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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

if

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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