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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



REPORT OF THE OUTING COMMITTEE. 



The Outing of 1903 to the Kern Canon had the largest 

 attendance of any Outing that the Club has undertaken. 

 Over two hundred and ten persons made the trip to the 

 Main Camp. This involved a journey of sixty-five miles 

 by stage and nearly twenty miles on foot over a very dif- 

 ficult trail which crossed two mountain-ridges at an alti- 

 tude of between ten and eleven thousand feet. Thirty 

 thousand pounds of personal baggage, provisions, and 

 camp equipment were packed on animal-back over this 

 same trail. 



A side-trip to the summit of Mt. Whitney (14,522 ft.) 

 was made by two parties of forty and one hundred and 

 three persons, respectively. One hundred and thirty-nine 

 of this number reached the top of the highest mountain 

 in the United States, certainly a circumstance to be 

 chronicled in the annals of mountain-climbing. Seven- 

 teen of the hardier mountaineers later climbed Mt. Wil- 

 liamson which presented greater difficulties to the 

 climber. 



It is fortunate that, though such a large party took so 

 many side-trips over rough and mountainous country, no 

 accident of a serious nature occurred to mar the success 

 of the trip. 



We are indebted to the Mt. Whitney Club, the Visalia 

 Board of Trade, and the Supervisors of Tulare County 



