drop 2 to 300 feet on the back side along a very steep fissure-ramp covered with lava ball bearings; a cable here makes a welcome grabbing belay. When the terrain allows, the route then heads E along the base of the SE face of the peak. It's easy to get off route during this traverse; I sure did. Presently, you came to the first of several cable ladders, two cables body-width apart with which you haul yourself up 20' or so 4th-5th class pitches. Each time the route starts to look desperate - voila, a cable! Further up, an easy enough ledge with sickening (ca. 1000') exposure is protected by a cable handrail. Just below the summit, the route crosses a hanging basin - a little saguaro garden suspended above a shear face. One more cable, a few switchbacks, and you're on top! In all my rambles through the West, I've never seen such a fearsome eerie which was accessible to your basic hiker without rope work. (We'll, Half Dome,) I highly recommend "Picacho #3" for the List. Given the gas situation, some might look askance at considering such a distant peak; but this one is almost unique, both in visual impact and in the natures of the route. Moreover, it's right on the way from the Superstitions to Baboquivari.
	Brown Bear Mountaineering Club Denver, Colorado
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