Half or so of the folks left for home after breakfast while 17 remained to hike up Orocopia. Ron started the hike at 8am Sunday morning at an easy pace. 15 reached the summit in about 3 hours. Garnet Roehm of Julian qualified for DPS membership with his sixth summit. John McCully, as usual, rushed ahead with Chessie and hit the road before the group returned. It was good to see Yolanda Gonzalez who has seemed to have recovered well from her skiing injury. She got her 4th or 5th desert summit. Weather to the north over I-10 & Chiriaco Summit was very dark with occasional thunder and lightning. We didn't stay long on the summit and a few drops of rain spattered, around us on our descent. We followed the description for Orocopia route B on our ascent. On the descent we found it a bit easier to drop back into the main canyon about 2-300 feet lower in elevation. All were back at the cars in two hours. We had a great tail gate party upon our returning, covering Shakespeare, Haiku, Edward Abbey, etc. A good time was had by all. Thank you Igor and Suzanne, as always, for helping out. In addition to those aforementioned, participants included: Ed Lozano, Annick Wolf, Mario Gonzalez, Karen Leonard, Edna Erspamer, Ron Young, Vic Henney, Sue Wyman, Tom Sumner, Ron Grau, Harry Rockey, Eileen Seligson, Betsy Lutz, Andy Butcher, Gerry Thomas, Basil Anton, Kathy Lucas, Barbara Schnirel and Tom Sakowych. P.S. 3 participants, John McCully, Ron Grau & Tom Sumner tried but didn't pass the Desert Rat Test, administered by Jones the 1st time in 5 yrs.

THE 3RD ANNUAL CHILI COOKOFF WINNING RECIPE prepared by Evelyn Chadwell

APR 10, SAT, LTC LEADERSHIP TRAINING SEMINAR: YOU can become a qualified Sierra Club Leader! All applicants must be SC members and have participated in at least 5 SC hikes or trips. Held at Griffith Park Ranger Station. To enroll in the seminar send a self-addressed, stamped business-size envelope to Alice' Bannister Danta, LTC Registrar, 4448 Sunnycrest Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90065-4827. Completed application forms must be returned to the Registrar NOT LATER THAN March 27, 1993.

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