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Program of hikes for 1930/ Smoky Mountains Hiking Club

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  • ting for this mountain. It is bald—clothed with soft springy earth with a thick pubescence of grass. Mm-m-m-m! To stretch out at full length on that soft carpet of grass and watch the clouds roll by, forgetting all for the moment—"If that's not Life, Man, what is it?" "It's not so much the hiking Nor the scenery as a whole; 'Tiz jus' th' gettin! back to Natur' That grips your very soul!" -—With apologies. But remember: It's about ten miles round trip hiking distance. It's about six hours hiking time (up and down). It's a fairly easy, broad trail. It's approximately 5,000 feet up! It's necessary to have food for three meals, blankets, warm clothing, candle-lantern or flash-light, canteen, axe, knife and always First Aid Packet. The cost depending on the numbers making the trip as far as transportation is concerned. And—We LEAVE Saunders Svstem PROMPTLY at 2 P. M. February 8, 1930. Leaders: Qhas. M. (Buzz) Wheeler (Phone 2—8717) and W. L. Tadlock (Phone 3—1161) February 9 HOUSE MOUNTAIN One of the most interesting hikes outside the Great Smokies is that to House Mountain, about 15 miles northeast of Knoxville. Drive out Washington Pike almost to Corryton. Turn southward from the main highway to the north base of the east end of the mountain. It is only a little more than a mile to the top, but part of the trail quite steep and it is a good afternoon's hike. The view from the top of the mountain has few if any equals in the valley section of East Tennessee. To the south is Mascot and Straw Plains, with the Holston River in plain view. Also the view of the Great Smokies is unusually 17
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