The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-18
HAD A WET TRIP
Green Mountain Club Hikers Washed
Off Mountain

and friends brOadened as the snorting
autosteeds of {. II. Plumb and Wal
ter Hilchey appeared on the horizon
All aboard and we were off to the rem
devious at the Woodford Camp where
the start was made afOot for the de-
lightful tramp up Old Glastonbury
From S.45 until II a. m. nothing oc-
CURED to mar the unanimity OF mind
and effort with which the party skip
ped over the greensward, rocks and
rills toward the summit of the noun
tain. Then there was a division Of
opinion, Nineteen out of the twenty
members of that party were hungry
Had been in that condition for the last
two hours. One member protested;
believed in the conservation of the
food supply; though it was a waste Of
time and energy to eat, etc, but was
finally pursuaded to make the decis-
ion to lunch unanimous and a stop
for the purpose was made at an old
camp about onethird up the noun
tain near a most delightful spring;
practically the only one on that por-
ton of the trail A description of the
dissenting member masticating large
portions of cold chicken and other
stores would make FASCINATING kin
dergarten story, but space does not
permit After an hours rest, the par,
ty continued up toward the summit
Of Glastonbury mountain over the
easiest grade, (hardly climb
mountain trail in this section.
At one p. NJ. the advance guard
reached the top, but the beautiful, ex-
tensive view usually to be had from
here was missed because Of the haze
and low hanging clouds The pleasure
Of the hike and the satisfaction OF
having reached the summit of old
Round Top" well repaid the effort
however.
Harkl Is II the distant rumble of
our auto truck over the Furnace
bridge in the valley. Can it be so
soon time to return? Neigh Laur-
ence." @Call the bunch together and
let us return as quickly as possible
knew from the twinge Of my corn
We were going to have rain. That
was not Chauncy it was thunder and
we up here without umbrellas The
warning was needed and at good
pace, all reached the spring again
when with fash and a crash down
came the torrent of H2O A piece OF
canvas was quickly raised and all
gathered under it, but it might as well
have been cheese-cloth for all the pro
lection il rendered. Storm after
storm broke and retired until finally
the hail storm let loose with its ac-
compartment Of wind and lightning
The G. NJ. c. for once was "souced
and then. to cap the climax were
shocked The thorough drenching
made everyone more susceptible t.
electric currents. and when lightning
struck n tree a few rods away, two OF
three OF the party who had hold OF
the shelter pole. received charge
that nearly took them off their feet
and the whole party. tingling with
energy scattered TO all points Of tho
compass; singularly enough all men
tally resolved that it was just as com
Portable to walk and be wet as e
stand still and be wet and il was Q
Billy Sunday delight to see the way
we hit that trail.
AT the Glastonbury fork a sudder
enforced halt was made while the en-
gineers established a human pontoor
bridge over which the lady light
weights were transported to safety
without getting their teeth wet Blu
some of the rest of the girls-th'
biggest ones-Well il was sink OF
swim and some of them couldn'
swim. But this was only sponge
bath to the soaking that all got as VI
made the trip through the bushes
grown up between the tracks Of th'
old Glastonbury railroad. The ralI
was about over when c. NJ c. cam
was reached whore the party from
Bald mountain had just returned ate
q similar damp experience.
This bunch included +. r Griswold
Willard Lighthall and w. d. Newton
chaperoned by Peggy" who Away
accompanies the club on It's hikes.
The party guided by Mr. Newton
took a bee line for the rocks instea,
of following the trail After tvs,
hours and a half gliding up q gentl
slope Of As degrees they came to
clearing OF blue berries where a brie
stop was made to fill their pail will
the fruit to take back TO the womel
| folk for supper Lighthall never eat
blueberries except In pie, Griswol
was hungry and didn't put any In IN
| pail and Newton found some dutch
mans pipe. mandrake bunch berries
running pine aud other interesting
souvenirs which filed the pail befor
he got down to berries so they di
not really 80 blue.berrylng after all
They were caught by the storm OF
the very crown of the mountain AM
after determining what direction
was the wrong one to camp they tool
Il and with W. d. as escort the It'll
heroic party followed the bed Of tn
brook most Of the way down tn
mountain, occasionally making q sid
trip through miles OF raspberr
bushes and bog Peggy got disgusto
and left his master The other tw
dish rags followed the dog an
eventually got back to camp whor
a hot FIRE, coffee, brown bread iel
pickles, and cantalopos for all wit
hearty laughter over the experience
OF the day soon dispelled the gloon
and good cheer was the order unit
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