21 people met at the junction of Darby Well Road and Arizona Highway 85 which is just South of Ajo, Ariz. This is reached by going South from Interstate 8 at Gila Bend on Arizona 85 thru Ajo, past the Copper Smelter, cross the railroad and past the slag heap, it is the first blacktop road turning West (Right). At 1.9 miles the blacktop ends, stay left for 6.5 miles then stay right on Main Road. 0.9 miles farther go left, at 2.9 miles go left, 0.2 miles enter Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. A large sign here states this fact. Stay on Main Road to right for 4.0 miles to Gray Ranch at Bates Well. Stay right. 0.3 miles, cross cattle guard at fence for 1.5 miles to faint road on left. 0.2 miles left and drive as far as you can. We quit at the wash and started hiking at 0830.
Take the Canyon running Northwest to South East from Growler Wash at BM 1290. South of Section 34. Hike to its head thru the letter 0 in mountains up to the saddle just east of Kino Peak. From this saddle there is a series of hidden ledges and' a trail of sorts that takes you to the ridge north of Kino. Run the ridge to the peak. There is a small amount of brush and some cactus. In fact several people were attacked by the jumping Cholla. Bill Russell was using a magnifying glass to see the spines to determine why they were so hard to pull out and the Cholla that he was observing jumped 4 5/8 inches to imbed itself in his finger. Barbara Lilly was going to assist by using rocks as pincers to remove it. The Cholla then attacked her, as she released it, 4 more spines entered Bill's finger. Tweezers were then used with much care, oh such is the price for scientific knowledge. A leisurely lunch on top and we started down.
An alternate route which some had used previously, was to park just West of Bates Well. Take the Wash South that runs thru the word Bates in Bates Mountains to the High Point at the saddle East of Kino Peak. Hike up chutes and ledges to the previously mentioned high saddle just East of Kino Peak.
We were back at the cars close to 1600 and off for South of the Border. Some chose to eat at the cafe in Gringo Pass in Lukeville. A few people picked up their tourists permits at the Border. I may add that you need proof of citizenship. From the Border stay straight ahead; at 2 miles highway 2 joins from the right, stay straight; 0.2 cross a bridge and take right fork on Mexico Highway 8 to Puerto Penasco. At 0.rmiles there is the tourist check station. At 30.6 miles there is a double concrete bridge. About kilometer sign post 51, 0.4 miles turn right onto a dirt road. There is a house and a sign parallel with the road that cannot be seen at night without turning onto the road saying Park Nationale Pinacate.
I had made a mistake on my write up and said about KM marker 58 was where to meet. I had cars scattered all over the desert but was able to round them up and return to the proper road. A short way up there was a flat area where we spent the night. It was very damp that night with fog and lots of dew but not too cold.
The next morning we returned to the road to see if any Stragglers had showed up. There was no one, some drove straight ahead past this