The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-22
RAISED A THOUSAND.
uouut Rainier Greater Than
Has Been Thought.
~vo or The CLIMBERS RETURN
.-.h.m Party csmped on the szmmis
"A pigeon Erings the True Height
story OF shs Trip. ~

- .ane 70 the summit and returned
-1..S of his comrades with the news
-. tbey have ascertained the aIts
- Of the highest point Of abe
rn,tain 20 be 1859 feet, or
-.~rlv 100 feet greater than stated
4 srevious records. Mr. Garrett did not
!. higher than Camp Of the Clouds, but
=, Rronson vent TO Ae sS1snmit, and he
81 Roger Greene, IT,. left the rest Of the
--tv Al Crater peak last Wednesday.
<. Ingrahafa party we're enjoying shem-0
..lv-s hugely aroundo the crater, and
xsre well pleased with the success
4 their experiment in sending carrier
,sasons home with bulletins. The last
,lreou arrived at Puyallup yesterday, and
the news il brought is given IN the follow-e
hr special from that town:
PrrAILrP,- July 2I.-[Special. I-Rainier,
- remaining homing pigeon with In
r-shsm mountain party. Was found IN Mr.
nlartfs loft al noon today, having arrived
.eus time during the morning. The fol-
kxing message was attached to the bird:
sfsrrsham mountain climbers. Bulletin No
crnter OF Mount Rainier, July IS, 1924 Lett
fsnp OF the Stars az O'Clock a. N. Reached
ebraltsr crest AZ is Altitude 1850. BaroTne-
"a rad ReEchsd south rim OF crater
4 rs .. u. Altitude $500. TOOK altitude
Z fosulabia's crest, the highest point OF Mount
gnnier, at 2:04-I5,a20 feet In making tina
/ rreuit Of the Fisn found q box containing
~ names OF Ar. Cove, of the Oregon Alpine
Cgh and others. Also on the north rim OF the
| s.sser We found iaFge American flag, with
.be nsms OF Oscar Browne, ls9l," on
he stat II the weather continues favor
80 We will remain over the 18th TO. watch
AZ fae signals OF the Mount Hood party.
"a fngraham, II. +. Holmes. Helen Holmes.
Aanie hall. ". Bernlca ParEe. +. W. Hawkins,
L ~ Lacy, q. +. Wright W. III. Wright Ira
kfgnson, y. A. Carrie, Roger Greene. Leo Daft.
EF. ssrieklsnd. Yesterdays bird lett Camp
sanstl30s Today's bird flies AZ 430. lWil
verify birds time. Dummy flies o. X"
Tas time on this flight was not good,
sllhongh n big allowance must be made
ii that the country and work was
ensi,sly new to this particular bird.
YET on the whole, the perform
sacs vas g successful feat Outside of
tie novelty and pleasure of communicat-
Jog xih friends on distant Rainier, the
li<rsnan and ultimate homing of
plssm from such an altitude, Is 90
ka is of itself an achieve
mas and something to boast OF.
us can be- better understood when We
tenpare this great height with the re
nEks of Col. Lansselat, a French military
eentist. on the result Of bis experiment
w with homing pigeons. He says:
Fat l, 200 yards the homing pigeon
nyidly. only saTing Itself from falling by
asscrlOing large spirais," In view of this
ind other similar talk, much speculation
sas rife as to whether the bird could use
rs wings at al. on reaching the extreme
hssght, and while il finally 'homed"
4 Is safe 20 believe that she atmospheric
Influences at the start were in the main
4 accountable for the prolonged jouTneY.
Very few birds. IL anys have ever before
been liberated and homed from such
height. %
0nly one message was found, whereas
81 Duplicates were expected. and this one
had been picked aud dsfaced so as to be
tmost iilegibie. q
last Friday evening Leo Daft. Everett
Saith, Roger Greene, IT., and myself left
:snte 10 join the rest of the party, who
wnat Camp of the Clouds. where we
rfssd safely sunday night and found
MShole party camped Comfortably. We
meEned there until Tuesday morning,
gasn st 4 o'clock the whole party of six
Aa started To climb the mountain. After
H0asing tie NesQunlly glacier and tire
now fields, which We found very deep, we
| made Camp Muir about noon. There we
remained until O'Clock. when we contin~
sed our ascent and made the Camp of the
stars, II, 80 feet high, at y. N. We were
\ asially tired and were glad TO get into our
blankets. which had been sewed into sacks,
We slept As much as the cold would allow
i u.s. the temperature being about 25degrees
above zero. There was quite a strong
Wind blowing, and most of as watched the
neon snd stats all night long. The ledge
On which We slept was not a comfortable
resting place, as IL was very narrow, our
lset being IN close proximity 20 the edge.
After breakfast of luke warn Uaef tea in
u The morning We continued0our ascent
10 properly understand the ascent Of
iss mountain 1t must be remembered that
TIE whole top of Mount Rainier is A
EseieF. which. splitting by it's own weight,
divides into number of segments, and is
eting gradually forced down the
mountain side. Gibraltar rock, which
sands out abruptly from the smooth
mne OF the mountain at point
seo1t a,ocQ1 feet from the summit 10
sooat l,0Oo feet high, almost the same
engsh and half as wide. Ii splits one of
zee snormous glaciers into two parts. the
# assqaaay glacier passing TO the right as
H Iaa look from the summit, and the Cow
Fl hss 20 the left
81 lAe only possible way to reach the
samnii from this point as TO pass along
lae Ell edge o. Gibraltar rock and directly
sssfooklng the Nesquaily glacier, which,
account OF its tremendous pitch
spA The summit, extends from 1 900
2 LOO Gieet in q sheer perpendlc-
WOW and crumbled rock, which forms
49, eaiy iootsay along the edge of Glib
s1AFf0ck. The ledge Itself is about thirty
VICE, and slopes toward the edge at
Aaasle Of about 50 degrees, and is con-
Aaiy breaking and wearing axay from
s SETON OF enormous bouldees which
- Fom Gibraltar rock, IS the sun ioosens
Ne thss holds them. One misstep ~
"a point woald precipltate one to a great
sesa below. After passing the rock ali
Femalns Is shear climb, at first at
k"e closely approaching the perpen-
~aF, and aiteFward az a more gradual
Fl 1910 The summit, liz took US Just two
s-is and half 10 pass the rock and on
~s4ht OF the great altitude and rarified
N fepaere we had 10 stop every tea or
N step. 10 recover bEeakh.
E vas necessary after leaving the rock
n aAh pass over the NesQually glacier.
49, Vas cut INFO about Loo feet from
81 Esnsslh by Slarge crey asse, which we
.s@aAlely found hridgaS by A heavy
80 Nhieh covered oyer the hare ice.
a. N1 ~ tue summit about 1 o'clock
- Nedgesday.
5Bad previously sent carrier
80 yum message attached 70 its tail.
SAa9p Muir, snd soon after ne
60. vac summit We dispatched
~9th message contain
Information Of our asernt.
,rseSsed The second bird after
saips that a bird conld sustain
a. s4.ae4entsy AZ ghat altitude 10 tiy
A,..s Ia tAe mountain top. When re-
81 "a 'sS elFa sailed down rapidly aud
IVA lost . vleW.
sosad By taxing the altitude Of the
assS.' ~ =, saat i vas L. $50 feet high, or
Assstess'.... sSyeet atsRsF than IL has been
~ trse-.ss stated Il Ia Prof Daft un-
.s~~ateiy broN@ ma tRsr,,,,,,,at.v -. =