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we might well thank the tumultuous river for the trouble 

 it thought to cause us. It has been a matter of pride with 

 the Sierra Club that the management of its outings has 

 been so perfected that the goodly fellowship of the multi- 

 tude is exempt from the responsibilities and labors of 

 normal camping experience ; but I think that very few of 

 those whose spirit and enthusiasm and good brawn went 

 into the building of those bridges would exchange for the 

 most perfect outing ever organized the consciousness of 

 having with their own aching backs and blistered hands 

 upheld one of the foremost aims of the Club — to make 

 smooth the way for those who may follow. 



