Grace had her rules for reporting climbs and we have or will stress them in our correspondence with you. The great number of climbers, the dozen or so correspondents that write to them and the resulting workload on the three people that help handle the paperwork are forcing the Office of the Historian to set some simple, common sense guidelines which we would very much like you to follow:

Guidelines

In order to guarantee a reply, please abide by the following:

· Include your name on the top of the letter.

· Include return address both on your envelope and in your letter.

· Include the total number of peaks you have climbed to date in the upper right corner of your letter.

· Your letter must be addressed to your correspondent both on the envelope and the letter.

· Write on one side of 8.5 by 11inch paper.

· Be sure your letter is legible.

· Your letters should be signed and dated.

· Use no staples.

· Please do not send Journal entries.

· Limit the size of your letter to what you can easily fit in a #10 (Business size) envelope.

· Please use only #10 business size envelopes as larger ones do not fit in our Post Office Box.

· Each person must send his or her own letter. Parents may write for small children.

· You may include at most two photos. It is not necessary to send pictures of trail and summit signs. Send pictures of yourself. We want to see what you look like.

· Identify your pictures on the back with your name and date.

Please be patient with us. If you do as we ask, then your letters will be answered in a timely fashion. Even Grace did not answer all the letters sent to her by climbers. We want to hear from you. Please write.

Thank you very much.

The Office of the Historian

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This page updated 19 Apr 09.