The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-28

the untiring Hans to secure shelter
in an ice cave on one side of the era.
ter of the mountain. We were very
agreeably surprised to find our new
apartments steam heated for coming
! from under the rocks in the crater
were small jets of steam. which was
the cause for the ice cave on this
mountain top perpetuany covered to
a great depth with snow and ice 1t
is remarkable how the rest and men
tai exhilaration caused all our ex-
haustion to disappear, for we soon
started to cut up like school boys on
an outing. We had our first meal in
Is hours at this point and it consist
which constituted all the food and
drink any of us seemed TO desire, lie,
with the exception of Hans. who once
more partook of quite a heavy meal
Nobody envied him, for he sure had
earned his rest and his meal and our
hats are off to Hans Fuhrer, a great
guide, capable leader and sympathet-
ie gentleman.
1--WE were now feeling we'll enough
to appreciate the most wonderful
view imaginable The day was per-
feet for vision and the dozens of high
peaks adjoining Nouns Rainier pro-
per were observed in great detail and
are a sight long to be remembered.
Mount Hood elevation HIPS feet,
located 125 miles distant in Oregon,
seemed but a few miles away as did
Mounts Adams and St Helens Mount
Jefferson. over 200 miles away, was
also plainly visible, though not in the
same detail as the nearer peaks. The
view. taken as whole. was magnifi-
cent and left an impression of the
smallness of finite man, in the pres
ence of these stupendous creations
Of the Infinite.
prior to making the descent, we
all had the pleasure of signing our
names in the registry, which is kept
in a heavy metal case on the noun
tain top. We went through this for
mality with the thrill that comes
once in lifetime
Dangers of the Descent.
after inscribing our names in the
Mount Rainier Hall of Fame we
we're ready to go back from whence
We came nobody seeming very much
worried over the prospects of the
lomeward trip The 2OOO-foot de-
icent over the ice from the summit
o Gibraltar Rock was made without
Incident but when we came to the
lmost perpendicular 'chutes,' anoth-
r problem unfolded itself On our
way up these chutes we were so busy
yard that none of the climbers had a
hance to look down and observe the
nish which awaited possible vic ,
I'M at the bottom in case of accident q
tut coming down, the hiker is forced +
, look downward and of necessity p
lust see the finish which awaits any =
ody whose foot slips, for at the n
ottom lies the famous NisquaIly n
Iacier with a crevasse 500 feet deep .
receive the unlucky victim How n
-er, by careful management on the "
art of Hans we finally reached the fl
'ttom of the chNtes and were then a
ice more ready for the narrow path NJ
'ound the base of Gibraltar Rock. It G,
as then about 100 p. m. and we "
ere faced with additional danger M
account of the heat of the midday IL
IN thawing the ice, causing great II
lcles and rocks of considerable size Ct
slide down the immense precipice. III
iclSily no large masses fell on our nj
lie during this portion of our de- if
emit but we had the pleasure of
messing just across the chutes an m
alanche of snow. ice and rock. ii,
lich went laundering down and ii,
wn within 200 yards of where we w,
re crouching. Our guide estimated GA
At the avalanche probably contain 90
$4,000 tons of ice. snow and rock in,
want to tell you we were glad tat
get away from that vicinity as to
m as possible. None of us consid- sr
d this a healthful spot to tarry for ed
Y great length of time. Once we nri
passed the really dangerous part an,
our ascent, the rest was quite
" We arrived at Camp Muir mi,
ovation 10000 feet at 800 D. m 60
after a half hour rest there we hos
out for Paradise Inn, which was mo
ched at 600 p. m. by our weary use
ch of climbers. After a hot bath cdr
spirits were considerably reviv- sen
and we were ready for a dinner mir
then short smoke, a real bed
sleep r
he consensus of opinion of all of mir
party was that they would not sub
lie the climb again for a fortune, exp
on the other hand they would not had
e missed making it for a fortune p
err We all feel that the Silver mar
ntain Climbing medal. which we poir
receive for our successful effort of
been well earned and will be sect
4 proudly by all the tenderfoot be I
bers of beautiful heart breaking the
Mt Rainier" d.