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' end of July 24-26 when lome 400 men, minu guns, dogi and
women, tale off for the annual Hart Mountain trek. Pictured
here are a few icenei from last year'i party. ( I ) Signpoit in
tlio ds:ert give! you directions with a perky ante ope up on
' io point the way Eastward to the camp. 121 This sign
isn't kidding. It's been known to happen. (3) Dining facilities
at tha Blue Sky hotel, a! fresco department, are spacious,
airy and numerous. (4) From expert to novice, the battered
old piano gets a workout all day and much of the night. 151
Candidates for the degree of Wild Jackass have the honor of
digging out tha juicy and succulent meet from the barbecue
pit. The beans are buried at the end. (61 The old West still
lives high up on the ridges of mighty Hart Mountain. (71
Cyril Cook (left), and Gib Fleet, the chief chefs for the big
party, carefully lower a beef Into the pit ready to cover It
with red hot fire and dirt. (81 The acid test comes from the
cheft when they take that first, all-important sampling of the
beans that have been simmered in milk. cans along with' the
meat. (9) The big event for the first-timers comes when they
are initiated into the Order. Here you see 'em being ad
ministered the oath by John "Meatballs" Blair. (101 The
stomach Steinways coma in for a beating at Jie big campfire
and add a good deal to the doings. (Ill The hot baths over r
at tha old, snack are a high point of the trip. Here a few of 1
the boys soak off some of the desert dust. (121 Waterholes
are necessary in the desert, and here's just, one of the wel
come spots. (131 Homeward bound, the truck all loaded up.
' It's a great country for trucks and not so good for these
low-slung new passenger cars.. But everyone has fun, so who
cares? , Photos by Joa Van Wormer,- Bend