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Handbook/ 1933/ Smoky Mountains Hiking Club

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  • Leave Dixie System at 1:00 o'clock sharp. Drive above Elkmont to remnant of logging railway bridge, keeping right hand fork of one-way road. Bring canteen, blankets, flashlight and food for three meals. Round trip hiking distance, 12 miles. Return early Sunday. Elevation: Siler's Bald, 5,620 feet. Leaders: G. B. SHIVERY (2-5520) FRANK JOYCE (2-5520) THE JOY OF THE HILLS I ride on the hills, I forgive, I forget Life's hoard of regret— All the terror and pain Of the chafing chain. Grind on, O cities, grind: I leave you a blur behind I am lifted elate-the skies expand: Here the world's heaped gold is a pile of sand. Let them weary and work in their narrow walls: I ride with the voices of waterfalls! I swing on as one in a dream I swing Down the airy hollows, I shout, J sing! The 'world' is gone like an empty word: My body's a bough in the wind, my heart a bird! —Edwin Marklwm The hikers' straight-jacket—riding breeches for climbing! "AH we like sheep. . . "If men didn't dress for anpearances all of them would wear overalls for summer hiking. They're loose, cool, comfortable and strong. 40
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