Hulda Crooks

Hulda Crooks

Hulda Crooks (May 19, 1896 – November 23, 1997) was an American mountaineer. Affectionately know as "Grandma Whitney" she successfully scaled 14,505 foot Mt. Whitney 23 times between the ages of 65 and 91. She had climbed 97 other peaks during this period. [ cite web
url = http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/trips/west97/97aug15/hulda.html
title = Hulda Crooks passes away at 101
publisher = Loma Linda University
accessdate = 2009-04-29
]

In 1990, Day Needle, one of the peaks in the Whitney area was, by an Act of Congress , named Crooks Peak in her honor. [GNIS|277451|Crooks Peakaccessdate|2008-04-23] In 1987, at the age of 91, she became the oldest woman to complete the ascent of Mt. Fuji in Japan. She hiked the entire 212 mile John Muir Trail in the high Sierras.Fact|date=April 2008

Hulda Crooks was a long-time resident of Loma Linda, California and a Seventh-day Adventist. She often spent time with children in the community, encouraging them to appreciate nature and stay active. In 1991 Loma Linda dedicated a park at the base of the south hills as Hulda Crooks Park. [ cite web
url = http://www.ci.loma-linda.ca.us/asp/Site/Departments/PublicWorks/Parks/index.asp
title = Public Works: Parks
publisher = City of Loma Linda
accessdate = 2009-04-29
]

cquote|Early to bed and early to rise. Out jogging about 5:30am. Jog a mile and walk it back briskly. It takes me 12 minutes to jog the mile and 15 minutes to walk it. Do some upper trunk exercises, work in the yard, and walk to the market, and work
"Hulda Crooks describing life at 80" [ cite book
title = Conquering life's mountains: A collection of writings
last = Crooks
first = Hulda
pages = 1
oclc = 35020378
location = Redlands, CA
date = 1996
publisher = Quiet Hour
] [ cite web
url = http://diabetesdietdialogue.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/who-are-the-oldest-people-on-our-planet-and-why-are-they-that-healthy-part-6/
title = Who Are The Oldest People On Our Planet? And, Why Are They That Healthy? Part 6
publisher = Diabetes Diet Dialogue
accessdate = 2009-04-29
]

According to Congressman Jerry Lewis (R California), one of her hiking companions,

References

External links

* [http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/trips/west97/97aug15/hulda.html A personal webpage by friends of Crooks]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1000/is_1984_Oct-Nov/ai_3450351 The Backpacking Octogenarian] Health and Fitness
* [http://www.endpavement.com/2007/01/16/hulda-crooks-park-2/ Hiking report at Hulda Crooks Park] includes 3D maps of terrain.
* [http://www.house.gov/jerrylewis/crooks.html Photo of Jerry Lewis with Hulda Crooks] below Whitney Summit.


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