32 8 August 1980 (page 5 of this expedition) Spent today at Furnace Creek, alternating between relaxing in air conditioned comfort in Trailer #26 and triling in the sun, helping Margaret do a study of physiology of Tiddes trozacia. 9 August 1980 Corkscrew Spring Left Furnace Creek early this morning, parked at Corkscrew Peak sign on MuCanyon Rd. After about 1.5 hours of steady upgrade, up the wash, arrived at a series of small dry falls below Corkscrew Spring, then hiked the last couple of hundred yards, with some difficulty, to the spring, peak about 2/3 of the way up the small spring peak of and contiguious with Corkscrew Peak there is a green spot, visible from the highway. Steep, slippery scree surrounds it, many large rock out crops & small cliffs. The vegetation around the spring is Distichlis on the outskirts, Solidago approx 4-6 feet tall in a dense clumps about 20 feet in diameter. In the center of the Solidago is a pool, approx 3 feet in diameter and 6 inches deep. Sheep trails approach the pool from two sides. The pool is formed in an area of Solidago that had been trampled down. Other sheep trails are above and below the pool. There was a very small amount of feces along one of the trails only.