PROVIDING COMFORT

The protection of climbers on the trail is an all important consideration especially on the exposed ridge above tree line. Cairns marking the ridge trail have been piled higher than ever. The telephone line from the summit down the mountain will be put in repair, and an emergency telephone box is planned for the junction of the Carriage Road and the Glencliff trail, with connections to the Summit Camp and the Pike operator. Weather forecasts and storm warnings are to be furnished to warn the climber of unusually forbidding conditions; while to check on the climbers a system of semi-registration is planned, visitors signing at the bottom and again at the top. Finally novices are to be discouraged from making the ascent. Undergraduate parties have come to make light of a winter attack on the summit, and with these added precautions little danger should exist.

Beginning late in December or early in January and continuing as long as skiing conditions last, two of the three members of the Summit Crew, J. D. Robinson '32, F. K. Sayre '33, and R. W. Banfield '34, will be in charge at the Summit Camp each week-end, Fall and spring trips are to be sponsored to acquaint faculty and student members of the Outing Club with the Moosilauke region. As regular features throughout the winter, trips will be organized for the various classes, similar to the Senior Mt. Washington trip. Special invitations are to be extended to the skiing and outing clubs of the region, such as the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Hochgebirge Ski Club.