The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-13
TO CLIMB MT. RAINIER
A Seattle Party Exploring the
Great Peak.
The GLACIERS TO BE LOCATED.
Scientific Researches and Collections TO
he Made-Ph geographic Views
The Itinerary.

The advance guard ofA party that pro
poses TO make the ascent of Mount Rainier
left the city last Monday morning for
three weeks stay on the mountain. The
| rest of the party will leave tomorrow and
next week. Those who left last Monday
we're: Maj. E. s. lngraham, Ii. f.
| Holmes, DIR. l. VI. Lessey. George Wright
and his brother, James NJ. Wright. Roger
;. Greene. IT,. K. 5. Smith. Miss Holmes.
/ Miss Parke Miss Annie II. Hall and Mrs.
| T. :. Ingraham, who will act as chaperone
70 the young ladies.
| This party went TO Tacoma by boat.
from there 10 Lake Park by street cars.
where they took wagons TO within few
miles OF the camp in Paradise valley"
| These few remaining miles will have 10
/ Se made on foot owing TO the steep and
| rugged nature of the trail. ana the party
should have reached camp by Tuesday
| evening Camp Paradise Valley" is AT
altitude of 4, so feet, being series of we'll
sheltered plateaus on the east side of the
| mountain, one of the largest OF these
| plateaus being the actual camping ground.
| The next camp above that is Camp of
the Clouds" located 1000 feet higher,
| which brings the explorers TO the edge OF
the eternal snow line. From Camp of
/ the Clouds" an unobstructed view is had
| of the route TO the summit.
Supplies were taken along in large guam
titles aud will be divided between the two
camps which viii be made the head
| quarters of the party during their three
weeks stay, some remaining in camp
while the more hardy and daring ones
make the ascent and explore unknown
regions.
Maj Ingraham is the veteran of the
| party. having made several ascents of the
mountain. and he is anxious on this trip
| TO locate number of glaciers that have
received special attention, but have never
been properly named. There is also a
| small volcano on the main range and lit
| tie north of the east side of the mountain
from which smoke has been seen issuing
! by people living in the foothills and at
| Eilensburg and which has never been
reached or definitely located. Maj. InRra-
ham will endeavor TO enlighten the scien-
| tific world on this and other questions of
| the summit.
| Longmeyer's Springs is another interest
| ing point at an altitude of 3. 500 feet. being
| the first point reached. Some of the party
| will remain there to test the virtue of the
| eighteen different kinds of mineral springs,
| oDuA auA OtilcIS. 6GNEEaA Vi kucGc
spout hot water and the sulphur springs
| are fitted for bathing. L. 5. Smith will
make brief stay at this point.
| According to the programme arranged
before leaving Seattle. last Wednesday
was the day set for the party to make the
| circuit of the mountain at an attitude of
about 5000 feet. Those who will take part
| in this tramp are Messrs. Ingraham,
Holmes, Lessey, the two Wright brothers,
! Green and professional sketch artist.
/ This circuit, together with the various
| daily tramps. will nurse the party TO the
| rugged nature of the mountain, and by
next Wednesday or Thursday those best
| fitted physically for the undertaking will
make the ascent of the mountain, Miss
| Hall and Miss Parke having signiiied
their intention of being of that party.
| This ascent Will take two days, starting
from Camp of the Clouds" The start
| will be made early in the morning and the
| party will sleep the first night at "Gibral-
| tar, large jutting rock on the east
| side of the mountain, the last on
| the road to the summit and affording a
splendid shelter from all storms. This
brings the party to within 5000 feet of the
| summit. The final start from this point
| is made by day break, or about O'Clock
and a steady tramp and climb kept up I'M
| til O'Clock in the afternoon is necessary
in order to reach the top, where the bal
anee of the afternoon will be spent, snow
storms permitting. in gathering rich
stores of knowledge in and about the
| craters.
The summit has three distinct points.
two OF which are craters, the largest being
about quarter of mile across, with
steam jets of sulphurous gases constantly
| arising, melting the SHOWS out. keeping
| the rocks warm and comfortable for the
benighted strangers If they decide to pass
the night In the crater. The following
morning after having made full notes of
everything seen and done and taken
! Photographic views of all interesting and
important points, the party will make the
descent camping at Gibraltar as before
and reach Camp of the Clouds the follow
ing day.
Leo Daft, Ira Bronson and Everett
| Smith will leave the city tomorrow TO
| join the party, and next Monday Rev. ID.
c. Garrett will also leave for the camp
The party is well supplied with sketch
ing material, provisions, Photographic in
struments and firearms. The last are ex-
/ pected TO be used on mountain sheen
bear pheasants and whistling marmot
| which abound throughout the mountain
and afford glorious sport TO a sure-footed
| hunter. The whistling marmot are espe-
! cially numerous. resembling the New En-
/ gland woodchuck; their meat, however. is
too strong fer food. Water is plenty
everywhere below Gibraltar, but above
that point everything is perpetually frozen,
and the party from that point has TO carry
| water IN canteens.