The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-09-05
The Long and Fearful
Tramp Of a
Tourist.
stiffness Of The Desert is 0ppten
i've and the Trails Are
Very Hard.

moonlight seeking a pathway which
does not exist and finally trudglng
over the bad lands 20 civilization, Is
/ the short story told boy Prof. G.. kraus
Of Kamehamcha schools, and one who
hears il forgets that the crater Is only
ten miles across and that visitors were
encountered, for the trials endured were
those OF the deserts and bad lands OF
/ the west. where the distances mean
starvation and death.
And even In that circumscrlbed area,
had the man been less the skilled
mountaincer, and had his courage been
less. it Is doubtful II the tale would
have been without an ending which is
much different from that given 10 the
unique experience by Prof Kraus. as
he told it seated upon the yeranda of
/ his pretty home at the schools the
other afternoon. Prof. Kraus has been
/ one of the distinct successes Of the new
regime at the schools, and to his work
and worth President Dyke pays high
/ tribute in his report. He is "A Califor-
nian and "A stanford man, one who has
spent his life among mountains, and
who therefore knows the way to meet
and overcome trials.
1t was for the purpose Of making
crater that Prof. Kraus made the trip,
FOR after reading the works of Prof.
Brigham and Captain Dutton he was
more than ever determined to make
study Of the greatest extinct crater in
the world. He went prepared for the
work too for he was unaccompaned,
believing that with a compass and ex-
J perience i'm tramping that he was bet
ter fitted to cope with the difficulties of
the trip than II he took with him
guide and had in "a measure to look
out for two rather than for one. The
story of the trip is thus told by Prof.
Kraus himself:
after long contemplation | deter
mined that II was time for me to make
a trip to the great crater Of Haleakala,
and so on Tuesday evening | started by
! the little steamer Maui for Kahului.
We arrived there next morning and pro-
ceeded by train to Paia. where l took
my bearings and then started on my
long tramp, which was to bring to me
so many new sensations The heavy
rains of preceding Gays had made the
walking bad and my progress was
slow. / had made pack Of the things
| considered necessary for the outing,
and its thirty-siX pounds proved too
much for me, once / was on that steep
road. ! lightened 1t by throwing away
sixteen pounds and the remainder,
evenly distributed never again bother
ed me in any way. / had a fine tramp
up through cane fields and then above
them until l. reached Makawao. where
! made my first stop to see w. c.
Crook, where / found to my delight an
old fashioned garden with all the IA
vorite California blossoms.
zone thing there is worthy of men
tiOn for | found a remarkable speCi-
men of the camphor tree. This, "A ma
tive of China and Japan, is said there
10 attain "A height of forty feet, but the
specimen | saw is fully fifty feet high.
with an equal spread of branches.
am sure this is "A remarkable tree for
that point There were, too. peaches
and other temperate zone fruits and al
together there was a fine showing.
The road to the summit still stretch
ed away and | tarried only a short
time. The road is lined with acacias
and blue gums. which were sturdy and
fine. Passing away beyond the last
panel of fence the range opens and the
view below stretches off in pano-
rama of great vistas of cane and the
| isthmus between the ranges OF noun
tains which traverse the island. But
| from above, where the head of the
great mountain is enshrouded in mist
comes down a cold and chilling damp
| which warns me to hasten to reach
Olinda or spend a bad night upon the
sides of the mountain. | abandon my
intention To reach Craigalca and am
most Hospitality received by Mr.. u. D.
Baldwin, who was spending some time
at the summer home.
Thursday morning found me up and
away very early, for / had much to
accomplish, An hour before | reached
the summit | was ovcrtakcn by a party
on horseback, and with them Travelled
to the top of the mountain. 1t was
three o'clock In the afternoon when
the crest was reached. with start
found myself upon the crest of a prec-
ipice, beneath stretching away gulf,
desolate, dark awe-inspiring, vast and
impressive.
Two thousand feet below it is yet
seemingly unapproachable. for the cliff
appears to be impossible. No words
can convey the Impressions which hll
one as he stands for the first, time up
on that brink and looks down into
what must have been the battle ground
OF the greatest forces OF nature. Dot
tlng the floor of the crater there are
many cones which have been in the
past the seats of activity and looking
away ten miles to the southeastern
rim OF the great pit there are more
than eight In sight. After an hour
spent in contemplation Of the views
and sketching some Of the wonderful
color effects, prepared for the descent,
for ] was determined TO make the trip
across as much as possible during the
nirht After descending to the floor OF
the crater | was filled with interest In
all that was around me, | assembled 20
the top OF one Of the cones and after
climb OF 700 feet was able to look
down into the pit which was probably
1000 feet deep ! could realize that
once man or animal had fallen into