Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-06-04
CAMPING IN THE MOUNTAINS.
HINTS TO PICNIC AND TRAPPING
f.a.t. PARTIES.
Where to Go. How to 60. and What
to Take.

The season is fast approaching wher
everybody who has the time to spare
will want to make a trip to the noun
tains to enjoy the fresh air, the scents OF
the big pine trees, and the fun Of good
trout fishing. People of means, who
don't mind the expense, will think
nothing of appropriating two or three
hundred dollars to the trip, but the ma
jority of people will study economy of
expenditure, and aim to have as good
time on the smallest allowance posi-
Bile.
PLACES TO Go. .a
Carson people choose between the
Lake and Hope Valley. The latter is
the favorite resort of those who like
small fishing. The streams of the VAL
ley swarm with trout which bite freely
and rise voraciously to almost any kind
of bait; but they do not average pound
in weight, and most of them can be
landed with a minnow rod. Lovers of
picturesque scenery prefer the Lake and
its rugged surroundings, and although
the fish do not bite SO rapidly, they are
a good deal bigger, and when once
hooked fully compensate for the wait
ing. In the numerous steams which
tumble down from the mountains, trout
can becaught weighing all the way from
one to five pounds, and in the lake itself
they run as high as twenty pounds.
The veteran anglers go to Falling Leaf
and Cascade Lakes, where the fishing
is simply superb.
Camping parties go into the noun
tains in the vicinity of these lakes, and
when once their tents are pitched they
feel as if they would like to live there
forever. The forests back of McKen-
MES also furnish excellent facilities for
hose who like life in the woods.
THE OUTFIT.
Aim to take nothing except just what
you will need, as the chances are that
,bout half of the untensils you tax e will
De thrown away before you get back.
4 wall-tent, with canvas for the floor,
some bedding, blankets, cooking uten-
ills, and two suits of old clothes will
AIRY you through. Each person should
AVE a knife and fork, cup, plate and |
poon. Wooden plates and tin cups
re the best. Discard crockery as much |
Is possible. For bedding take an empty |
lex and stuff it with straw or hemlock |
when needed. A mattress becomes |
yery cumbersome. Each party should |
llso be provided with an axe, Ratchet,
rying-pan, gridiron, some paper pals,
pieces of Irvine, copper Wire, a couple of
ron rods, an iron kettle, and a coffee
,ot.
Above all take about twenty yards of
netting. A cork helmet hat
S also indispensable. When fishing put
piece of netting over the hat and tie
under the chin; then put on a pair of
,auntlet gloves, and you can set the
at definance. Each person
hould take thread, needles, pins,
etc. There was once camp
ng party who pitched their tents on
he side of Mt. Tallac, and when they
vent to cook their first supper found
hat there wasn't match in the camp.
\ man rode horse twelve miles to
tanks to get matches. A piece of flat
beet iron, set up on four iron legs, with
fire under it, makes good stove. |
Two blue wooden shirts are indispen-
ible. If you take white shirts you will
e sure to throw them. into the creek.
op boots, old pants, and old dugs of
ny description will do;- at least two
tits of clothes, you will be sure to fall
ito the water by tumbling out of a
oat or slipping off log in crossing a
ream. Women should take wooden
resses and if they adopt the boomer {
,stume they will enjoy themselves SO
luch the better. Foot soreness is the I
reat trouble when tramping about, $
nd to guard against it battle the feet /
forming and evening with salt in the g
alter, and annoint well, with vaseline, I