SENIOR MT. WASHINGTON TRIP

Most enjoyed of all Outing Club trips is the annual winter senior expedition to Pinkham Notch and the snowy Presidentials. Prom the time the men pile on the B. & M. at Norwich until they admit defeat from chicken pie at their off-the-trail supper at the Outing Club House four days later the whole trip is devoted and dedicated to the God of a good time. It is not important whether the party reaches the summit, or whether they make the ascent in four or ten hours, or whether they know the first rudiments of skiing, for the trip is run for the sole purpose of offering a group of seniors the best outing they have ever had.

This year twenty men made the trip. They were fortunate to meet with nearly perfect weather. In making the ascent of Washington they encountered a terrific wind storm which grew worse after they had reached the summit. Shortly after starting down two of the party were momentarily blown off the trail for a few feet. Newspapers with their usual eye for the sensational immediately played up the story stating that the men barely escaped death. The Outing Club takes no chances. These men were dressed to make frostbite impossible, tired climbers were not permitted to continue, and any suggestion of extreme conditions would have made the leaders turn back immediately. Mount Washington has been measured for the greatest wind velocity in the East.

The following week a party of underclassmen met stormy conditions and were not permitted to try for the summit. For alumni still thinking of skiing this winter there will still be snow in Pinkham Notch when we go to press.