On Tuesday, January 28, June Meyer and Bill Hiscox joined me on a climb of “Mescal Peak” in the far southern end of the Whetstone Mountains of Southern Arizona. This peak is not named on the USGS maps, and would normally just be called Peak 6193 (for the point elevation of its summit). But some local peakbaggers have given it the name “Mescal Peak” because Mescal Spring and Mescal Creek lie just north and east of it. Numbered names are boring and difficult to remember.
I wanted to climb Mescal Peak because it has 1106 feet of topographic prominence, has a classic conical shape, and foot access to it is open. June and Bill, also Southern Arizona Hiking Club members, joined me out of curiosity; the peak is local but had not been added to the nearly 500 other peaks on the club list.
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