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Chris Erskine: Hikers hit the hills, then toast at a blue-collar bar

Leadership certainly has its drawbacks. Just look what Hawkeye and Trapper did to Henry Blake on "MASH."

That's why leading the Happy Hour Hiking Club is such a dubious distinction. A collection of Times readers, illiterates, malcontents and goofballs, the club meets once a month for hiking and hydration.

"It's a drinking club with a hiking problem," one of the mouthier malcontents once explained.

That could become our motto. If we ever adopt a motto. As clubs go, we don't fuss over

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