Supper was had in Shoshone via cafe, market, or personal resources. Regrouping, we caravaned a roundabout but reasonable route to the starting point of Sunday's climb, one member having left Shoshone for home with a match stick and wad of gum hopefully filling a rent in his gas tank.

Following breakfast at 6:00 a.m., we visited the owners of the ranch at horse Thief Springs. This was my third visit with them having climbed Kingston two days earlier (Friday). Learning I'd return Sunday to lead a group up the mountain, the well-seasoned rancher had doubled up with laughter. He considered climbing it once - as too often; however, he agreed the beauty, exercise, and clean air of the mountains was better than "wastin' away in the city smog", even if it meant the "nonsense of climbing mountains".

Kingston offered the hardest terrain to hike I've encountered in 25 desert peaks (including Rabbit in one day). Eleven hikers started and finished with the 2 women (Helen Siemens and Joyce Davis) setting the pace. (No reflection on women hikers - - these two are topnotch and always welcome). -Total time: ten hours with enough daylight to reach the Interstate north of Baker at dusk.

Ex-DPS Chairman Abe Siemens, Bob Greenawalt, and Bill Clifton added dignity to the Avawatz group; and Bob Bear, ex-DPS and Angeles Chapter Chairman joined us for Kingston. Thanks to Herb Saban for volunteering as assistant leader.

General feeling indicated we had tackled two pretty tough peaks for one weekend. (No one suggested climbing a third peak.)

POTPOURRI SLIDE SHOW AT NOVEMBER MEETING

The potpourri slide show arranged by Fran Smith for the November meeting proved very entertaining. Ed Stork showed a few slides of some desert ranges as seen from 140 miles up by our astronauts. Bill Stewart had some slides of Silent River Cave which is found 1800-ft. below the north rim of the Grand Canyon. Highlights of climbs of the high points of Idaho (Mt. Borah) and Utah (Kings Pk) were shown by Bill Clifton. Garver Light showed several slides of The Maze area in southern Utah and Virgil Sisson furnished a number of fine views of the peaks and valleys in the San Juan area of the Rockies near Durango, Colorado. This type of program definitely has its place, as there must be a large number of DPSers who have some slides of merit but neither sufficient, slides nor energy for preparation of a full program.
 
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