The Red Cloud chief., 1894-03-30
SHE CLIMBED MOUNT TACOMA.
And Used the Crater For fn Oven la whisb
to Warm Her Toes.

A quiet young girl, with deniblond
hair, n square, firm chin mud pleasing,
features and manner, arrived Ut the Lick
House the other day IrUn Tacoma. The
young lady was Miss Fay Fuller, daugh.
ter OF Editor T.. n. Fuller uf that city. md
she lately performed f,at 30 difficult chat
II set the people on both sides of the con
tiucht talking about IT. II was no lcss n
feat than the climbing Of Mount Tacoma,
I'm Washington, some 80 miles to the north
east Of Puget sound, in the Cascade range.
II was n formidable undertaking. In
more than 40 years since the county was
settled no woman had ever attempted IL,
and only a few men had accomplished IL,
while many had failed. The mountain IL
a grim one, towering 14,444 feet high, and
with glaciers extending far up from It's
base. 1t IL said by many experienced
mountainous to be the most difficult Of all
American mountains to climb. The plucky
lady was willing to attempt II. The Rev.
T.. g. Smith, X. Il. Parish and W. o. Ans.
den were with her, and Leonard Longmire,
n guide Of yelm, undertook to pilot them
The ascent OF the first Z 900 feet was
made on horseback, amid dense forests
and over dangerous streams, and partly
through natural parks, known as the Low.
Ut bUTtltUS vi INutH. lnlS tODk IOuT uHyS.
Then 1t got SO rough and wild they had to
take 1t afoot. It was perilous in the ex.
IRENE. At 1900 feet the wind blew a
hurricane over the snow and blue green
glacier. Several crevasses had to be cross
ed. some Of which were largo enough to
drop a house into.
When the summit was reached, II was
found to be about two miles across. Stand.
Inc nm thn ton tho aIuanttrnna olfp,Iara
could see below them two large ~craters,
looking like immense bowls, with a cen.
trail, common rim. The big crater was
three-fourths Of q mile across. Both were
filled with snow and Ice, with the rim
around the bare rocks rising In places 60
feet. The steam kept the rocks bare. Com
ing down from the summit, where they
could hardly stand, because Of the fierce
wind, they took shelter in the crater and
examined the steam jets. These looked
like a row Of boiling teakettles along the
ridge. Tho party sat on the rocks and
were soon damp with the moisture and
parboiled by the heat, and II was as obli
gatory as ever to move on again.
"On the eastern edge of the big crater"
said Miss Fuller, 1--WE entered an Ice cave
between the snow and the rim Of the era
ter, md there, with steam beside us, we
spread QUE blankets, which seemed light
enough now, took off our shoes, bathed
our feet in whisky and began the night.
After having reached the summit I began
to feel sick from cold, exhaustion and the
sulphur odor, and for some time suffered
from a chill and nausea. Some of the gen.
tlemen were tired and very cold. Eating
had no attraction for me, but some ate q
little. Mr.. Smith melted some Ice in a cup
over the steam and made some beef tea
from extract of beef.
1.-Two blankets over US seemed little pro
lection. Through tho small opening In
the cave we could watch the stars aud
meteors and hear the awful a~valanches
eoaring down the mountain sides. was
the only one who could sleep. When we
woke, II shoes were frozen stiff and had
to be thawed out In the steam. The blan
kets were ICY"
1t was more p%erilous going down than
up. Miss Fuller's exposure caused her
lips, nose and face to swell badly, and the
skin peeled off, but she feels well repaid
by the trip.-San Francisco Chronicle.