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Show Moonlight Climb to Wasatch Peak Scheduled for Wednesday, Wed-nesday, August 5 NEPHI, July 29. To all lovers of majestic mountains, deep-cut moon-Bib canyons rtnd winding trails leading through silent groves of stately pines r-.nd whispering quaken asp, the Kiwanis club of Xephi has this weeX sent invitation to join in the first annual hike to the summit of Mount Nebo. The hike is set for "the night of the August full moon," Wednesday, August 5, and in the language of the invitation sent out, it is planned to make it a "night of a thousand thrills." Mount Nebo is one of Utah's highest high-est mountains, and on account :f its isolation from other high mountains, and its precipiate rise, without intervening foothills, from Juab valley on the one side nnd deep-cut canyons on the other, it affords the mountain climber, H is claimed by those who have made the ascent, a magnificence of view that is unsurpassed unsur-passed by the famed mountains of Utah or the world. A zigzag trail, the work of years, uas been completed to the t7f of the mountain, and by much labor and careful planning the trail has been made thoroughly safe for saddle-horses, saddle-horses, so that all who prefer the saddle to the hiking boot can fel assured as-sured of making the trip to the top uf the twelve-thousand-foot mountain moun-tain with comfort and safety. Preparation is being made for n ?reat bonfire program in Salt Creek canyon, nt the foot of the Moutn N'ebo trail on the evening of August 5 and promptly at eleven o'clock, 'tinder 'tin-der the radiance of the full hioon, the journey up the trail will begin under the leadership or A. P. Chris-tenscn, Chris-tenscn, a member of the Kiwanis club and forest ranger of the district. dis-trict. lianger Christenen is instructed to plan the climb so as to land the parly on the peak shortly before dawn, and the promorers of the hike promise to everyone who makes the trip a sight at sunrise on the peak that will thrill the consciousness nnd paint never-to-ve-forgottcn pictures pic-tures on tile memory. It is planned to make this year's hike the beginning of a program of unnual pilgrimages to the summit of the mountain, nnd that each year on the night of the August full moon, mountain enthusins?s snail be given the opportunity of ascending the rugged sentinel of the southern Wasatch. "Special Invitation is being be-ing extended to all former residents of Nephi and Juab valley to join, in the hike and the preceding bonfire jollification. |