The Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol. 6: 1906-1908 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol. 6: 1906-1908

Every year the Sierra Club gives the lover of natural scenery an Opportunity to gratify his taste. From the Club's camp in Paradise Valley I had my first experience of a formidable mountain climb. Pitched on the slope of Mt. Rainier at an altitude of about feet, - almost at timber-line, - it was within a few moments' reach of the Nisqually Glacier, which at that point is a mass of be grimed ice and nev , furrowed crosswise with crevasses and lengthwise with moraines as far as eye can see. Be yond Paradise Valley looms the Tatoosh Range, a beauti ful little series of summits, ha-covered with a resplendent mantle of snow when we saw it. Indeed, its attractions were found so irresistible that we decided to climb its highest peak soon after establishing our main camp. A most perfect day's outing it proved to be; enough snow to make us realize its height and enough rock-work to add the spice of danger to the climbxf The summit of Pinnacle Peak afforded a magnificent view of Mt. Rainier, whose lofty white cone flung a challenge to us across the valley. From our cloud perch we scanned the great mountain narrowly, for its conquest was to be our main effort, and our respect for its height grew as we looked.

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