SCHEDULED TRIPS
Feb 2	Turtle Mtn.	Al Campbell
After the scheduled climb of Spectre, Mark Dunbar and I went over to climb Turtle Mtn. We followed Bill Banks' write-up but got a bit mixed up due to nightfall and an ORV race being held near the roadhead. We took down the following mileage's etc. to supplement Bill's notes. You leave Hwy. 62 approximately 0.6 mi. east of the RR crossing at Grommet then head No. on the dirt road. We passed thru the Aqueduct and the dike and went past the 90° right turn. Instead of 8 miles, my odometer read 7.1 mi. from Hwy. 62 and the right turn is a reverse "Y" of about 150º . There is a wide spot on the right and just past this, there is a cairn on the right near the road which protects a stand-pipe survey marker noting sections 10/11. If you get this far - turn back and you should then see the correct road branching off to the left. We went another 5.6 miles to the end of the road. The wash paralleling the mountain was good but we pulled out a little too soon and had a few more ups and downs on the ridge to negotiate. WAUCOBA, PLEASANT, NELSON (May 10-11) - Henry Heusinkveld, Gordon Ruser The trip went as scheduled. The weather was good, but interest proved light. Ten persons, including the Settles-Le Clerq party of eight in their camper showed up at road-head for Waucoba. The camper people were wan and draggy, so six did an early fade on the lower slopes, leaving only four of us to get the peak. One of these was resolute six-year old Mathew Settles, who floundered through crotch-deep snow, while wearing tennies. And cheerfully ! The camper party bade adieu after the Saturday non-event, leaving only the leader and ass't. We slept in the alkali dust at Keeler, and early Sunday scooted up the very steep dirt road to the Cerro Gordo mines. Pleasant Mtn was bagged by 9 am after which we zoomed down the opposite side of the mtn from which we arrived. This side was likewise very steep, although the road surface very good. A long trek over desert roads brought us to the foot of Nelson, which we climbed within the hour. All three peaks afforded brilliant views of the snow laden Sierras. From Waucoba we looked directly across at Split and Tinemaha. From Pleasant we looked across at Olancha, and wondered how the BMTC party was hacking the deep snow. From Nelson we viewed Dry and Tin Mtns in Death Valley and also got a look at the famous Race Track.

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