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Sierra Club Bulletin 



Range in extent and height, and in area and persistence of 

 snowfields. The name White Mountains does not seem happy, 

 but certain granite peaks of the range are said to show white 

 as viewed from the northwest. The term "White Mountain 

 Peak," which is used for the highest point by the United States 

 Geological Survey, seems especially awkward and unfortunate. 

 An alternative name, Mt. Olmsted, appears on the Forest Ser- 

 vice map of the Inyo National Forest and is much to be pre- 

 ferred. 



MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS 



By Aristides E. Phoutrides 



Under sun-enamored shades 

 Born of cedar, pine, and fir. 

 Through the flower-spotted glades 

 Where the fleeting insects stir. 

 Past the valleys, past the hills. 

 Up the singing mountain rills. 

 Upward ! Upward ! 

 The blithe climbers go ! 

 Upward ! Upward ! 

 Past all things below ! 



To the lofty mountain peak ! 

 To the snows that touch the sky ! 

 Where the tongues of ages speak 

 With eternal voices high. 

 Echoed in their endless rhyme 

 By a bournless space and time ! 

 Upward ! Upward ! 

 The blithe climbers go ! 

 Upward ! Upward ! 

 Past all things below ! 



(From Lights at Dawn) 



Kern River, California, 

 July, 1912. 



