Jeanne Adams and Michael Adams Ansel&rsquo;s son look up at Mount Ansel Adams summit.<br />
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In August of 1987, the family and friends of Ansel Adams made a trip to Mount Ansel Adams to honor Ansel by putting his ashes on the mountain.  Leading the trip were Dr. Michael Adams and his wife, Jeanne, their son, Matthew, and daughter, Sarah.  Also in the group were Ansel&rsquo;s daughter, Anne Adams Helms, and her husband, Ken Helms, and Anne's daughters, Virginia (Ginny) Mayhew and Sylvia Mayhew Desin, and Sylvia&rsquo;s husband, Greg Desin.  Other members of the trip were Roger and Mitzi Hall, Matt Weston, Mrs. Desin (Greg&rsquo;s mother), and Billy Butler.  The Adams family invited me along with Leo Stutzin (Modesto Bee reporter) and my eldest son, Aaron Golub.  <br />
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With some of us on horseback and others on foot, we began the hike at Tuolumne High Sierra Camp and headed to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp for the first night out.  The second day, we began by climbing through Vogelsang Pass, then descended by switchback down to Lewis Creek.  After climbing up from the creek we hiked by the Cony Crags before descending into the Lyell Fork of the Merced River ending up near Hutchings Creek at what is now referred to as the Ansel Adams Camp.  <br />
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This camp was originally known generically as a Sierra Club Camp, but has more recently been referred to as Ansel Adams Camp because in 1934, Ansel led a Sierra Club outing to the Lyell Fork of the Merced River.  After the group climbed the then-unnamed peak that Adams called &ldquo;The Tower in Lyell Fork,&quot; they gathered around the campfire and agreed that the peak should bear Ansel&rsquo;s name.  The U.S. Geological Survey does not, however, permit naming features for living individuals, so the peak did not officially become Mt. Ansel Adams until 1985, one year and one day after his death.  Photo by Al Golub/Golub Photography