Baboquivari Campground, it should be noted, has now been upgraded to Baboquivari Park. it was exceptionally clean, with several restrooms, tow with flush toilets, tp, and wash basins; and the Papagos even have the trail well signed and maintained (e.g. cat-claw cut back). Did they also put those bucket hand and footholds on the easy cl 4 pitch? Participants on the Babo climb, besides leaders, were: Dorothy Callison, Richard Carey, Donn Cook, Bobby Dubeau, Martha Flores, Paul Freiman, Gail Hanna, Dave Jurasevich, Julie King, Ron Leach, En Lee Lin, Owen Maloy, Rich May, Ken Olson, Dave Petzold, Ted Pinson, Evan Samuels, Don & Ursula Slager, Larry Tidball, and Carolyn West. Ajo was switched to day 2, from the originally planned day 3, to be a "rest" day between the more time-consuming efforts of Babo & Kino. this required a few more miles of driving, but the respite appeared to be worth the added trouble. We slept late (7am, PST) at the Babo campground, had a leisurely breakfast, and drove to the Ajo trailhead in time for a 10:45 departure up the trail. We were still back at the cars before dark - i.e. all except Owen, who had volunteered to wait for two slow young men who had joined us at the trailhead. Dale lead this climb, Bill assisted, and was accompanied by Martha Flores, Owen Maloy, Rich May, Gary Murta, Dave Petzold, Evan Samuels, Larry Tidball, and Carolyn West. The high point of the evening was still to come, for we then headed up to the quaint little town of Ajo with the Benards and Keats to have dinner in the banquet room of Dago Joe's Restaurant. This helped make the day memorable and should well become a part of every Ajo climb. Meanwhile five late arrivals for the previous day, George Tucker and Erika, the Bartell's (Ron and Christine), and Bob Sumner went for Babo. The weather was worsening as the cl 4 was reached and Bob elected not to try the very cold rock. The other made it to the top, but in horizontally blowing snow that plastered the upper slopes. Fortunately for everyone else, this was the only bad weather incident during the climbs. Eight other climbers went for Pinacate. These included persons who did not need Ajo, or could not afford the time for the planned 4th day of climbing, or who were unwilling to chance bad weather developing and robbing them of Pinacate on Sunday (e.g. Bobby Dubeau). Gail Hanna and Richard Carey, taking the words "rest day" literally, met friends Ralph & Beth Davis., and drove to the summit of nearby Kitt Peak, site of the National Observatory. Most of those in the above groups met and camped in the desert north of Organ Pipe, poised to go after Kino on the following day.

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