Dec. 12, 1935 – Oct. 17, 2014
Gus was born in Los Angeles, Calif. to Teresa Alicia and Gus J. Gerson.
He had one sister, Barbara. His childhood and high school years were spent in the same house. He grew up playing baseball and football and reading Red Ryder and J.R. Tunis books.
During the summers he worked in Sequoia, seeking to protect the trees from blister rust. This started a lifelong love of backpacking…