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Program of hikes for 1930/ Smoky Mountains Hiking Club

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  • This part of the trip should appeal strongly to the pioneering instincts of our more hardy hikers. Be sure to fill a canteen or two before starting on this part of the hike. You can't expect your companion to share his canteen on such a trip, and you will find no more water until you reach Mt. Alexander, soon to be Mt. Chapman, which will probably be late in the afternoon. But, don't let it be too late, for you should get there in time to find a spring and pitch your tent before dark. Our second night out on this trip is to be spent there on Mt. Alexander (Mt. Chapman), with the sky for a roof, and balsam boughs for bed. It is, no doubt, such a place that Maud Russell had in mind when she wrote: "O Great Outdoors, without floors, Or walls, or roofs, or bounds, Grant this day that I may stray .1 midst thy plains and mounds, Let me be among the free That climb the purple hills." The last day, however, is probably the best Part of the whole trip. The modest beauty of that state-line range, from Mt. Chapman to Newfound Gap is impressive, to say the least of it. It is a bit difficult to find just as we leave Mt. Chapman, but just keep to the highest ridge, where you can see off into the gorge just south of Mt. Le Conte. After the first half-mile is behind us, the remainder is easy, and, oh, how beautiful and restful! It is the state-line range, and follows through an open woodland, with many fine views on either side. If time will permit, and it should, we will go on across Mt. Mingus to Indian Gap instead of following the new highway down from Newfound Gap. There are two good reasons for this, first, the view of Mt. LeConte from Mt. Mingus •S perhaps the best view of LeConte to be had from any point. Then the Indian Gap trail is undoubted- lv the prettiest four miles of trail in the Smokies. 49
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