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one of the primary activities of the club, and after the neces- 

 sary experience acquired during the first, second, and third sea- 

 sons they have been of increasing success. The leaders of the 

 club in these outings have taken less-experienced members up 

 every notable mountain peak from Mount Rainier in the north 

 to Mount Whitney in the south; more particularly the region 

 from the Lyell group east of Yosemite and south to Mount 

 Whitney has been "explored, enjoyed, and rendered accessible,'' 

 to quote from the articles of incorporation, and "authentic in- 

 formation published" in a way to compel the respect and co- 

 operation of the state and federal authorities. 



Each of the outings had its faithful historian. The first one, 

 into Tuolumne Meadows in 1901, was described by Edward 

 Taylor Parsons. In these meadows fourteen years later the 

 memorial lodge to him was dedicated by his grateful and ap- 

 preciative fellow-members. These descriptions of the outings, 

 together with the other articles by individuals, have furnished 

 such a large amount of interesting matter and picture the life 

 of the club in the High Sierra so well that no less a person than 

 the distinguished mountain-climber Sir Martin Conway writes 

 the club under date of April, 1912 : 



The Sierra Club seems to me to preserve much of the old spirit 

 which was in Alpine climbers in the days when climbing was a 

 fresh thing. I like to think of your camping parties in the great 

 forest valleys and along their vast far-seeing slopes. I like to 

 think of the great trout found in the streams you have stocked. I 

 like to think of all the good you are doing and trying to do in for- 

 est conservation. 



The above is from a man whose record in the Bolivian Andes 

 was Mount Aconcagua (23,090 feet). 



Edward Whymper enjoyed these publications and expressed 

 this appreciation in the substantial bequest to the club of £50. 



The late William Russell Dudley, from the beginning of our 

 publications until his death, in 191 1, kept us constantly informed 

 in his carefully edited Forestry Notes. For over sixteen years 

 he patiently recorded and published in Forestry Notes any oc- 

 currence pertinent to forestry, reservations, national parks, and 

 kindred subjects. The indebtedness of the club to him for this 

 work is very great. These files always will be a useful refer- 

 ence for anyone interested in the subject. 



