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of which were 20 feet wide and 60 to 100 feet deep. At the foot of this 

 glacier, great sections of ice were tumbling into the Iloh, making the moun- 

 tains echo with the almost continual rumbling. Climbing a high-rocky spur 

 at the south side of this ice-field, our progress was interrupted by a sheer 

 cliff, at the foot of which spread out another ice field, also flowing into the 

 Hoh. The sunnnit of ]\It. Olympus now appeared scarcely a mile away, its 

 triple crown glistening in the bright sunlight. Up to this time (11:30 a. m.) 

 the day had been an ideal one for mountaineering, but now a dense fog was 

 observed beating up from the ocean side of the peak, which threatened to soon 

 envelope everything: therefore we thought it advisalil to retreat, leaving fur- 

 thr exploration for a more favorable time. 



In returning to our camp of the previous night, we discovered a short- 

 cut, by following the tracks of a bear in the snow through a narrow pass, 

 which saved about two miles of difficult going. During the evening, I made a 

 side-trip to the southward by way of exploring the adjacent park country. 

 There were acres and acres of blue berries on which the bears were feeding, 

 their signs being everywhere present. During this two-hour trip I also saw 

 six or seven deer, which seemed to have very little fear of man, not having, I 

 suppose, ever seen one before. 



From the most southerly point reache , I judged the country favorable 

 for an ascent of the peak from that quarter: howevei-, further prospecting 

 would be necessary to determine this, as I merely reached the base of the 

 mountain in that direction. 



During the following night, a cold rain set in, and being unprepared for 

 severe weather, we set out at daybreak to retrace our steps down the long 

 glacier. Coming to the rough stream bed, we turned to the left and kept 

 along the steep hillside in the timber, which we decided had many advantages 

 over the canon route that we chose going up. By strenuous travelling, we 

 reached "Chicago Camp," our headquarters, in about four hours. 



