. Sierra Club bulletin . Grand Canons of Tuolumne and Merced. 237 some huge blocks of granite that made traveling withknapsacks almost impossible, but we later found consid-erable difficulty in making our way along the southernshore of the lake. A very short stretch of blasting wouldmake the more open northern bank accessible to pack-trains, which could then be taken as far as the amphi-theater at the head of the canon. We did not regret theextra work, however, for in making our way up thesouthern bank of the river above the lake we found, bub-bling forth close to the river, a soda spring whos
. Sierra Club bulletin . Grand Canons of Tuolumne and Merced. 237 some huge blocks of granite that made traveling withknapsacks almost impossible, but we later found consid-erable difficulty in making our way along the southernshore of the lake. A very short stretch of blasting wouldmake the more open northern bank accessible to pack-trains, which could then be taken as far as the amphi-theater at the head of the canon. We did not regret theextra work, however, for in making our way up thesouthern bank of the river above the lake we found, bub-bling forth close to the river, a soda spring whose waterswere pronounced to be the equal of the Lambert Spring—even better, some of us maintained. Soon afterward wereached the rocky amphitheater where we had plannedto camp; but, finding that we were still fresh, and know-ing how difficult the next days work must be, we decidedto go on a little farther. So after a brief rest we shoul-dered our packs again and climbed to the top of thecliff over which the Triple Peak F
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