The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-22
BACK FROM RAINIER.
1t. Marks Choir Bows Return
Safe and Jubilant.
THEy SCALED THE ICY SUMMIT.
Youngest Party TO Make the Ascent,
They Come Home Un>cathed
by Their Har,fships.

The party Of twenty 81. Marks choir
boys which. under the leadership OF
chaties G. EngelhArd and accompanies
by Dr. ". VI. Jereris, OF Tacoma. ana 4
party OF five ladies and seven gentlemen.
has been spending about three weeks on
the rugged sides Of Mount Rainier,
reached Seattle yesterday afternoon. nav
ing come from Tacoma on the steamer
Multnomah. The boys had an interesting
and instructive trip. and 50 successful was
their ascent OF the mountain that they n
tend next year 10 try Mount ST Elias.
The party left Seattle on the morning OF
july =. with a good camping OUTFIT and
plenty OF provisions. From Tacoma to
Spanswsy lake twelve miles, the trip was
made by wagon. Here the first camp was
made The next morning they started Tor
EatonyiIle twenty-four miles further, the
boys carrying their knapsacks. This
twenty-four-mile walk was covered hy
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. and that night
and the following day were spent at Eat
onvilIe IN fishing and swimming. Thurs
day the march was continued, and Long
mlre's springs, thirty-one miles from Eat
onyille, was reached Friday afternoon al
i o'clock. The party remained here all
day Saturday. taking sulphur baths and
drinking the mineral waters of the springs.
Sunday morning. August 4. the Episcopal
service was read in camp by j. ii. Hughes.
After the devo;ions, string OF sixteen
pack horses was made ready. and a start
10 the Camp OF the Clouds was made The
trail led through some of the widest
mountain scenery. where the quiet of Par
adise valley is broken by the rush or the
falls of the river.
A Glorious Panorama.
The plateau reached. a wonderfully beau
tiful scene lies before the behoider. Green
pastures with patches of white snow here
nd ~aH a
flowers of Is0 varieties with all their vary
ing shades and colors From this carpet
OF many colors rises the great peak OF
Rainier white with snow and ice and
broken with tremendous rocks. Camp
was established here for ten days, ana
the party was Joined by Rev. ID. =. Gar
ratt. Short exploring trips were made
from this headquarters
on Wednesday morning a party was
made up to climb TO Crater peak consist
ing of Mr.. Engelhard. Mr.. Longmire,
Archie de Voc. Is years old: Leroy Pike.
Is; Charles Faber. Is; George Agutter. II;
Charles Ten1ine. IL. Orlando Shay Il.
John Rumsey, u; George Brown. 1S Miss
Zena Mesdag. Miss Ella Weimann. Mr..
A. h. Monks. Frank Burrows. Fred
French and Walter Baker. Under the
leadership OF Walter Baker the ascent
was successfully made. under great diff
ficulties caused by the weather. After
lead into camp Muir. at 40 Camp Misery
was reached. and a camp of misery IL
was In truth The wind was blowing a
gale os 100 miles an hour; the thermome-
ter registered degrees above zero. and
the air was filled with sand and dust. But
good spirits we're kept up and the night
wore away
Gibraltar and Crater Peak Scaled.
At o'clock Thursday morning the
z..-
started to conquer Gibraltar 12-year-
old boy, John Rumsey. showed particular
courage and pluck Sick all the way. he
pushed along until almost unable 10 stand.
when he returned to Camp Misery with
Longmire and Burrows. There were now
eight left in the party, two boys. two wo-
men and four men. and they continued the
climb. After three hours of climbing on
hands and feet. the TOP of Gibraltar was
safely reached Al 1880 a. m. they were
on the rim of the crater at Columbia
crest. Soon thereafter the start down
was made. and at S o'clock that night
Camp of the Clouds was reached.
Youngest Party TO Climb.
Mr. Engelhard claims for his party that
IL is the youngest party that ever made
the ascent. the average age being Il
years: that II was the largest party Of the
season: that IT was the only party that
TOOK TWO Women 10 tHF summit tHat II
is the first time that two boys. Is years
old have reached the summit: that none
OF the marty was sick at any time, that
they were at no time ropcd together; that
the party returned In remarkably good
condition very little hlistered. and with
but few frozen fingers and toes. and that
six boys were taken 20 an altitude OF n .o0
feet where they spent the night under the
most trying circumstances. and returned
20 camp the next day without injury.
Or Jefferis made the trim 10 the sum
nit a few DAYS later with a party OF
climbers from the Puget Sound university
AZ Tacoma. a description Of whose hard
ships was published in the Post-Intcln-
peuCer Sunday morning