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1930s-40s: (Ome) Pioneering trips: Olympics, Mt Rainier
1930s-43: (Ome) Outdoor equipment inventor and retailer: spector-1994-p21, woog-1991-daiber, mtneer-a-1936-p25, mtneer-a-1976-p20, ocd-inventions, manning-1988-p4.
Mid-1930s: (Ome) Mentor to Ptarmigan Climbing Club: mtneer-a-1958-p48.
1936: (Ome) Mt Rainier, Delmar Fadden search and recovery: molenaar-1997-p247, strickland-1990.
1940s: (Ome) Equipment testing and patrol work in cooperation with War Department: dw-scrapbook-p515, ocd-ski-defense.
1940s+: Mountain rescue work: asa-1944-p50, burton-1971-p61, besser-1983-p44, seidelhuber-hank.
1947: (Ome) Founded Mountain Cabin Memorial Association: mtneer-a-1947-p55.
1948: (Ome) Co-founder of Mountain Rescue Council: subject index.
Personal communication: daiber-matie, daiber-ome, seidelhuber-hank.
Other references: skimag-1936-jan-p22, ngm-1936-jun-p715, wpt-1939-dec-p3, sep-1953-may-02-p17, spring-movies, ancient-skiers-1984, washington-1987-may-p51, mtneer-b-1989-may, mhc-bios-ome-daiber, bates-1992-ch11.

Stella Degenhardt is Bill Degenhardt's second wife. His first wife was Adelaide Degenhardt.

1935: (Bill) Mountaineers Patrol Race, member of winning team: subject index.
1937: (Bill) Open Patrol Race, member of winning team: subject index.
1947: (Bill) Skied at Lyman Lake with Hesseys, Rick Mack and Grant McConnell: wsd-collection, skimag-1948-jan-p22.
1950s: (Stella) Picture stories with Ira Spring: st-1959-apr-5-pic12, st-1960-mar-27-pic14, wsd-collection.
Personal communication: degenhardt-stella.
Other references (Bill): mtneer-a-1941-p11a, mtneer-a-1942-p21, mtneer-a-1954-p70, mtneer-b-1958-jun, mhc-bios-bill-degenhardt.
Other references (Stella): mtneer-b-1959-apr. mtneer-a-1963-p37, mtneer-b-1992-oct, mtneer-b-1993-sep, mtneer-a-1993-p32, mtneer-b-2005-jan.