Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-08-25


To the south west, beyond the glacier,
another fall Of about FIVE hundred feet
Ia beiRht rtahed over the rocks and
divided itself when half way down ipso l
three distinct falls. These were called l
the Triplet falls and could not be seen
from Fsirview Park (Fairview Park is
where we camped), but only when one
is down on Prospect Park, (the valley |
below the cliff
Friday night We slept out in the rain. |
The thermometer ran down to 40 de-
grees. The altitude Of FAirview Park
is Q. 400 feet. Saturday morning after
break fast We made . tour Of Prospect
Park. To reach this we took our first
ride down q snow slide, distance Of o.
thirty degrees. This was indeed great
sport and very exciting. We then de-
scended three hundred feet more, and
came TO the first or upper park, the
lower park being two hundred feet
below this. After following the small
stream from the snow field we had just
slid down, another one Joined 1t, and
these two formed double falls, which
we called the Double Falls. The lower
park is cut up by numerous small
streams, which join at the entrance Of
the park and form the south brau ch OF
the Carbon river, the north branch
being formed by the great Carbon sla-
cier. About one hundred feet from the
entrance of the park this little stream
commences fall of two thousand feet
In two miles, and falls in direct
northeast course. Its course lies in o
canyon, with tall, massive walls Of
basaltic rock, while by the stream i'm
mense stones are lying In all sorts OF
positions, as If they had been hauled
and thrown about by volcanic eruption.
There are any amount OF email falls
falling into the park.
Picking our way back up the cliff
1 was no easy labor, but we managed Ii
in Just an hour. 1t was proposed we
make start for Mt. Rainier that after
noon. Professor Ingraham, Rev. Mr..
Dilworth, w. T. Sharp, j. Baker. E. E.
Smith, G. Shorey, z. Tolmap, II.
Nichols and G.. Kittinger took blankets
and two days provisions. The start
was made about 80, the rest of the
camp accompanying the climbers part
of the way. When the climbers parted
lcompany the altitude was 7200 feet
Looking northeast from here part of the
Carbon glacier was to be seen, one
great mass Of ice, dirt and rocks. tt
reach the glacier we had to make thu
descent Of 1900 feet in three quarters o
mile over snow and ice. The glacier
is about f We miles In length and has I
fall of several thousand feet From th,
point we got on the glacier to where WI
, left 1t the rise was 40 feet.
We arrived at camp at 6 30, tired aut
weary, our clothes torn, dirty and wet
, By midnight the thermometer . ral
: down to freezing point. Sunday morn
ing at 4 O'Clock we arose, ate break fast
and By B O'Clock started for Noun
4 Rainier. The altitude OF our camp wa
5000 By I 40 we had reached an a.
: titude of 5000 and we had walke
about three miles; and such walk; AZ
q up, up, over snow fields and morsne,
Every step we weuld take th
n snow would give an inch or TIVE
: and to have this occur contir
) tually we soon got exhausted
a Even on the moranes the roof
n and stones would give away and mo-
). and then some one would fall.
t. From the 5000 altitude up, we ooul
o see Mount Baker with Its snow-cappf
IL range to the northeast; to II J. nortkw p
n the Olympic range could be seen, an
o part of Puget Sound, and betwee
IT these ranges, range after range could
,s seen under us, ragged, wild and roug
.5 some covered with timber and SON
q with rock; ipnumerable valleys, like
j. many little wales, covered with beau,
d full meadows. The view was beyond d
:, lscription. 1t was one grand panoram
10 After reaching 10 000 feet halt WI
10 made and 1t was found impossible to
le farther on account of q deep ehasm.
q, This was on the right side Of the Whi
,el river glacier. After some difficu
10 climbing downward the boys reach'
le tie lower glacier, and crossed 1t at
a. o'clock. 1t was then impossible +
D them to reach the summit that nigh
IN and they camped up on t :, # side
the glacier, at the allit If 5000.
te This they reached about seven o'clo
or in the evening They very near fro
to during that night. Provisions were Ii
I'd and they had but five blankets.
ce By o'clock On Monday they reach
de the height of 13 900 feet, when
70 settled down on them and made 1t il
ke possible for them to 60 on. And as tn
K were out of provisions and cold it "
Of dangerous for them to continue. I
he last four hundred feet they clim bed b
,rs to be done by cutting hand and II
lr holds In the Ice. 1t was indeed We
ID hard to have to turn back after reae
al Ing 70 near the summit. But judgme
atl was far better than trusting to luck.
re The party that reached this heiP
ed was composed of Prof. Ingraham,
". IT. Sharp, e. E. Smith, j. Baker, g.
So. Shorey, Il. G. Tolman and the Tin
,le spe cial correspondent. We arriv
back to the White river camp cold a
is. exhausted. Our faces we're sun burn
and puffod up, and our clothes torn il
we shreds. We had undergone sev'
We and violent experience, but felt rep.
ais hundred times for all our trouble,
,ss ing able to gee such grand, wild a
oh magnificent scenery. So ended an
sm pedition that carried us through
is Iitory that could not be rivaled by a
tb. In this country for its grandeur q
me wildness, It's mountains, beauty of
me cascades and water courses, and
ug tenseness of its forests.
ngl The Board of Health.
,m The regular weekly meeting of
ns' Board of Health was held last event
aii- at which nineteen cases previously C
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