LOGAN BREAD (continued)
Mix and sift dry ingredients; add liquids, walnuts, raisins, dates, and Kellog K. Mix thoroughly. Place in greased pan so depth of dough does not exceed one inch. Bake for 1-1/4 hours and 350º. After cooling, cut into convenient pieces and place on rack in low-heat oven and dry out for several hours. When done, Logan Bread should be light and dry, and hard as igneous rock.
* * * * * *

TRIP REPORTS

SMITH MTN. (5639'), December 14, 1963 (delayed)     Arkel Erb
Saturday morning a group of 12 DPSers started up Spirit Mtn. in southern Nevada. We left the cars one half mile east of Christmastree Pass and followed up the southwest ridge. When the main south ridge was reached we crossed over to the east side for a while, soon crossing back to the west side again, dropping a little to avoid the worst of the many rugged pinnacles. We climbed one third class pitch before reaching the summit. Some time was spent on the summit and on the way down doings some practice rock climbing.
Sunday 8 climbers ascended Mopah (north peak) via the enjoyable SW route. 5 hardy climbers continued on over to the south peak.

OROCOPIA PEAK (3815'), February 15-16, 1964     Hugh Parshall
28 persons arrived at our interesting campsite overlooking Salton Wash, All-American Canal and the Salton Sea on Saturday afternoon, February 15th. The afternoon was spent exploring canyons, rockhounding (beautiful specimens of Actinolite, Jasper and Chalcedony were found.), going to the Art Exhibit at Palm Desert or visiting the Date Festival in Indio. Those who went to the Art Exhibit saw James Swinnerton and Frederick Remington as well as the works of these two famous desert artists and others.
Sunday morning 16 climbers started out at daylight under cloudy skies and headed up the wash for Orocopia Peak. After about an hour's hiking up the ridge it started raining and four hikers turned back. 12 climbers, however, kept going and soon the rain turned to sleet and then to snow. The last half mile to the peak was made in a blizzard with winds estimated at 40 miles per hour and the temperature about 20 above.
Little time was spent on the top as all were cold and miserable and the wind trying all the time to blow us off the ridges. The return down the mountainside was made in record time with a stop later for a bite to eat below the snow line. All hikers displayed the typical Sierra Club "good spirits" despite frost-bitten noses and fingers and all climbers returned safely to camp. Few will forget the day when balmy Orocopia almost became a candidate for the Sierra Peaks List with crampons and ice axes.

PICACHO PEAK (1947'), March 1       Arkel Erb
On Sunday, March 1st at 8:45 A.M. a DPS group left the cars for the short but interesting climb of Picacho Peak. The 22 climbers who reached the summit enjoyed a fine climb of a more technical nature than most DPS climbs. Several participants had a chance to do their first rapelle, and others has their initial opportunity to use some of the rockclimbing techniques they had learned at Stone Point.
 
Page Index Prev Page 3 Next Issue Index