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Tuesday, May 13th, 7:30pm. Please mark your calendar with this date.

Ron Kauk will be giving a joint California Mountaineering Club/SCMA slide show in Griffith Park. Ron is one of the foremost rock climbers of our times. After the show, there be an opportunity for dialogue between the audience and Ron. There is no charge for parking or the show. Ranger Headquarters Auditorium , Griffith Park Ranger Headquarters Auditorium in Griffith Park, 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027.

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The Desert Peaks Section encourages members to explore and enjoy the desert mountain ranges of California and the southwest; become familiar with their scenic resources; stimulate interest in climbing these vast desert ranges in the interest of preserving their desert resources; to enlist public interest and cooperation in protecting them and to foster among our members the purposes of the Sierra Club.
There are 99 desert mountains, throughout California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Mexico on the climbing list of the Desert Peaks Section.
While all are welcome to come with us on our climbs in the desert, those who would like to become members of the Desert Peaks Section need to climb 6 peaks on the qualifying Desert Peaks List, be a Sierra Club member, and subscribe to the Desert Sage .
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Photograph from a climb of Spectre Point (4,400') taken in January 1995 by Pete Yamagata. This DPS listed peak is located in the eastern portion of Joshua Tree National Park.