| PRIVATE TRIPS Big Picacho -- April 1990 -- J. Holshuh |
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This inscription was found on a metal plaque on the summit rock of Picacho del Diablo during a trip in April, 1990. I don't know how long it might have been there as other climbers I have talked to who have summitted the peak more than once in the recent years do not remember seeing it. I may have miscopied one portion of it and would like it to be corrected if possible. Also I am very curious who this person was. I think the plaque was probably placed by the Club Alpinista of Tijuana or Ensenada as some such group seems to have organized the peak register. (Editor: I have heard that all the old registers were removed from the north summit. I have many early original registers, shredded, rotting and tattered, covering 1967 to 1981. Now, all you historians, should I replace those scraps on my CMC climb later this year? How they came into my possesion is a story I will tell another time. I hope the fine registers (with N. Clyde's signature) still remain on the south summit. --R. Jones) |
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KATSUO NISHIKAWA - In Memorium |
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Ustedes me dicen, entonces, que tengo que perecer Como tambien las flores que cultive pereceran De mi nombre nada quedara Nadie mi fama recordara? Pero los jardines que plante, son jovenes y Creceran........ Los canciones que cante, y cantandose Sequiran Huexotzincatzin Principe de Texcoco, 1484 In Otin Ihuan In Tonaltin Nican Tzonquica Aqui terminan los Caminos y los Dias |
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| Approximate Translation | ||
You tell me then that I must perish Just as the flowers that I planted will die Will nothing remain of my name Will no-one remember my fame? But the gardens that I planted are young and growing... The songs that I sang will continue being sung. A Mexican Indian language? The roads and the days end here. |
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We estimated this hike at two days, but three proved to be necessary. We used the fancy map (Centra Publications at 4705 Laurel Street, San Diego, CA 92015, probably $5), John Robinson's book Camping and Climbing in Baha, and the AAA Baja map to figure out our route. |
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