LOCAL MAN FINISHES LIST TWICE
LOCAL WOMAN FINISHES IT ONCE
Ron Bartell and Christine Mitchell, both finished the DPS list on Glass Mountain, on Sunday, 2 September 1990. Ron finished the list twice on the same day. Quite an achievements Congratulations to both!
Saturday morning twenty eight of us met in Bridgeport for the climb of Patterson from the California side. We followed the directions given in the original Peak's Guide. They were OK, but the last two miles I would classify as 4-WD. I don't believe that any passenger car could get up there due to its steepness.
The drive presents the greatest challenge, after which you hike up a road for practically the whole way. It is still a wonderful peak with an unusual summit area, and a great view. While we were on the summit, five bikers joined us coming from the Nevada side where they were camped. While I abhor dirt bike riding in the open desert, the people were nice. Everyone who went for the peak got it.
We had two flats on the way out to the highway.
Our campsite on Saturday and Sunday night was at the site of Mono Mills off Highway 120. Saturday night we had a small potluck, my thanks to the womenfolk for cooking such fine quesa dias, it was the joint cooking effort of Terry, Sue, Anna, Christine, Keats, and Betsy.
Sunday morning, in the dark, Ron Bartell (accompanied by John McCully, and Chessie) ascended Glass for the first time this day. Ron returned to the cars to climb it the second time with Christine and the rest of the group, thus completing the list the second time, and Christine the first time. There were thirty
