The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-05

the last $40 feeT-T1lore. indeed, than II
all the climbing that has gone before
THE SUMMIT REACHED.
And then. we are at the summit-anC
through the clouds that have partly
broken away below Us We cater
| glirnpses OF the sea and Of the distant
: sunny wales Of Hawaii At our feet
almost the plains Of Humuula rs
| spread out like a map. and beyond
above the clouds. are Mauna Loa, WITH
its yawniug mouth open 10 heaven, and
HuaIala: and. far in the distance. the
blue outline OF HaleakaLa- II must be
a magnificent view on a clear day. II
was rarely beautiful. in its sweep and
in its coloring. on the day that we
saw it.
At the highest point, an elevation Of
Is. S25 feet. mound of rocks Is built,
and IN this a can lies that contained
lists Of the names Of those who, in re-
| cent years, had climbed the mountain,
and deposits of silver money made to-
1 ward a fund for a monument there.
land divers articles, the leaving Of which
had suited the taste and fancy of the
| depositor One had left a small COM
| pass, another a bunch of sulphur
matches. another a brass button, an
other a penny
We copied the names of those who
had been there before US, and left our
own and gave each bit of silver for
the summit Monument. Then we be-
thought ourselves that as the sum in
the can had reached the amount OF
s4.C5 il was time some steps were taken
looking TO the carrying out Of the pur-I
roses OF the contributors. And so We
then and there perfected the organiza-
ton OF the Maura kea Association,
Limited. and elected Joseph G. Pratt
president. Eben P. Low secretary ana
collector and A L. G. Atkinson treas
urer. The amount. of the collection was
turned over TO the treasurer. and it was
determined that any person who has
made the ascent OF Mauna kea, the
highest point in the Hawaiian Islands, |
shall be eligible for membership upon
proof that ne has been on top of the |
mountain, and that each member con- |
tributing TO the monument fund shall
receive d certificate stating the date of
his ascent and acknowledging the
amount Of his contribution.
It was not determined definitely what !
kind OF monument would be erected, I
but there viii be a register for climb /
ers, and some kind Of tablet. Eben !
Low will receive contributions and
transmit them to the treasurer, and the
certificates of membership will be pre-
pared at once.
ELIGIBLE TO MEMBERSHIP.
Herewith is a list of the names found !
at the summit. with the dates set down
by the several parties of climbers:
T,,1x Or 2
p. m. T. A Mitchell w r. \. Kayser,
D. E. Kuhns, d Thaanum. And we
hope you feel as well as we do. May
these few articles come in handy q
button, I small pocket compass and 1
package matches). Cd. To
February 2e. 1905. Left Kaleieha
House at 6:45 a m; arrived at summit
at II a. m. AIS well, Rawhide Ben.
February 26, 1905. We all feel well
Rawhide Ben, Capt. John Ross, Chas
K. Mcguire, Henry P. Beckley, Paka
Wahamana. Ioane Haa. Be gracious
and spare the quarter. Csc. was de-
posted in contribution tin this date.) /;
August II, 1905. Rawhide Ben; W. H.
Pickering, w T. Pickering, Cam /
bridge, Mass; Guy H. Gere, c. s. HoI- Z
loway, Alex MacAshley. i
Saturday 1:22 2. M, October Z. 1905. :
Ivy K. Richardson, Ernest Napela
Parker. Kealaha Naone, Ernest Camp i
bell. Mani Cordeiro, Charlie Akona. I
February 25, 1906 Rawhide Ben; ia i
rob H Wood, Boston. Mass; James r. :
Judd. g
May 30. 1906 Eva X. Woods. Elsa t
Bell, Annie Hattie, Bella H. Woods, |
sam Purdy. Ioane. {
June "a 1906. A L c. Atkinson. l
James Austin Wilder, Sol. \. Sheridan, I
Joseph @. Pratt. Rawhide Ben.
THE CRATER LAKE.
After the organization OF the assoc Y
.iation, we mounted our horses and b
ode TO the top of the twin cone. at a b
little lower elevation than the summit b
roper-and looked down upon field Q
f snow having a front of several hum V
y ed yards in length. Of course, we L
ode to it. II was so white and beau :.
iful that we had thought we would
ave ridden into it-but we found. upon
pproach, that it was caked harG-a
rozen mass Of glacial snow. each tiny. T
eautiful fake a cleaning crystal. It
as difficult to break off bits to eat
rom the hard points into which the
-inds and the sun had shaped it, but n
ow good II was, Fancy eating snow
ere in Hawaii. and blowing upon your
allid fingers afterward TO thaw them
ut E
The face of that snowbank was
igher than the, head of a man on
orseback, and presumably it is there .
le year around At such an eleva-
on, at all events. it can melt but
owly 81
From the snow we rode down to the
rater Lake. clear green pool cover
e an area Of two acres. perhaps. and A
1eltered in cup-shaped depression
an elevation OF 1900 feet. II was
zee said Of this as of all crater B
kes. that it is bottomless. Like all
lch savings too. this one has been
-oven a faIlacy. 1 do not know the
cures. but men have come with long
hes and shattered the former faith. 10
an with long lines q re- the icouocIaSfs