| COTTONWOOD
MOUNTAINS - March 3, 4
Bill
Henderson The knapsack trip to the Cottonwood Mountain advertised as a beginners trip attracted many pro's as well as beginners. 26 knapsacks were hauled about 4 miles up a dry wash to our camp site in a broad saddle between the two high points of the Cottonwood mountains. Each peak was some mile and a half from camp. Eight vigorous souls hoofed over pre-cambrian metamorphics to the north peak and real high point of the range and returned before dark. A cold night was had by all. Sunday morning, under a hot sun, the group ascended the south summit for a grand view of the Salton Sea, Coachella Valley, Rabbit Peak, etc. The group felt this was a fine trip for beginners, (This was the first mountain ever climbed by two members of the party). Some suggested making this trip an annual affair. An interested note was brought out when Bill Henderson, leader, asked that around the camp fire, each person introduce himself and give the first mountain, latest mountain, and highest mountain each had climbed. Mr. Smith's first mountain was in Asia Minor, back in the 1900's, while Jack Lasner took prize as the highest with Mnt McKinley. COXCOMB MOUNTAINS - January 28-29 Bill Henderson 26 members and aspirants visited the Coxcomb Mountains. The backpack idea turned out to be a good way to do the mountain. On previous trips, we had climbed Specter in one day from the car. This had left little time to enjoy this magnificent range. All but two of the party climbed Specter, which is still considered the high point of the range by a few feet. Dyadic posed rock climbing problems which only half of the party solved. There was a 4th class pitch and several airy ledges which led to the summit. We were happy to have some rock climbers turn out for the trip. We hope they enjoyed themselves. The Desert Peaks Section has now named a number of peaks and canyons in various name-shy ranges. I guess its about time to see about making some of them official. WE RECOMMEND THIS CALENDAR . . . .
INFORMATION REGARDING PROPOSED DEPT. OP THE NAVY WITHDRAWAL FOR AERIAL GUNNERY RANGE "B" NEAR INYOKERN CALIFORNIA. The Dept. of the Navy has filed notice of its desire to withdraw from entry public lands in Calif. totaling 374,410 acres. The lands are located north of Barstow and southeast of Inyokern, San Bernardino County, Calif. The Navy Dept. wishes to utilize the withdrawn lands as an arial gunnery range for the Navy Ord, Test Station, Inyokern, China Lake, Calif. These lands have been in use for this purpose by the Dept. of the Navy for some time, and are known as Mojave "B" Gunnery Range, and are proposed to be withdrawn from all forms of entry, including the General Mining Laws, if the Dept. of the Interior acts favorably on the application. The Notice, bearing date of Dec, 21, 1955, was published in the Federal Register, Thursday, Dec, 29, 1955, page 10072. It does not constitute an actual withdrawal of the land, but is intended as a means of informing the public that the withdrawal has been proposed and that a period of 30 |
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