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After an overwhelming response in favor of retaining them, DEC and the Club reached a compromise in the pending update to the
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In 1966 the Club was formally incorporated, and has counted that year as its founding date ever since. The
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Their goal was not to bag peaks but simply to find the thrush. Nonetheless, they published their list of (at that time) 33 peaks in a nature journal. Area hikers who saw it began organizing trips to the peaks with an eye toward completing the list, and in 1962 informally organized the club as a
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Members record their climbs on a tally sheet and then submit them to the Club's membership chair when they have completed their last required peak. This is mostly done on the honor system; however sometimes the tally sheets are cross-checked against the logs kept in the
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The Club sponsors hikes on almost every weekend of the year to the various peaks, and sometimes to other mountains of interest in the
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called for the removal of the canisters from the trailless peaks in that unit, arguing that they were not consistent with wilderness values and contributed to degradation of the summits.
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had led to an increase in outdoor recreation the year before. The club has advised aspiring members to climb to
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Forest and Crag: A History of Hiking, Trail
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