In late 1991, the DPS Management Committee established a list of peaks that had been led on official exploratory trips and had been formally recommended for addition to the Peak List. The plan was to publicize this list, called "recommended" peaks, with the idea that DPSers would climb them and publish trip reports in the SAGE. After some time there would be enough data and experience so that the membership could vote intelligently on adding them to the Peak List.
The ballot that is mailed with this issue of the SAGE has us voting on all seven peaks that were placed on the "recommended" list last year. Some of them have not been climbed or reported upon since their exploratory trip and others have only one other report. What's the rush? Let's slow down the process until more of us have time to climb them, or at least to learn more about them. We usually hear from the person who lead the exploratory but those who have contrary opinions don't have much voice.
I recommend a no vote on all seven peaks. Let them stay on the recommended list until more trips to them are made.
WE GET LETTERS!!!
Editor, Desert SAGE;I sustained an injury in a fall while descending Old Dad Mtn. It looks like everything will be okay in due course. But I wanted to express my deep and heartfelt thanks to all those who were of aid and comfort to me in getting me out of my predicament. Especially invaluable were Bill T. and Pat Russell, Ron Young and Bill Lien, without whose help an ordeal would have been torture.
Nothing much more in the way of treatment for my colles wrist fracture was required medically than another splint much like the one made for me ad hoc on the peak. (Plus some x-rays.) The leaders and others who help in the peak sections often do not get the thanks they deserve. I want to help remedy that situation.
Yours Truly, David R. Stepsay 11120 Queensland St. A3 LA 90034 |
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Dear Editor:
I'd like to see an index of peaks on the first page of each Sage. We had this about a year ago and I thought it was worthwhile. It made looking for specific peak write-ups easy. --Dave Jurasevich
Dear Dave:
I used to index the peaks on the front page but we caught so much flak about reduced sized type that I eliminated the index. With the quantity of write-ups I try to obtain, full size type would take too much space. --Editor