The Mountaineer 



VOL. 1 MARCH, 1907 No. 1 



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THE MOUNTAINEERS is an association of kindred spirits who love tlie 

 out-of-doors and to whom the wildwood, the flowery mead and the 

 mountain fastness afford a rest, a solace, and an inspiration. The 

 mountains contain Nature's mightiest Avorkshop, where there is ever wrought 

 a titanic struggle between the forces of fire and those of water ; between 

 vulcauism and upheaval, and the chiseling or sculpturing action of ice and 

 running- water. In this workshop there is fashioned our grandest scener}', 

 and we need travel but a da^^'s journey into our mountains to find Nature 

 at her best. After drinking to the full of the pure joy, thorough rest, and 

 good health of the mountains, and we again descend to the plains to begin 

 with hand and brain the old routine of life, we understand better than ever 

 the song of David, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence 

 Cometh my help." 



The purposes of the organization are set forth in the Constitution of 

 the ^Mountaineers. It hopes to render a public service in the battle to pre- 

 serve our natural scenery from wanton destruction, and yet make our spots 

 of supremest beauty accessible to the largest number of mountain lovers. 

 ^Meetings are held monthly at which addresses are given upon some phase 

 of mountain study; one-day and two-day excursions are taken to the nearest 

 points of interest; it is planned to spend from two to five weeks each 

 summer in an extended study of some little known mountain region ; a peri- 

 odical is published known as the "]\Iountaineer. " 



The "]\Iountaineer" is a quarterly journal devoted to the interests of 

 all devotees of the mountains. It offers no apology for its appearance, since 

 this is the era of printer's ink, and its purpose will be to tell the stories of 

 our journeys afield, the exploration of our unknown mountains, the ascents 

 of our high peaks, the results of our scientific studies, and to preserve in a 

 permanent form our best results in mountain photography. The publication 

 of this journal is undertaken in order that those matters of large intwest 

 that pertain to our mountains may be placed in durable form and made 

 accessible to all persons interested in such things. It is in no sense a com- 

 mercial enterprise and but little advertising matter will be per)nitted in 

 each issue. It is the plan to devote the first number of the present year 

 to details concerning the organization of the Mountaineers and to general 

 articles; the second number to desirable information regarding the Olympic 

 Mountains, in advance of the summer outing; the third and fourth numbers 

 to stories of the Olympic outing, the results of the geographic and geologic 

 explorations, and the new information concerning the flora and fauna of 

 that little known res'ion. 



HENRY L ANDES, 

 President of the Mountaineers, 



