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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



Report of the Outing Committee. 



The Outing of 1904 will long be remembered as the most 

 successful which the Club has yet undertaken. The number of 

 the party was strictly limited to 150, as it had been found from 

 past experiences that a larger number could not be satisfactorily 

 provided for. The arrangements for transportation and commis- 

 sary were as perfect as could be desired. 



A preliminary camp was established in Yosemite Valley 

 by the Club for two weeks, and many availed themselves of this 

 opportunity to remain in the valley prior to the main Outing. On 

 July 4th and 5th the entire party left Yosemite Valley and trav- 

 eled to the Tuolumne Meadows, where a camp was established 

 for nearly two weeks. Many interesting side-trips were taken 

 from this permanent camp. Over one hundred of the party 

 climbed Mt. Dana and fifty-three reached the summit of Mt. 

 Lyell. Several ascended Mt. Ritter and visited the Lake Mono 

 region. After breaking the main camp about twenty of the 

 party made the famous knapsack trip down the Tuolumne Canon 

 to the Hetch Hetchy Valley, where they rejoined the main party, 

 which had also tVaveled thence over the old Tioga mining road 

 and the Hog Ranch trail. After remaining in Hetch Hetchy 

 for two days the party visited Lake Eleanor on its way to the 

 terminus of the Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valley's logging- 

 train, which transported them to the town of Tuolumne, where a 

 train of Pullmans was in waiting to convey them home. 



The latter portion of the trip was remarkable because the 

 only means of transportation possible was by pack-train, and 

 the commissary and personal baggage of the entire party had to 

 be packed in that manner over very rough trails during the last 

 week of the outing. 



We were very glad to have with us five members of the Ap- 

 palachian Mountain Club and two members of the Mazama Club. 



No accident of a serious nature occurred to detract from the 

 pleasure of the trip. 



Though the balance remaining after all disbursements was 

 smaller than in former years, yet the financial arrangements for 

 this Outing were the most satisfactory of any. The Committee 

 have learned from experience that at slight increase of cost the 

 Outing can be rendered much more enjoyable. 



The Outing of 1905 inaugurates a departure, in as far as it 

 will be the first one taken outside of California. The announce- 

 ment of the trip to Mt. Rainier and Paradise Park will accompany 

 this Bulletin. Wm. E. Colby, 



J. N. Le Conte, 

 E. T. Parsons, 

 Outing Committee. 



