| Desert Peakers
will be interested to know that DPS'er Walter Collins is now in Mexico with the
Club de Exploraciones de Mexico (?) climbing Popocatapetl and a few other high
peaks. |
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New addresses
for your list:
Peggy (cullens) McLean: 7317 N. Oak Drive,
Glendora, Calif.
Luella Todd: 1207 5th Ave., Los Angeles 19,
Calif. |
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| Our best wishes
to Polly Connable who is fast recovering from a leg ailment and operation. Her
address for those with a minute to drop her a line: 214-A Mitscher Rd., China
Lake, Calif. |
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Desert Peaks
activities in recent weeks have included two fine trips. The first to
Twenty-nine Palms Mtn. on Nov. 7-8, was ably led by Willard Dean who hustled
some 21 persons to the summit in the Pinto Mts, amid sunshine and warmth. A
very nice evening campfire on Saturday served to round out the social part of
the trip and all returned, sunburned, to their cars in mid-afternoon, Sunday
for the drive home.
DPS folks turned out in droves for the
Thanksgiving weekend trip to Tin and Dry Mts. in the Death Valley vicinity.
Bill and Margie Henderson squired some thirty-nine enthusiasts, including about
eight youngsters ages 8-16, to the summit of Tin Mt. 8900', (Panamints) on
Saturday. Sierra Club folks from as far north as San Mateo (Jules Eichorn and
family) and as far south as San Diego-many represented-were on hand. On Sunday
the group climbed Dry Mt., 8726', Last Chance Range, but many leaving early for
home or other trips cut the climbing group to ten. A superb view of the Saline
Valley was a highlight of the trip; two pairs of rams' horns were found in the
desert solitudes near the base of the mtn., leading the climbers to think that
they were the only remains of a mortal combat in days gone by. |
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| Bob and Emily
Bear again plan their usual Christmas excursion to Death Valley, leaving on the
25th. They would welcome a chance to share a climbing trip from the valley
environs somewhere; they can be contacted at Death Valley Ranch during the
weekend. |
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| That's all for
this one; I now turn over the reigns to Willard Dean and wish him and his new
officers every success and good climbing. |
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Sincerely,
Lloyd Balsam
Outgoing Chairman, DPS |