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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



THE NOTABLE MOUNTAINEERING OF THE 

 SIERRA CLUB IN 1903. 



By E. T. Parsons. 



After several days of preparation, the main party of 

 Sierrans started for Mt. Whitney, leaving the camp by 

 the Kern on July 9th. Our trail led along the course 

 of Volcano Creek, in which abound the golden trout 

 found nowhere else in the world. That our progress 

 might be a feature of the trip, we took it slowly, allowing 

 three days for the forty miles to Whitney's base. We 

 camped at night in beautiful meadows and daily crossed 

 ridges from which wide-spread views of the distant Si- 

 erra delighted us. Each afternoon the anglers brought 

 in great catches, and the second evening we had for 

 dinner over six hundred trout. The third afternoon we 

 reached Crabtree Meadows, where we camped on Whit- 

 ney Creek in sight of the delectable mountain. 



Some started at midnight for the climb, but the main 

 party set out at 4 a.m., after a good breakfa-st. The 

 long Hne in single file strung along the trail, and repartee 

 and badinage enlivened the tramp. The morning was 

 invigoratingly cool, and as we progressed to higher ele- 

 vations the coloring and detail of distant ranges, as well 

 as the nearer lake, ridge, cliff, and crag, came out into 

 distinct view until sunlight burst forth on the far 

 Kaweahs and the Sawtooth group to the westward. 



