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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



Palisade, leaving to the next Bulletin the result of 

 this investigation. 



The party of the California Geological Survey made 

 no attempt to visit this region. In 1875, Mr. Gustave 

 Eisen and party, of San Francisco, made a knapsack trip 

 up the Middle Fork and Palisade Creek, and climbed one 

 of the points near the Middle Palisade. This and the 

 ascent of Split Mountain already referred to were until 

 last summer the only records of actual ascents amongst 

 the Palisades, To capture the summit of the North Pali- 

 sade, therefore, had long been a great desire of mine, and 

 a number of trips through the mountains to the west and 

 south of the peak, only furnished a still further incentive 

 to make the attempt. 



In the spring of 1903 plans were laid for a trip to 

 the North Palisades. Messrs. James Moffitt and James 

 Hutchinson were to be of the party, men of much experi- 

 ence in High Sierra climbing, and, what is equally im- 

 portant, experienced in the method of traveling necessary 

 in this sort of region. So, after bidding good-by to our 

 Sierra Club friends of the Whitney and Williamson 

 climbs, Mrs. Le Conte and I crossed the Harrison Pass 

 and joined our companions in the King's River Canon 

 on July 1 2th. Here also we met Messrs. Robert and 

 John Pike, who decided to join the party. 



The start was made at noon of the 17th, and the fol- 

 lowing evening saw us once more in our beautiful Simp- 

 son Meadow, where we remained two days to rest, fish, 

 and prepare our packs for the trip ahead. We reduced 

 our outfit to the simplest possible dimensions, took our 

 three small burros only for packing, and left our little 

 tent and all bulky and heavy articles behind. On the 



