Dutch John and Grassy Mountains (East-Central NV)

Harlan W S
Oct 11-12, 2014

Grassy Mountain (also known as grassy knoll, scene of the second gunman) was a pleasant afternoon trip. We met Dennis P on top, an amazing coincidence; I also got to talk to Dean M, with whom I had corresponded for 10 years, but never formally met.

I had seen Dutch John in trips to Great Basin in 1999, 2005, 2007, 2008... but never got to climb it.  I always thought Id just stop on the side of route 93.

These two gentle summits were what the doctor ordered. I had a chance to ride up in a nice bucket seat, and my back pain disaappeared by the second trip. Thank you Anji!

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First day, Grassy Mountain.		 DSCN7363
There was a sweat stain on my
camera lens, so I missed most
of the pics.Anji at L, Dennis at R.		 DSCN7364
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Next day, Dutch John.		 DSCN7373
Evening view night before from
campsite. Though we could drive
to end of road, we opted to camp
lower and walk the last bit.
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We had a short walk through
juniper-pinyon, then a pleasant
(though somewhat loose) stroll to
the E through 2 cliff bands.		 DSCN7379
Hazy view of Grafton to N		 DSCN7380_stitch
The summit of Dutch John to R,
Grafton at L.
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View SW		 DSCN7390_stitch
View N. Anji brushes back
hair in ig wind.		 DSCN7393
Hazy view to Wheeler at R
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Neat ridge to SW, just E of
Cave Valley.		 DSCN7397_stitch
View SSW
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This sequence of
register entries shows
the dramatic effects of
peakbagger.com and
p2k interest.		 DSCN7403
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Heading back down.
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Fossil coral.		 DSCN7413
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Anji on scree		 DSCN7418
Cave		 DSCN7419
Dutch John from near us93