Where have you been all these years, Marge? Good to have you back. Almost forgot Don Dumont in Madera, he has also been admitted to active status once more.
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Meeting of Nov 20, 1697 notes:
Up-to date Peak list to be issued by Secretary.
DPS Emblems to cost $5.50, effective emmediately.
Annual Banquet date set for April 18, 1968, Thurs PM with steak as usual!
Smallpox vacs. No longer required for those Baja California trips.
| SONIC BOOMS Sonic booms, apparently caused by military aircraft, have caused serious damage in the southwest, notably at Canyon de Chelly Natl Mon in Arizona and Bryce Canyon Natl Park in Utah. Indian cliff dwellings and pinnacle spires have toppled. On the basis of these actions, conservationists assume that if supersonic transport aircraft are to fly, the damage will be frequent and extensive. Concerned persons will be interested to know that a Citizen's League Against the Sonic Boom has been organized, its HQ being 19 Appleton Street, Cambridge, Mass. There are no membership dues at the present time. DPS Death Valley '49ers Annual Encampment joint venture to Telescope Peak was a fine success. Report follows. This apparently will be a DPS Annual Trek, and an event of growing interest among the Death Valley Encampment followers. TRIP REPORTS - recent DPS antics. |
KNOW YOUR DESERT PEAKS $25 What is the name of this well-known Desert Peak? Ans next issue. Ans. #24 Glass Mtn.  |
Friday nite in Baker saw a group of DPSers ready to meet the challenges of the Devils Playground and Old Dad Mtn. Leaving early Sat AM we slowly wound our way thru a maze of washed out sand covered dirt roads. After some 40 miles of road building, car pushing, and Bill Banks dirt we finally reached an old mine about 3 miles NE of Old Dad's summit. Over 20 people were eager to make the ascent so we followed Bill up a new route, which he had devised through careful topo sheet scrutiny. We hiked up a dry wash, the up to the ridge of the range via a little nick-point and quickly across the ridge to the summit.
The view was exceptional, since the huge dunes of the Devil's Playground loomed in the west and the Kelso volcanic field rose in the east. One certainly feels remote from civilization atop this summit! We all surmised what DPS landmarks were about us-Granite, Providence, New York, Clark, Kingston-others might have been Avawatz and even Telescope to the north. The return trip out was much faster back to Baker since we had beaten our trail. Sat nite was spent near Clark Mtn. after having stopped in Baker for refreshments and chatter.
Sun AM 20 climbers tackled Clark, which had more to offer than the previous day, since the trailhead drive was much easier and a little rockwork near the