Reports are in that the following climbers have withstood the rigors of the DPS Emblem requirements and have turned in their work, which has been reviewed and approved. They are now deemed EMBLEM MEMBERS: Congratulations!
| RUTH
ERB BOB MICHAEL TOM McNICHOLAS GEORGE SPANGLER |
DICK
SYKES RICHARD H. STANFORD JOHN E. VITZ GIRARD E. HAVEN |
Now how
about leading some of our hikes? |
SIEMENS'S LEAVE TOWN
One of our loyal DPS Emblem husband-wife teams have sought higher ground by moving to the east coast during the summer. By no fault of their own (only Abe's company), his work takes them to a new home at 555 Elizabeth Ave., Newark, New Jersey 07112. Nice going on your promotion, Abe, and we'll miss you and Helen as we struggle up some new Desert Peaks. You can check events with Tom McNicholas.
MONTHLY SOCIAL EVENTS
Don't forget about our slide shows at our new meeting place, the Silver Lake Recreation Center, 1850 Silver Lake Drive, in town. Next meeting convenes Nov. 2, that's a Wednesday.
DEATH VALLEY ENCAMPMENT
The Death Valley '49ers have accepted the DPS to lead their Telescope Peak trek during their 1966 event. See enclosed blurb. Maybe this can be made an annual event, selecting different significant Death Valley summits as goals. Over 18,000 persons attended last year's Encampment.
TRIP REPORTSA query directed to the editor last summer turned into the lengthy and informative report on the White Mtn Range, one of our favorite haunts. It is submitted by Mr. Derham Guiliani of San Anselmo, California, who spent 5 days covering the 4 DPs atop this great range. It reads:
"I started the hike the morn of Sat Aug 6 at the road cable just below the Barcroft Research Station. After a visit with station personnel I went on to the summit of White Mtn. Just afterwards came the half-mile that proved to be the most difficult part of the hike where I spent over an hour working across talus and rock. At one point the pack and gear had to be lowered down a steep rock surface. Once the first rounded ridge was reached, going was easy. The nite was spent at a grassy meadow area just south of Headley Peaks.
Next day I passed between the two points of Headley Pks and dropped sown to Chiatovich Flats, the lowest point of the hike at 11,000 feet. It consists of a rise of land running N-S between two streams, fed by springs, which then run at right angles to flow down opposite sides of the ridge. This would have been a beautiful place had there not been so many head of cattle! The springs and streams and all