Show PEAK when tho the bugle call was dimly hoard heard we all stretched and yawned dawned rut but soon was up and maki mak ing 4 ft quick job ot of dressing and fixing beds beda with the prospect ot of an nil all day hike in view nobody seemed to t a bo be lazy lazi when breakfast was over wo all ali filled our dockets with prunes these were to keel hoop from rom getting thirsty on the mountain betanco there would be no water up there eight 0 at the boys boya decided to make the trip with our scoutmaster loading leading us the others othera stayed at camp to go fishing wo wore soon eoon briskly walking through a forest c a vel ed with law dew tho the coot cool morning breeze gave us ua all plenty ot of pep ator after we lial hol hiked about a nille we came to it 0 beautiful mountain lake the yellow water illy blois blossom oms against the deep clear blue water made a sight well worth stopping to admire however N we soon wont went on because there was not much time to lose suddenly we burst out aut of a thick evergreen forest nt at tho the base ot of a long range ot of mountain peaks badens lindens lin dens peak our des desa was easily distinguished be cause ot of its rough and rocky appearance this peak the top ot at which Is composed of cliffs Is one thousand feet higher than mt gos wo decided to follow a ridge which ran in the opposite 44 direction botho to the mountain range occasionally green shrubs appeared on this ridge there were where the small rocks orf off ergood tooting and we could mally easily start to aido back down again when wo we got about halt way up the ridge I 1 wo we decided to follow a mass ot of largo large rocks which ran parallel to the top ot at tho iho mountain range these cheso rocks were large ones and most ot of them were solid the sun was alining brightly now so we were getting too tor for comfort we all sat down and rested frequently as the mountain was becoming steeper as aa wo we neared the top we followed those rocks until we camo came directly under the peak then we turned and headed straight tor for it now we encountered huge rocks in n loose lease sand band often wo we would see a rock rolling toward us its that the boys ahead ot at us ua had accidentally started arted we had to act und and think quickly to got get out ot of the way of the rolling rollan g rocks it was risky business but wo we all kept on finally much to every blodys relief we reached the top ot at the mountain range all ot of us laid down and acted as aa it we did not care what happened the peak was surrounded by cliffs which were about twenty teet feet in height there were three main sets ot of cliffs which had to be climbed before we vo could reach the top after a good rest we got up and were ready to go on our scoutmaster uncoiled a long rupo which wo we had brought along for a purpose like this ile he tied a kassoo in one end and tried to catch a solid rock on top ot of the cliff after several trios the rope settled over the rock wo we all climbed up the rope and braced our solves by putting our teet feet on OIL tta thle side bide 0 of f the cliff this operation waki waa repeated p tor for the three cliffs and we finally arrived at the top from this high peak we could see hundreds of at lakes lake the scout camp and many valleys which were surrounded by tall peaks the entire granddaddy Gran daddy lako lake region ft 1 made of these va valleys lloys we wa ato ate lunch on top of the peak we soon eoon started back because it was getting late in the afternoon and the wind was blowing so hard that it seemed as it if we wa would bo be blown from the peak to sudden death on the rs acks below when going down the cliffs clatta we tied a bowline in the rope instead ot of a lasso loop joop so that wo we could flip it ott off the rock when all of us got down we went na as fast as wo we could with safety to get oft off tho the noun moun tain before dark when we jumped from rock to rock we jarred ourselves up badly everybody had all their prune stones either jarred down their threats or into deep crevices between the rocks just when we thought we were nearly down the mountain we d discovered I 1 cover Q 4 to our disgust another C cliff iff of course it bother us as aa we knew how to got get dowry down but it was the waste ot of time the last boy who slid down the rope cut his bis arm aim on a projecting rock rock and we had to stop p and bandage it up soon after we got oft off the mountain wo we heard beard the clear sweet sound of running water of course we made maae a dash tor for the spring to quench our cur thirst the sun had set by this time and we were yet two miles from camp and eats we wa walked as ad fast as our weary legs could carry us we passed the lake that had seemed so BO beautt beautiful rul to us a in n the morning but now it seemed dark daik and dreary I 1 guess that was because we were so tired it was getting so ao darl dark that wo we fre fie over dead logs and rocks py by the time we reached camp we were all bruised and sore but nothing serious se ilous wo we lay down ait oit oi our beds in the tent and were ready to call it a day we stop for supper but were soon sleeping soundly ly and dreaming of moro more hakea and fun GUARDELLO IL II 11 BACON |