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port of comradeship and takes the unbroken way through pass and 
over crag. * * * A roamer in many lands, his wistful eyes have 
searched the hidden places of glade and crevasse in regions unexplored. 
He has wandered farther and seen more than the men of his gene- 
ration; but his heart turns ever homeward to the ‘Mountains of the 
Light’.” There, fittingly, the picture leaves him. In the sombre gloom 
of the depths around him in the deepening shadows, in the sweep of 
the wind, he finds friendship; communing with old friends, while night 
with a thousand eyes of splendor watches over all. 
The closing paragraph of a contribution entitled “A High Sierra 
Circuit on King’s River, by W. A. Morgan, appeals to all mountain 
climbers. “And although the embers of the last camp fire are dead, 
the glow in the heart kindles anew as the twilight hour creeps over 
us with its subtle spell calling forth the spirit of reminiscence. Again 
we feel the bracing air of the mountain-side laden with the fragrance 
of balsam and fir. Once more the song of birds mingles with the 
whispering of the pines and the murmur of the brook. We start afresh 
on the dewy trail; we climb the heights; we seek the noon-day shade; 
and then, as purple shadows gather on the western slopes, return to 
camp and friends and—fali asleep.” 
The Outing of 1910 is reported by Marion Randal Parsons in this 
issue of The Mountaineer. 
The 1909 Outing is considered thus far the most successful in the 
history of the club. The objective was the Grand Circuit of the Yo- 
semite National Park. “The circuit beginning with Yosemite, included 
the Little Yosemite, Upper Merced Canon and lakes, the attractive high 
mountain camp ground at Tuolumne Meadows, the Grand Canon of 
the Tuolumne, Matterhorn Canon, Rogers Lake, Pleasant Valley, and 
the famous Hetch Hetchy Valley. Climbs of Mountains Clark, Ritter, 
Dana, Lyell and Conness were made by members of the party.” 
About 200 people composed the party. The President, John Muir, 
accompanied the outing. Dr. Jepson lectured on trees. Music was given 
by Signor and Madam de Grassi. 
The Appalachian Mountain Club, with headquarters at Boston, was 
founded in 1876. In addition to its yearly magazine it publishes fre- 
quent pamphlets of about a dozen pages. The August Bulletin, as it 
; is named, refers to the origin of the club. Prof. 
iO uekcen aise Edward C. Pickering, now president, with two 
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others, were standing on the summit of Osceola 
in the Northeastern Appalachian Mountains in 1873 and conceived the 
idea of a mountain club. The first meeting was held in 1876. It was 
chartered in 1878. The membership is now in the neighborhood of 
fifteen hundred. 
The Fourth of July trip of this year is given under the name of 
“Forty-fifth Field Meeting,’ lasting eight days. From the report is 
this sentence: ‘‘Wednesday the 6th was very hot, 113° in the sun at 
7 a.m.’ Compare this to the sea breezes tempered to our pleasure the 
same day on Hoods Canal. “Sunday morning services were held and 
a sermon preached by one of our party,’ the report states. This might 
