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Handbook/ 1932/ Smoky Mountains Hiking Club

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  • line from White Rock to Guyot and from Guyot to Jump-Otf will be visible if the day is clear. Leaving Guyot, we follow the State line to Mt. Chapman (6430 feet), which point we expect to reach for lunch. After lunch there will be time to enjoy the views of Mt. Guyot on one side, Mt. LeConte and part of the State line and Clingman's Dome on the other. Another mile and a half of hiking will bring us to our Tuesday night s camp site. This may be a "dry" camp. Either we shall have to do without water or hunt for it down one of the hollows. WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10. Wednesday morning, we will be able to look down on some of the wildest portions of the Smokies. The slopes on the Tennessee side are precipitous and the views magnificent. It will not be a very long trek to the Hughes Ridge where we will camp on Wednesday night. We will have time to linger along this, one of the wildest portions of the State line. Getting water has been a problem and it is advisable to use the fine spring at the Hughes Ridge for one camp. THURSDAY, Aug. 11. Thursday, our trek along the State line reveals fine viefs of the mountains of Western North Carolina on one side and the valley which leads down to Greenbrier, also the Pinnacle and Greenbrier Lead on the other. At some convenient place along the trail about half way between Hughes Ridge and Dry Sluice Gap, we will make camp for Thursday night. FRIDAY, Aug. 12. Friday, we will hike along the sharp edges of the Saw Tooth range, getting views of the Jump-off, some of the mountains in N. C. also, and LeConte and some others in Tennessee. We will reach Dry Sluice Gap Friday afternoon in time to make camp. SATURDAY, Aug. 13. Saturday morning a stop on top of Charlie's Bunion 44
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