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Sierra Club Bulletin 



into Cathedral Creek Canon took us through a parklike pass; 

 the descent into and down this canon, where the second camp 

 was made, was for loaded backs somewhat rough. The route 

 lay up the south fork of Cathedral Creek, but as the fork was 

 almost dry and the slope down which it entered Cathedral was 

 much steeper than it appeared on the map, we were misled 

 into retracing our steps before rising out of Cathedral Canon, 

 which imposed upon us the penalty of having to surmount one 

 extra, perfectly good ridge, a fate that also befell some, if not 

 all, of the other squads. The approach to the basin over its 

 eastern wall affords a fine outlook, including Dana and Con- 

 ness to the east, Colby Ridge to the west, and the basin itself, 

 a network of minor ridges and hemlock forests. Descending 

 into the basin we passed lake after lake, all of them gems, but 

 differing in their beauty from any of those previously seen, 

 softer in setting, due perhaps to the velvety hemlock forests 

 which reached down the slopes to the water's edge. The club 

 made its camp at the southern end of the largest lake, a charm- 

 ing spot that was to be home for the few remaining days of the 

 outing. 



No account of the 1919 outing should omit to record either 

 the absence of Mr. Tappaan, whose unselfish devotion and 

 never-failing resourcefulness have always meant so much for 

 the morale of camp-life, or the unflagging energy, good judg- 

 ment, and generous spirit with which Mr. Colby acquitted him- 

 self of two tasks — the one, that of guiding the myriad details 

 incident to bringing the outing into being and making it run 

 smoothly in the field ; the other, the burden usually carried by 

 Mr. Tappaan. , 



