. Sierra Club bulletin . ee aparty of some sixty or seventy stringing out over thesnow-fields and climbing the passes at eleven thousandfeet, as happened on the Merced trip. I saw much moreof the High Sierra than I thought was possible in thetime allotted, a result only attributable to the previouscareful planning of the Outing. The memories of the knapsack trips are shall ever see the basin of the Upper Merced, lyingwhite in the moonlight, and the falls of Foerster Creek,breaking into showers of silver beads; and the vision ofRitter, guarded on one flank by Banner Mountain ando
. Sierra Club bulletin . ee aparty of some sixty or seventy stringing out over thesnow-fields and climbing the passes at eleven thousandfeet, as happened on the Merced trip. I saw much moreof the High Sierra than I thought was possible in thetime allotted, a result only attributable to the previouscareful planning of the Outing. The memories of the knapsack trips are shall ever see the basin of the Upper Merced, lyingwhite in the moonlight, and the falls of Foerster Creek,breaking into showers of silver beads; and the vision ofRitter, guarded on one flank by Banner Mountain andon the other by the Minarets, as we saw them that firsttime when we reached the ridge at Foerster Mountain,will ever rise to greet me! And the roar of the Tuol-umne I shall still hear when the memories of other soundsshall fail! And then the comradeship, begotten by theclose association, where it was the first thought of everyone to be of service to everybody else, where every one SIERRA CLUB BULLETIN, VOL. VI. PLATE FALLS AT THE HEAD OF TUOLUMNE , 1908, by F. M. Fultz. An Easterners Impressions. 257 helped, and where every one wanted to do more thanhis own share of the work! It is all unforgettable! The camp-fire was an interesting and enjoyable occa-sion. The nightly gathering in the log amphitheateraround the blazing fire to hear the announcement of plansfor the morrow, or to listen to story and song, waslooked forward to with anticipation and pleasure. Andwhen we were all gathered in, and the great square ofilluminated faces appeared against the black backgroundof the forest, what a unique spectacle was presented! And such opportunities as there were for studying theflora, fauna, and physiography of the region. The spe-cialists could easily be forgiven the zeal with which theypursued their special lines of research, and should not beblamed that their enthusiasm became contagious andinfected the party so universally that tree-lore, glacier-movements, and
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