| DESERT PEAKS
SECTION NEWSLETTER #37 ANGELES CHAPTER - SIERRA CLUB |
Jan. 21, 1955 | |||||||
| Dear Desert
Peakers: This will be my second hitch as Chairman of the Desert Peaks Section after an interval of over five years, as prescribed by the Section by-laws. During this interval, the DPS has grown in size, prestige end usefulnesss. This is due in no small measure, to the excellent chairmen we have had during this period. We hope this growth will be enhanced during the year ahead. Our week-end trips into the desert have gained quite a reputation for their element of adventure and exploration. There is a growing interest in the need for protecting certain wilderness areas in the desert. Who would have dreamed that the desert of all places, would some day be in need of protection from the inroads of man! We propose to do our bit to try and save some of it. The DPS Newsletter will continue to keep you informed on Section activities, problems and projects. You con help by sending me news items of general interest to the members. ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the of the Desert Peaks Section was held on December 10, 1954 at Club headquarters. The most important item of business was the election of officers. Your new DPS officers are: |
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Some minor revisions in the Section by-laws were unanimously accepted. See DPS Newsletter #36. Copies of the new revised by-laws will be issued at a later date. There was general discussion regarding the preservation of the unique wilderness character of the Pelissier Flats area north of The White Mountain Peak in the White Mountains. This matter will be discussed further at a meeting to be held at the Dean's home in Ontario on Jan. 30. VANDALISNM IN THE KOFAS Your Chairmen took himself off for a week in the crisp (and how) clean air of the desert over the Christmas holidays. I horned in on Desert Steve's Christmas Eve party for the population of Desert Center, while passing through that mid-desert metropolis. A gaily lighted mesquite tree served as a Christmas tree, with mountains of presents under it. After a hike into the Grand Canyon, zero temperatures and a bitter, cutting wind forced me to retreat south to the Kofa Mountains northeast of Yuma. I had intended to go up into the Navajo country, but old Boreas changed that. During my two day camp in the Kofas, I climbed Kofa Peak(elev. 4680 ft.) in beautiful weather and deposited my calling card in the old earthenware jar which serves as the register. Wonder why the Geologic Survey boys have to leave all those old batteries scattered around on mountain tops. I kept warm cleaning up several bushels of their old batteries. There have been changes in the Kofa Mountains since my last visit several years ago. They are not very pleasant ones. A new high gear road has been bulldozed across the desert from the highway to the mouth of Palm Canyon. The end of the road looks like a village dump, with tin cans and picnic litter scattered all over the landscape. This used to be a nice place to camp in the days when you had to got in the hard way, over |
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