FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND
Ron Jones

Five Years Ago in the DPS
Bartell, Popishil and Keating made a private climb of Baboquivari from the Nature Conservancies Babo Ranch on the east side of the peak having been denied access from the west by the Papago tribe. Jon and Bernie Petitjean led an exploratory trip in the Needles area climbing Battleship, Boundary Cone and exploring local mines. Fran Smith led his 9th annual frolic up Rabbit peak with a group of 24. On the way out six cars were stuck in the sand. Bill T and Jim Erb led 17 up Nopah and Smith Mtn. Mike Manchester and George Hubbard led the DPS exploratory climb of Sandy and Mike urged that Sandy be added to "the list". The next week Mike and Vi Grasso led a climb of Grapevine and Palmer. The campfire required a "Parental Guidance" rating of the 15 participants. Theresa Rutherford earned her emblem on Rabbit while Jerry Keating finished the DPS list on Cerro Pinacate and joined four others in completing the HPS, SPS and DPS lists.

TEN YEARS AGO
"Awesome gastronomical acts" were carried out at the campfire on Ed Treacy's lead of Tin and Dry. Ron Fracisco, Barbara Magnuson and Frank McDaniel earned their emblems in December climbs of peaks not listed in my records. Norman Asa Clyde died December 23, 1972 and was buried in Tonopah Nevada.

TWENTY YEARS AGO
Bob Bear led a group of 17 up Clark Mtn. On the drive out Bud Bingham knocked a hole in the gas tank of his car, lost all the gas but solved the problem by attaching a rubber hose to the gas line and running it up to a 5 gallon can of gas in the backseat of the car. Several weeks later Bob led 28 climbers, including Abe and Helen Siemens who flew in to the Trona airport that morning, on a climb of Argus Peak. Bud Bingham, Harry Melts and Al Dageford led a successful climb of Old Dad in December. (Back in the 20 years ago era the climb of only one peak on a weekend was a frequent occurrence in both the DPS and the SPS). --Ron


DPS VITAL STATISTICS

List Finisher

40 Norm Rohn 10/10/82 S. Guardian Angel

Emblems

418 Jim Fleming 7/11/82 Mt. Montgomery
419 Sue Wyman 5/16/82 Mt. Montgomery
420 Jeff Keopke 10/11/82 N. Guardian Angel
421 Richard Farrar 10/31/82 Smith Mtn.

New Members

R. J. Secor
Dr. Mark Reynolds*
James Jones
Marty Chambliss
New Desert Sage Subscriptions

A. Skwara
Dave Fonde
Bill Rogers
Carl Brodene

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