The group stopped just short of the summit & the 3 list
finishers continued on to the top amid cheers and applause from their friends.
Within minutes the summit was a veritable war zone, with Champagne corks flying
wildly in all directions. Amid millions of nesting ladybugs on the summit
rooks, the parts continued for about 1 hour with many of the group donning
Halloween masks brought up for the occasion. List finish pins were passed out
to Richard, Les and Ken and Gail presented the trio with personalized pins and
patches of her own to commemorate the even. Running out of bubbly and
succumbing to its soothing effects at altitude, we left the summit more relaxed
than when we arrived and managed to return to the cars by late afternoon. A sit
down dinner that evening at a local Kingman restaurant capped off the
celebration.Mark, Dennis, Rob, Suzanne and Russell left that evening for Whipple Mtn. to continue their peak bagging tour of the desert which included Hayford, Moapa and Virgin before arriving at Tipton. Gail, Richard, Ken, Charles and I spent the night at the Hualapai Mtn. Park campground near Kingman and climbed Hualapai Mtn. the next morning. Others of the party got a jump on traffic and began the long drive home.
Once again, congratulations to Richard, Les and on their fine accomplishment. -Dave Jurasevich
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10/28/92 -> 11/1/92 : Private trip
Rob Langsdorf, Dennis Richards, Mark Adrian (Author)
Leaving San Diego on Tuesday (10/27/92) afternoon, we drove out I-15 towards Las Vegas with numerous lightening flashes along the way. After fuel and food in LV, we headed up NV 95 to the wildlife range.
Hayford : The drive in goes well and 2WDs should have no problems. Since the days are short, we got a "crack-of-dawn start on this 15-mile peak. So, after brushing a Black Widow spider off my daypack, we started up Deadman Canyon in the twilight. The weather, to this point, was comfortably cool, with occasional rays of sun bursting through clouds and lighting up the canyon walls. Arriving at the Hidden Forest cabin, we were somewhat disappointed to see that the cabin's glass door had been broken and was laying in pieces nearby. Leaving the cabin, we took the ridgeline that goes N from Wiregrass Spring. This route is not shown on the Guide's 6.5 Map 2. Arriving at the peak around noon, we were totally submerged in cloud