Martini and Rossi on the Rocks
(Martinez and Rosa Point, DPS summits in CA)

Harlan W S & Jodie S
Jan 10-11, 2015

The daylight was limited and our schedule was tight, so we did each peak, including substantial rests on top, in 7.6 hours. I used my tracks on high resolution DEMs, and just from the verified high and low points, I figure the accumulated gain for Martinez was over 4100', and that for Rosa was over 5100'. By parking at the 4x4 TH for Martinez, we cut down the distance to about 16.5 miles; Rosa was 12+ miles.

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Overview map. Jodie stayed
in her jeep, but I was in a
1-person tent. So we picked
campsites where I could set
up easily in the dark. For
Martinez, we were the only
guests at the Pinyon Flats
campsite  (where it was below
freezing at night). For Rosa,
we stayed in Salado Arroyo,
which was free and pleasant.		 DSCN8335Martyeast
Map for east end of
Martinez hike (summit
area).		 DSCN8336martywest
Map for west end of
Martinez hike.  The route
through Horsethief Canyon
involves a lot of
 up-and-down.
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A running stream in
Horsethief Canyon.		 DSCN8340
View ~S, at ~5500' on
southern route. The first part
of the hike above 5000' is
mainly sand, with increasing
amounts of big boulders.		 DSCN8341
View back WNW toward
Horsethief Canyon.
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View ~ W to Toro Peak.		 DSCN8343
There was a fair amount
of snow.		 DSCN8344
Approacing summit block
from S; we went down NE
side.
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L of picture is W. Jodie on
last bit of summit block.		 DSCN8349
This is a Pippers pose.		 DSCN8350jo
Picture by Jodie. I have
no clue where I was
pointing
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View ~SE. It was hazy.		 DSCN8355 DSCN8358
The LSU ritual begins.
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Picture by Jodie.		 DSCN8362
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Heading off summit block
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Down NE side.		 DSCN8366jo
We chose the gully
described on climber.org.
It was composed of fairly
stable boulders, with lots
of snow. Pic by Jodie.		 DSCN8367
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Picture by Jodie.
Bird nest/hole in
century plant.		 DSCN8368 DSCN8369
Now for a few miles on sand
before...
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...we descend into Horsethief
Canyon again.		 DSCN8372
Jodie perseveres, despite
her cold.		 DSCN8373
Ugh, another climb?
There are 4 significant
climbs (on trail) on the
way out
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Calgon, take me away.		 DSCN8379
Jeep girl.
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Next day was Rosa. We
took a slight variation on
the DPS A route up, and the
B route back.  The A route
was more pleasant with
a more obvious use trail.		 DSCN8382
Starting up the 1st wash.
It was humid, and we were
both a bit tired from the
previous day.		 DSCN8383
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Jodie loves cacti.		 DSCN8386
View S along ridge common
to A and B routes.
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Photo by Jodie. This was
our slight deviation from DPS
'A;' we took a rocky canyon
rather than a loose hill.		 DSCN8389 DSCN8390
On top a little after 10AM;
it had been sprinkling and
hazy since 8AM...
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...and now the rain started
in earnest. This is Jodie's famous
I'm dead" pose. The fuzziness is
from drops of water on the lens.		 DSCN8393 DSCN8395
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I was really leg-sore. The jump
was actually a bit better than it
looks, but the camera was looking
down, and I had to get above
the brush.		 DSCN8398 DSCN8401
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We will re-enter the wash by
heading down that tongue left
of the ridge.		 DSCN8403jo
...as I am doing in this
picture by Jodie.		 DSCN8405
Oops, out-of-order shot
of J on the ridge.
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She is ecstatic.		 DSCN8409
The Jeep, rest, clean(ish)
clothes... and a 6-hour drive
(in the rain!) back home.