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  • Ill truly magnificent and at last was free of the clouds and mist that had been hiding it during most of our sojourn. Before returning to camp most of the group made a quick visit to Falling Water Falls, while a few others drove up Sharp Top Mountain for one last look at the valley below. All good things must come to an end, however, and after that it was just a case of getting back to Washington, which we accomplished that night, by way of the Blue Ridge Parkway, the James River Gorge to Buena Vista, and on to Culpeper for dinner. All of us agreed that it was one of the best organized and most enjoyable trips that anyone could have, thanks to the excellent leadership of Howard Olmsted and his assistant, Vic Howard. Bill Richardson, too, is to be thanked for the really superb meals. It || OUTDOOR LITERATURE \m This section, unless otherwise noted, written by Philip J. Stone WITH OUR CONTEMPORARIES New York Groups Make Annual Pilgrimage to Mountain Chapel.— The May Ad-i-ron-dac of the Adirondack Mountain Club carries a unique account by Walter Shannon of "St. John's-in-the-Wilderness," a chapel where an annual Palm Sunday service is held especially for hikers. An Episcopal parish in the Ramapo Highlands of Rockland County, N. Y., St. John's began in 1925 an association with hiking clubs in the New York City region which resulted in these traditional Palm Sunday pilgrimages and services. New England Trail Conference Issues Bulletin.—The June 1946 number of New England Trails, published by the New England Trail Conference at Amherst, Mass., has come to our attention. This bulletin, the first issued since the war, serves the purpose of reporting the status of principal New England trails and conference news items. Colorado Club Adds Another Junior Group.—The June Trail and Timberline announces the formation of a second junior group within the Colorado Mountain Club, composed of young people in the vicinity of Colorado Springs. The club already has a junior group in Denver, besides adult chapters in Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, and Walsenburg. A "Condensed Guide to Colorado's 14,000-Foot Peaks" is published in Trail and Timberline for July. Complete with a sketch map showing- approach roads, this guide indicates preferred climbing route, distance, height, and time of average ascent for the 52 highest peaks in the State. Forty-seven Persons Have Hiked Length of Long Trail.—The forty- seventh person has qualified for the "End-to-Enders" award, given by the Green Mountain Club to those who hike the full length of Vermont's Long Trail, according to the May Long Trail News. Something over a year ago the club assembled a collection of Koda- chrome slides to use in publicizing the Long Trail. Since then the slides have been shown more than 30 times—once as far away as Detroit. A. M. C. Library Now Numbers Over 2,100 Books.—The June bulletin number of Appalachia calls attention to the Appalachian Mountain Club's library of more than 2,100 volumes on climbing, exploring, camping, outdoor sports, and natural history. Books may be borrowed by members for home use on liberal terms. Two interesting features in the June magazine number of Appalachia are "Enough Rope," a series of clever cartoons on rock climbing by Jean Blair Dolan; and Robert L. M. Underbill's "White Mountain Quiz No. 1," designed to test the reader's knowledge of peaks, notches, and ranges.
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