 6,400 ft.) closed for the season and it snowed.