Remembering one of our own – Kathy Brizzard

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Well, here is my last Sierra Club Sign-in Sheet and Liability Waiver that I received from Kathy in a pad of 100.

Kathy provided all GLS leaders a pad of 100 waivers for us to use when we lead our hikes. She did not know that, pretty soon, those sheets would be a way of keeping herself hiking on every trail with the GLS gang. Indeed, we remember her on every hike. Her memory stays alive in every trail, peak, carcamp, mountain or lake. In a way, she wanted us to carry “something” from her in our hikes. She did not know that in time her wishes would well served by all the leaders.

Kathy Brizzard 2Kathy’s pads of 100 waivers inspired GLS to create the GLS KB MILESTONE AWARD for leaders who have led 100 GLS hikes. Now, some GLS leaders are being awarded for leading 200 or even 300 outings.

These photos were taken during our Weekly Conditioning Hike at Griffith Park on Wednesday, July 1st, 2015, the regular GLS hike where we go up to the summit of Mt. Hollywood and back down to Kathy’s bench.

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