Another remarkable sight was two figures proceeding up the peak from the south with Keltys. They tuned out to be two college-agers from Vegas-Terry Dunbar & Lance Nielsen. They showed great interest when told of DPS activities and reported on the Las Vegas Group of the Toiyabe Chapter. We returned approximately the same way with a slightly different route down the north ridge of the summit. At 11,300' we noted an area of dart gray limestone with small seashells, some of them in states of preservation that one could imagine little beasties still living inside. They were brachiopod shells, cousins of today's mollusks. I would believe them to be of Carboniferous time, about 3 million yrs. old. I wonder if I'll look that good in 300,001,965 A.D.? As soup was cooking(beware-no wood) that night and it was still light. Some malicious soul brought out his collection of MAD magazines. Conversation then began lacking for an hour or two. Next day, promptly at the agreed-on hour of 6:30, all were asleep and later a belated alarm was sounded. Mummy was next! After breakfast we caravaned over to a locked gate on the Deer Creek Spring road at about 8400'. Seven climbers started up the stream a short way and headed up the ridge marked on the topo with peak 9245'. Intersecting two bands of cliffs, we traversed a short distance to the left of the first one up an easy 3rd class chute. Thence a timbered slope was followed 'til a canyon coming in from the east was met. The ridge of this divide was followed 'til it met the second of the cliffs. At that point, a way may be found along a second class ledge for about 5O' where a short third class pitch is met. Here a traverse was made to a moderate snow chute which shows prominently on the ridge. It is then a simple stroll to the 11,530'summit on the Mummy.

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