The sun., 1897-05-17
TO CLINE MOUNT RAINIER.
Summer Plans or N1arnmns, . Famous Cou
pnny OF Mountain scalers.

w. @. Steele of Portland, Or, counsel OF
"Mazamas," tho famous company Of mountain
climbers of that city, Is Mt present in New York.
the guest of Col K. Il. Crane OF 80 Broadway.
Mr.. Steele is here for tho purpose of perfecting
arrangements for the outing of his mountain.
climbing club next July, when, in a body, the
members will ascend Mount Rainier in the Cas-
cade Range, 14.525 feet In height.
Mazamas was organized in July, 1894. on the
summit Of Mount Hood, sixty miles east of
Portland. when $50 persons met at Mr.. Stcele's
ranch on the mountain side, three miles from
the limo of perpetual snow Mount Hood is
1928 feet in height, with the snow line at an
altitude of 8.OOO feet. After the formal organ
ization Of tho club Its members undertook the
ascent, and Of the $50 who started $50 sue
ceeded in accomplishing the task.
The following year, 1895. the club was divided
into twelve separate parties, and each one
asconded one of the high peaks in the chain of
mountains from British Columbia to Mexico
and at the same moment signalled with hello
graphs from ono to the other. On account Of tho
rainy condition Of the weather. however, the ex-
pertinent, in which the Government was deeply
interested and for which 1t had furnished the
instruments. was not wholly successful.
In speaking of the arrangements for the clubs
expedition this summer Mr.. Steele said ~
have come East to complete the details incident
to our excursion the present summer, which we
hope to make the most noteworthy in the history
of our club. We shall have with us twelve
scientific men from Washington, representing
various departments of the national Govern
ment The Weather Bureau has sent instru-
ments to be used in flying kites from the summit
Of Rainier. and we have invited Gilbert I. Wos-
lom Of this city to fly his kites for us and to take
aerial photographs.
We shall leave Portland on July 10, and
shall return on Aug. z. We shall camp four
teen days in Paradise Park AT the limo of per-
petual snow 1t will take three days 70 make
tho ascent of the mountain One night we shall
spend on the side of tho mountain one in the
crater, and ono In camp. We shall take hello
graphic observations and shall fly the Amcri-
can flag with kites from the top of the noun
tain to n greater height than our national
embl EN- was ever flown before. With the hello
graphs We shall communicate with Portland,
make the expedition one OF especial pleasure to
our organization and OF scientific value to the
Mazamas, which takes name from pecu-
ago by the Spanish settlers along the North
Pacific coast. Mr.. Steele explained, is com
posed of 200 members, seventy.fve OF
membership who has not actually climbed a
mountain capped by perpetual snow. Henry l..
Pittock OF Portland is the President Of the club,
and Miss Fay Fuller of the same city is the
vice-President. Miss Fuller is the most famous
woman mountain climber in America. The
party will DO accompanied by J. c. Russell of
the Geological Survey. who has succeeded thus
Mount st. Elias, where he spent thirty-tive days
within the snow line The club will entertain
the members of the Appalachian Mountain Club
OF Boston, who In company with Prince Luigi
tempt the ascent of 81. Elias In June. Mr.. Steele
expects to leave for tho West to-day.