Field notes, v1518
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P. PEARSON 1952 54 are at 16,500ft (including soccer field) and the end of the road at 16,900. The road actually snakes around to the other side of the volcano at about the same level but was still snowing. Many drifts several feet deep. Put 13 traps in and around the miner's hut at 16,500ft. The area has newt-growth -burning oil-drum stoves, tins water on ground, plus assorted clothes + pouches + food spread around. Temps. at 16,900ft: 2:30-41° 41% 2:45-38 51-kazy ran over thermo + hygro meter new thermo Apr?20 3:15-35 66 3:45-34 79 4:00-31 82 4:30-30 82 sun monthly observed by low light 5:10-27 90 clouds just appear 5:35-25 98 blue sky 6:05-23 98 6:30-22 92 7:30-22 86 sunset 5:25 8:30-20° 73% night clear 9:10-18 76 5:45-21 27 6:15-21 27 7:30-23 27 8:00-25 28 8:30-27 31 campsite, 16,500 9:30-34 24 10:10-34 26 Then drove back to the panjo. While stopped for lunch Ortozo spied 13 lizards, so after lunch pursued them in Brassy for photos. Then hocked our two campsite to finish skinning etc. Sunny all day, some clouds. Evening clear April 21 Sunny day. 6:30-21° 9:30-45° 1:10-55°-18% 7:30-24 10:10-5° St. Fudgia's girl came in the morning to return my rifle -with scope broken. But they forgot to bring our gas can, so we had to drive to Turkhyskain afternoon, then back to campsite at dark. April 22 Morning clear: 5:45-18° 6:55-23 9:30-44° Took movies of tortoises under ice 8:25-40 + calculating lizards, and re-took the operation of desert plants. Watched lizards. Left for Cacooban at sundown, arrived before supper. On the same day starting from last weekend saw no numbers and not a single vicuna. Lots of allsorts llamas just below -left our campsite. Evening partly cloudy. No snow on Cerro April 23 Coocoban- Morning clear, then scattered clouds about 10 a.m. Put out 7 new traps, then dissected lizards and took photos of lizards.