THE MOUNTAINEER 83 



Mount Olympus 



WEST PEAK. 



FIRST ascent of the west and highest peak, altitude 8,250 feet, by anaroid 

 reading of The Mountaineers, August 13th, 1907. 



L. A. Nelson, leader Seattle 



Miss Anna Hubert Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 



Prof. Henry Landes University of Washington, Seattle 



Prof. Charles Landes High School, Tacoma 



J. B. Flett High School, Tacoma 



Prof. Theodore C. Frye University of Washington, Seattle 



Prof. C. E. Weaver TTniversity of California, Berkeley, California 



Prof. F. H. Plumb Principal Denny School, Seattle 



Mr. W. Montelius Price Seattle 



Mr. E. E. Richards Seattle 



Mr. A. W. Archer Seattle 



Miss Hubert was the first woman to climb Mount Olympus, and the 

 only one to climb West Peak. 



The party left in the record box the following articles: United States 

 flag, ]\Iountaineers' badge, jack-knife, red and blue ribbon, purple string, 

 ten cent piece, five cent piece, bread ticket, safety pin, a calk, hair pin, two 

 matches and business card of A. W. Archer, containing account of The 

 IMountaineers first attempt to climb Mount Olympus. 



EAST PEAK. 

 First Ascent August 12, 



The first party of The Mountaineers to reach the summit of Mount 

 Olympus. 



Mr. John A. Best, Jr., Mr. L. A. Nelson, 



Prof. H. C. Stevens. 

 Second Ascent, August 15. 



Dr. Cora Smith Eaton, first and only woman who has climl)ed this peak. 



Mr. L. A. Nelson. 



The following record was left on the summit: "Record of ascent of 

 East Peak or Si)hinx Head, of Mt. Olympus, on August 12, 1907, by a party 

 of 'Mountaineers' from 'Hospital Camp' in Queets Valley, in four hours and 

 five minutes, by way of Humes and Iloh Glaciers. 



"An old paper, supposed to be from Shclton. from extracts tlierein, 

 found in cairn. Same is inclosed with this record. 

 "L. A. Nelson, Seattle. John A. Best, Jr.. Seattle. H. C. Stevens, Seattle. 



"We salute the brave pioneers who climbed in 1899." 



In the ascent of August 15, by Mr. Nelson and Dr. Eaton, it was de- 

 cided that the date of the Shelton newspaper was August 12, 1899. exactly 

 eight years to a day from the day it was found by Mr. Nelson's jiarty, 

 August 12. 1907. This conclusion is ])ased upon the fact that there is an 

 administrator's notice signed Frank D. Nash, with the dates under it. of 

 publication— "July 15, 22. 29, Aug. 5, 12, 19." And there is notice of reso- 

 lutions on the death of Robert Brand, "at a regular meeting of the Tenino 

 Lodge No. 38 A. 0. IT. W. ", on August 7. The ])aper therefore must have 

 been printed later than August 7 and the natural inference Avould be that 

 it was the issue of August 12. 



