The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-08-28
ASCENT 0F-MT. ADAMS.
The Trip Described by an Amateur Moun-
tain Climber
ED. TINES MoUNTAINEER


where to give the newspapers a writ
up of the different places visited.
will, at the request OF various friend
furnish your readers with p descriI
ton of our recent trip TO the SUNNI
of the white headed old mountain, NJ
Adams, situated about twelve miles
long ones-from Trout Lake, Wash.
One bright, clear and beautiful morr
ing of last week, a party consisting
Prof. Landers, of The Dalles, Misse
Eta and Minnie Crooks, of Prinevil'e
yours truly and Peter Schmidt, th
Swiss guide, could have been seen eac
seated on the hurricane deck of cay
use, winding our way, single file
down dusty Trout Lake road, who's
white contents were flying with eacI
passing breeze. and filling our eye
and noses and covering our clothes il
such manner that the original hui
was lost sight of.
This merry party were bound fol
the top of Mt. Adams, and Twas forci
bly, reminded of the four words tina
were printed on the wagon-cover o
another party bound for Pixies Peal
years since, and hoped for more sue
cess than the latter party met with.
We started out with brightest an
ticipations of the success of our under.
taking, and as we rode laughingly on,
clad in short mountain suits made for
climbing, we little thought of the
varied experience we were to undergo:
but with "rose colored glasses" we
travelled on and on, up and yet higher
over the foothills surrounding the
Trout Lake country, at times almost
laying fat on our ponies backs in Or
der to avoid being brushed off by the
underbrush which we had to pass
through.
AS we reached the higher hills
beautiful scene was presented US, of
the log farm-bouses dotting the land
scape here and there, and in the dis
tance, the hills of the Mt. Hood coun-
try back of Hood river. AS we trav-'
eled higher up in the world and the
of perpetual snow, Mt. Hood
of Oregon, stepped into sight, an ex-
of delight at the beauty of
this natures picture, rose to every lip,
and we stopped to admire and drink in
10 our hearts content the panorama
before us. The air, at this writing,
was pure and the atmosphere clear,
here having sbeen rain the night
previous, thus extinguishing the fires
n the forest.
We once more began the upward
limb, and again encountered low
growing shrubs of the hazel and laurel |
and if anyone who happens
long this route finds an eye occasion
y hanging on limb, why, tell them
t belongs to some one of our party, |
or we lost one every once in a while,
'ut as we became accustomed to this
fter repetition of the accident, we
id not mind these little things at all.
Now we have h,st the trail and are
the isclination of the guide,
nd are travelling over burning logs
7hich are be- e&inning to blaze little
it as the wind begins TO stir the
ashes and embers. After
iding a mile or so we arrive at
heep camp which we find deserted,
18th the exception of little lonely
hepherd pup that seems SO pleased to
ee US, and some ponies that are at
,g eating salt. We discover a note
lcked up on tree by means of a
jack over the rude log table,
,ating that the owner desired visitors
, wash the dishes after using. We
ft our cards and stated that we would
. pleased to wash the dishes on our
,turn. I will say right here ''we never
for 1 don't believe that we
,dld find that place if we we're to
'arch the country for month.
After having given our steeds a
ink from the clear running brook
lat went gurgling through this camp,
g started on again.
We take q northeasterly direction,
i'd had we kept IN this direction,
ould not have to tell you that we got
beautifully lost as we did but our
,ide's efficiency will be seen in many
stances during this narration. We
ID gone in advance of the guide for a
W hundred yards so he thought to
IL US down and said we had gone too !.
r to the right and to take a trail he
I'd seen leading more to the left,
nich we did. Soon the "trail'' ran
to a hollow tree and we plunged in
trackless forest and found we were ,
vt going in the right direction, but
o much to the left, as happened to !;
low that other parties who had !,
ken the "Bird creek ridge" but as !:
, had gone to the expense of employ 7
g a guide, We wanted to get our
Oney's worth, so followed him as : :
eekly as we could until he had led us
} steep hill and we came to a still
seper bluff which we could neither
It above, around nor over, then our
thence becoming exhausted, we gave
m few curtain lectures, free of
arge, and quite impromptu.-
Darkness was rapidly coming on /.
ace and as we could look down in
LEY, and heard sheep bleating away
wn there, and could dimly see dust :.
ising, as though sheep were being z
our guide decided to take us :.
wn there where his horses could get :
ID and water, we dismounted and led :.
r ponies down one of the steepest "
aces we ever saw in our lives. At
1gth we arrived at the camp of the
epherd and told him we were lost.
d asked him if he could find us, =,
iich remark did not seem to Just '
Ease our guide, but the shepherd told
we were at the sheep camp of VIM.
'une, of Rockland, opposite The
lilies. When he told US this we felt :
though we had met a friend. He :
ked US to make ourselves at home in
8 camp, which we were only too glad :,
do. After having had supper,
of. Landers adjusted the ham,
ocks for US, and the ladies of The :
rty hanged themselves up in them : :
d We nearly froze to death, for the