ANGELES CHAPTER - SIERRA CLUB
April 18, 1959
| MAY 7 | THURSDAY | 7:30 P.M. | ANGELES CHAPTER HEADQUARTERS |
Refreshments...Slides of El Picacho del Diablo...Addition and deletion of peaks to the qualifying list. . .Suggested by-laws changes...Planning of the Fall Schedule.
On April 5, the DPS made its first scheduled climb of the highpoint of the Granite Mountains, about 20 miles north of Amboy. The range is notable for its pinyon and juniper covered slopes, bristling with granite pinnacles. Saturday night camp was made by the group of 19 persons at a very scenic location at the southeastern end of the range. On Sunday the group drove to the end of the road up Cottonwood Wash on the northern side of the range. The two heroes(or rather heroines), of the day were Betsy and Ginny Bear, ages 7 and 9, who made the three hour climb and scaled the class 3 summit pinnacle to complete their first real climb with the section. All other starters made it too. The range has twin summits, about a hundred yards apart, of almost equal altitude. Leaders Dick Kenyon and Ralph Merten placed the register on the south peak when they scouted the trip back in January, because it is a splendid rock pinnacle, in contrast with the north peak which is gently rounded. The group returned to the cars by 2:30 P.M via an interesting canyon with a series of dry waterfalls.
DPS pins are the latest inflation casualty--they are now $4.00.
To the following new DPS members we extend a cordial welcome, and hope that we will see then often on future trips: Tom Amneus, H. Jay Davis, Mary Ann Eide, V. L. Fischer, Bob Greenawalt, Jerry Keating, Clifford and Maurine Myers, Burl Parkinson and Beatrice Wheelock.
In order to have some token to present new members of the section, a DPS membership card is being prepared. Walt Wheelock is expected to exhibit a sample at the coming meeting.
The summer schedule will include Waucoba Mtn. on June 20-2l, led by Bob Bear and John Delmonte; and the rarely scheduled Mt. Dubois on September 26-27, led in one day from the Rich Lake Valley side by Andy Smatko and John Robinson.
Desert Conservation News Briefs (from Harry Melts) Let's start with a few cheerful notes: Carrizo Bombing Area within the southeast part of the Anza-Borrego State Park will be returned to the State Park and opened to the public this year. The picturesque Tufa pinnacles near Trona are for the time being rescued from destruction. Active quarrying operation has been stopped. The Marine Auxiliary Airfield on the Mojave Desert will be closed permanently.