the weekend. Weather was perfect and the blacks, reds, grays, yellows, mauves, and browns Of the desert floor and nearby ranges pleased the eye. Our objective for the afternoon, Flat Top Mtn, stood guard to the NW over colorful desert washes and ridges. Only Bill Schuler and I climbed Flat Top that afternoon from the W over large lavitic boulders. Near the top the going was steep and loose. A most unusual find was that of a dry lake on the NW shoulder -- about 150 x 50 yards in size. There was a register in the summit cairn. The region around Needles has many fine desert peaks within a 25 mile radius and is worthy of future visits by the DPS. PYRAMID PK & EAGLE MTN #2  -  MARCH 22-23    -    ED STORK Sixteen people, including a baby that was being carried in a harness upon the back of its father, began the climb of multi-colored Pyramid Pk at 9:00 a.m. It was quite windy as we headed NE from the cars parked alongside Calif. State Hwy 190 about 11.7 miles W from the town of Death Valley Junction. After a pleasant hike of 2 miles over flat terrain, we reached the base of a ridge that was followed in a NW direction to the top. The short scramble required to cross to the E side broke the monotony of hiking atop that friendly ridge, and afforded an opportunity to test our climbing techniques, which we would be using on Eagle Mtn #2 on Sunday. The last of the lucky thirteen that signed the register was on top at 12:15 p.m. and a pleasant hour was spent eating lunch and enjoying a view that was dimmed somewhat by distant sand storms. The long, 3700 ft descent was started after water supplies were replenished with snow taken from the N slopes. The Saturday night camp was made near the W bank of the Amargosa River alongside a dirt, road 0.3 miles N from Calif. State Hwy 127 and about 1.3 miles directly W from the summit of Eagle. Old tires were the main fuel of a late, late bonfire circled by a very congenial group of desert peakers that had swelled to 25. Included in the 24 7:30 am starters for the 1800 ft. climb of Eagle were the Keating and Wester babies that were carried by Jerry and Art. 7-year old Grant De Goede, David and Jimmy Keating,

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