Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-06-03
Houpt Rainier Has Magnificent Cav.
sfn At Its Peak,
Pent-Up Water. uufhont Any Surface
0utiet Discovered by Tacoma
High school Professor
+. aaa stadsnts


There Is lake y. water In the cratcI
of Mount Rainier. Its depth and extent
are not known, And may never be. The
discovery ef the Jake vas made by Prof.
john B. Flett. $xo has charge of the
botanical department OF Lie Tacoma
high SCHOOL, and two nsn. GJthur Giles
pie and Frank Wey nlopth, who are STU
lents Of the high school. sa, Tacoma
iWashl report. The three have made
the ascent from the cast side by way of
the White river glacier The ascent was
made Saturday. July 20. the three spend
!ns that night In an Ice cave, In Crater
peak.
.he ascent was made over long. vast
snowfelds. and up great reaches ofgla-
Ter. These glaciers we're blsected with
numerous crevasoes. which caused the
scalers to angle back and forth across
the face OF the mountain. Much time
WAS lost In this way, - the crevasses
could rot be seen until the climbers wers
almost upon them. II was after Ella
o'clock Saturday treglnR before shey II
rived az the rim OF Crater peak. A fu-
rious winn, accompanied by, eri, ipl
snow, simultaneously gathered over ting
top OF the mountain, and thethree began
to hunt for shelter. feEsfl ft'
Passing around the rim of the crater.
stream was observed Issuing from hole
about the size OF mans body. and.
squeezing through the hole, Prof, Flett
fesrrd himself Ia a.tommod ious cavern
the bottom OF which was composed Of
cocks and volcanic ash making up thu
rim OF the crater, while the roof con
sisted OF the Ice formation. covering th'
mouth OF the crater The boys followed
Into the chamber, and the three found
themselves warmly and ,cozily housed
f,r the night. The dry. gteaIa coming up
from the teMels 'et1tke mountain tenn
prrlng The arctic atmosphere.
The chnmbers sloHN away toward the
center o. the crater agreeable TO. the
contour of the crater rim. but the slope
was such that the three couls lie down
on the large stones without danger Of
sliding into the darkcning cavern be-
isoth Prof. Fletts alpenstocs
frqpaeS from his hand aFd rolled rs feet
down the throat of the cavern, end rope
was tied around Weymouth, who ylE-
tured into the darkness benestt and ST.
cured It. As he descended lie lighted
matches. carefully exploring his way.
and finding that the mountain beneath
Is honeyconbed with passages, which
emit quite Jets OF steom. but probably
In the remote past vomiting forth red
hot lavo The three then began to roll
stones down the incline. Some Of these
would clear all the partitions separating
The passages. agatnst which aaxfcw of
the stones lodged. and after sending back
rumbing roar for 4 minute. ashley re-
bounded from side to aide OF the cayerns,
they Could be heard sp!eshing into the
AXE beneath, - =
The lake has It's source In the melting
Of the tremendous que ntitiee Of snow
that fall within the cratsr, and which Is
perpetuaiiy acted upon In certain por-
lions Of the crater by the steam Jets ria
ing from the INTERIOR There ID no sur
face outlet for this water over the rim
Of the crater. and II there were the low
temperatures Of the crest OF the old noun
tain. would soon freeze and close It up.
A subterraneous chaahel. leading down
through the heart or the mountain. may
give temporary vent to the pent-up wa
tfrs. The three witnessed an incom-
parably grand sunrise from the summit
the next morning. and on that day. which
was Sunday. descended into Paradise
valley by way OF the old route by Glib
raltar rock.
On the way down they met five young
mon from Seattle. who were starting to
make the ascent. in which en6aavor they
were successful, they vrechirg the rim
OF the crater TIE next cav 0onday) at
noon. Prof. Flstt and thu two hcys went
around the side OF tho mount ain. cross
Ing the Cc~.'''- arc rtfs- riscj rs. and
Gnally art, i,c n. th.ir cHr.n or-s ridge
a~crloo, Ing the White r!yer glacier.
Prof Flett believe .hat she,tou,e from
The east side u aoAes afsshs hot that
could he selected..trs slope gradients be-
ing caste. there heirg no di.yy preci-
pices, with the trail followirr a. shelving
OF rock. as there Is on the Gibraltar aide
Of the mountain,asnid re Dangerous and
untowsrd c,esvers 70 he trsced.
InrssSs~saes s. 1aaasafs~.
II thoughtful woman were asked,
what is tfs eSsafest curse az your
sex?" she might well answer. sim!
pulse" ItSis rsaponsible fdrsahaost
Pill the mistakes. made blythe good
hsaFtsd among U.S. May iisnot safely
pc said thstfa few minutes thaeyht
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