DESERT PEAKS SECTION NEWSLETTER #42 ANGELES CHAPTER - SIERRA CLUB September, 1955 Dear Desert Peakers: Vacation time is over and I hope you enjoyed yours as much as I did mine. I was one of the 111 people who made the Sierra Club High Trip through the back country of Grand Teton National Park during August. On the way out, nine members of the party, including myself, made an ascent of the Grand Teton (13,766'). Our climbing party was led by Ranger Dick Emerson and Hervey Voge. We backpacked from the main camp in the S. Fork of Cascade Canyon, over a steep ridge, and made camp in a glaciated basin at the western base of the peak. Thunderstorms caused a day' s delay in the climb. The morning of the 14th looked promising, so we set out early for the peak. We followed the Exum Route to the summit, which involves some 1500 feet of rope work over steep, exposed pitches. Our group stayed almost an hour on the summit resting and enjoying the spectacular alpine views through the clouds which were sweeping over the pinnacles. An interesting rappel of over a hundred feet was made to the saddle on the west side, on the way down. The Grand is one of the truly magnificent peaks of this continent and deserves to be placed along side the Matterhorn in Switzerland for sheer alpine grandeur. On the way home, I added another fine desert peak to my collection--Wheeler Peak (13,061') in Lehman Caves National Monument, near Ely, Nevada. SOCIAL EVENT An informal social evening for DPS members and their friends is scheduled for Saturday evening, November 19th, at Highland Park Playground Clubhouse. A delicious catered dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $2.00 per person. Bring your best appetite. Spend the evening with your friends and yak over the events of the past summer. We'll have some color slides and music too. Reservations are limited to the first 80 sent in. That's all we have room for. The deadlin is November l3th, but don't wait that long or you may have to eat at Stan's Drive-in, or some place. Highland Park Playground is located at 6150 Piedmont Ave., one block south of the intersection of Figueroa St. and York Blvd. The hostess will be Eleanor Smith. This is advance notice to DPS members before the Fall schedule booklet comes out. Send your reservations and two bucks per, to Jerry Zagorites, 1600 D W. Commonwealth, Alhambra (phone ATlantic 2-7319), or Parker Severson, 5913 West Blvd., Los Angeles 43 (phone Axminster 4-1625). We anticipate an early sellout on this deal, so don't delay. SNEAK PREVIEW Here is a brief preview of coming DPS events in the Fall schedule: October 8-9, Waucoba Peak.; November 19, Social Event; November 26-27, Telescope Peak (emblem peak); December 11, El Paso Mountain (Black Mt.) and January 28-29, Coxcomb Mountains.

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