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camping a week at the Kern Lakes the party moved up the 

 canon to the junction of the Kern River and the Big Arroyo, 

 where a main camp was established. Side trips were taken to 

 Moraine Lake and Kaweah Peak, to Mt. Whitney via Junction 

 Meadows, and to Golden Trout Creek. Golden trout were 

 planted in several lakes and streams hitherto without fish, and 

 Moraine Lake was stocked with Kern River trout. 



The party returned via Mineral King and Redwood Meadow 

 to the Giant Forest, where stages were taken to Lemon Cove. 



We were honored by having our President, John Muir, with 

 us during the entire Outing, and his genial presence and in- 

 structive talks added largely to the pleasure of the trip. 



The commissary and transportation problems were solved in 

 the same satisfactory manner that has marked our recent 

 Outings. 



The one sad event of the trip was the untimely death of Miss 

 Grace Barnett, who lost her life the day following the climb of 

 the Kaweah Peak, by falling from a precipice in the gorge of 

 the Big Arroyo. It occurred in the attempt to make a hazardous 

 short cut back to the Kern Canon, instead of taking a longer 

 round-about route over a perfectly safe trail. Miss Barnett was 

 one of the most loyal, enthusiastic, and entertaining members of 

 our outing parties, and her loss brings with it a sadness that 

 words fail to express. This is the first serious accident that has 

 befallen any one on the Outings, and we sincerely trust that it 

 may be the last. Every precaution had been taken to prevent 

 accidents, and this one would not have occurred if an unneces- 

 sary hazard had not been taken. 



The next Outing of the Club will be in the Yosemite National 

 Park, during the month of July, and an entirely new trip made 

 through the park. Leaving the Yosemite Valley, a week will 

 be spent in the little-known but beautiful Merced Cafion above 

 Little Yosemite; another week will be spent in the Tuolumne 

 Meadows — that "grand central campground of the Sierra," as 

 Muir calls it; and a third week will find us traveling by way of 

 the Matterhorn Cafion, Pleasant Valley, Rancheria Mountain, 

 and the wonderful region north of the Grand Canon of the 

 Tuolumne, into Hetch-Hetchy Valley. The fourth week in this 

 Yosemite-Hke valley, and a return to El Portal will conclude 

 one of the finest Outings that can be taken the world over. The 

 entire expense of the trip will be about $65. The formal an- 

 nouncement will be issued shortly. Respectfully submitted, 

 Wm. E. Colby, J. N. LeConte, E. T. Parsons, 



Outing Committee. 



