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The itinerary of the outing is fully described in articles appearing in 

 this issue of the Bulletin and it is unnecessary to repeat it here. The 

 climb of Mt. Lyell was undertaken as one of the side trips from the 

 camp in the Tuolumne Meadows, and seventy-seven members of the 

 party reached the summit on one of the most enjoyable climbs in the 

 Club's experience. A little later about sixty members of the party 

 participated in a knapsack trip down the Tuolumne Canon. A few went 

 through to Hetch Hetchy Valley, but most of the knapsackers climbed 

 out of Pate Valley and rejoined the main party at its camp on Piute 

 Creek in Pleasant Valley. With a little work in the way of cutting 

 brush and small growth of trees and marking the route, this trip could 

 be made very much easier. While it is probably useless to hope 

 for a trail down the Canon for some years to come, yet the build- 

 ing of one will not present very great difficulties and will make it 

 possible eventually for persons to walk from Tuolumne Meadows to 

 Pate Valley in one day easily, and this will be especially feasible if 

 there are camps or at least opportunities for obtaining supplies of pro- 

 visions at each place. 



In order that the outing for 1915 shall present the opportunity of 

 visiting the mountains to as many of our members as possible, and 

 especially those from other mountain clubs who may journey to the 

 Coast to see the expositions in San Francisco and San Diego, the plan 

 of having a central camp established in the Tuolumne Meadows during 

 the months of July, August and possibly September, will fill this need 

 to greater advantage than any other form of outing that can be planned. 

 Possibly an advance camp in the Yosemite Valley during June may be 

 estabHshed if there is sufficient demand for it. The details of these plans 

 will be found elsewhere in this Bulletin. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Outing Committee, 

 Per Wm. E. Colby, Chairman 



Outing for 191 5 — A Central Camp in the Tuolumne Meadows 

 The question of where and how to conduct the Outing for 191 5 has 

 been a serious problem for the Outing Committee, in view of the large 

 number of visitors who will naturally come to the Coast to visit the 

 expositions to be held at San Francisco and San Diego. In order to 

 meet this situation, it has been deemed the best poHcy to establish 

 a permanent camp on the Soda Springs property controlled by the 

 Club, in Tuolumne Meadows, during the months of July, August, and 

 possibly a portion of September in 1915. This camp will be conducted 

 on a plan somewhat similar to the manner in which the camps have 

 been conducted on the annual outings of the Club heretofore. There 

 will be no opportunity for luxury, but plain, simple meals will be served, 

 and tent and sleeping accommodations will be furnished for a limited 

 number. Those members of the Club who bring their sleeping-bags and 



