| Pleasant & Nelson | Dec 7, 1991 | Raiford, Cohen |
Six people met at the intersection of Hwy 395 & 190 in Olancha at 7 AM. Following DPS guide, drove via 190, 136 and dirt road to saddle just above Cerro Gordo. Started hiking up road at 8:15, in cold and breezy weather with clouds moving in. Then along ridge to summit with no difficulty. Brief sign-in and rest on summit of Pleasant then re-trace steps to cars. Round trip time three hours and ten minutes. Drove back down to hwy, stopping for lunch and flat tire about half way down. Followed instructions to Nelson, passing a "bridge out" sign at beginning of section of bad road. Parked below cabin. Went straight up side and over false summits to actual peak. Weather getting colder and windy so we had another short rest and back down "sandy gully" to cars. Round trip one hour and fifty minutes. Back out to hwy and headed home. Trip was scheduled to be a weekend but we did it in one day which was good since we got a fairly good rain on the way home. Participants: Bill Faulkner, Charlie Knapke, Bob Meador, John Cheslick, Barbara Cohen and Jim Raiford.
| Chemeheuvi, Stepladder | Sat-Sun, Jan 11-12, 1992 | Bill T Russell Duane McRuer |
Twenty five of us started from the trail head given in the Peak Guide and climbed Chemeheuvi in about three hours. We ascended the ridge to the west of the main gully, went to the saddle NW of the peek and then on up the peak. We descended via the main gully and agreed that up one way and down the other was a good way to go. We then caravaned to hwy 95, south a bit to Turtle Mtn Road, west on it for about ten miles and then north on the faint road for Stepladder. We went on this faint road for about 0.8 mi where we made camp at a large pleasant flat area.
We had a social period, then dinner and a good campfire. The trip had the theme of a reunion of old timers so we spent some time talking of old times. We had nine list finishers and four DPS chairs, long time members and first time DPSers. Mary Ann Campbell was awarded the cholla award as the person who became most intimate with a jumping cactus. Henry Heusinkveld was given the ocotillo award for being strong, tough and friendly. Rudi Nageli, from Switzerland, received a sprig of desert edelweiss (creosote bush) as a reminder of home. Sue Wyman played her guitar and led us in singing those good old DPS songs.
Sunday morning we left the three street vehicles at camp and drove north in beck road vehicles to the Stepladder jump off. The climb went well but there was a strong cold gusty wind that we wished Weren't. Twenty-three people made the summit by the Peak Guide route.
We left a new register can and book on Chemehuevi and closed the original book. Stepladder has the original top spiral book in a bend aid can. A new container and book are needed but leave the old book there! It would be good to carry some heavy paper and a stapler to repair these original books. Participants:
| Bill T Russell Duane McRuer Pat Russell Delores Holladay George Pfeiffer |
Hen. Heusinkveld Al Thompson Bob Greenawalt David Campbell Mary A Campbell |
Evelyn Chadwell Rudi Naegli David Welbourn Betty Wallin Doug Hatfield Ron Grau |
Adrienne Knute Bill Faulkner Terry Flood Ther. Rutherford Carl Faber |
Bruce Peterson Paula Peterson Basil Anton Mark Adrian Vic Henney Sue Wyman |