66 The Mountaineer 
harder, more interesting, and more of an anxious strain than those 
at Zermatt. 
The frontispiece of this issue was done by Mr. A. H. Denman and 
Mr. A. H. Barnes of Tacoma. 
“Awards for mcuntain climbing achievements,” is the novel an- 
nouncement made by the Swedish Olympic Committee, in connection 
with the fifth series of International Olympic Games which will oc- 
cupy 2 month the coming summer—June 29 till July 22—at Stockholm. 
The Swedish committee has decided to award a gold Olympic medal 
for the finest performances during the years 1908-1911 in game shoot- 
ing and mountain ascent, respectively. This is an innovation in that 
it places mountaineering very properly in the sports and fortunately 
in a way free from the arbitrary rules that so often give athletic 
awards to the most tricky rather than to the most meritorious. The 
leading alpine clubs in the world have the right to propose candidates 
for these prizes. The judging will be carried out by a special jury, 
the decision of which shall be in the hands of the Swedish Olympic 
Committee at latest by June 1. 
Mr. P. M. McGregor was the Mountaineer representative on the 
outing of the Alpine Club of Canada for 1911.. It is hoped that a reg- 
ular exchange of guests with other clubs may be instituted. 
The Sierra Club Bulletins of 1911 are splendid mountaineering 
journals and show the great work that organization is doing. The 
feature of the January, 1911, number is “Cathedral Peak and the Tuo- 
lumne Meadows,” by John Muir. This article is an extract from the 
author’s journal, “My First Summer in the Sierra,’ published this 
spring by Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston, with illustrations by 
the author and Herbert W. Gleason. 
Refreshing as a mountain breeze comes Prof. Meany’s collection 
of poems, “Mountain Campfires’. Most of the verses were written for 
the Mountaineer campfires of the various outings and will be wel- 
comed by the Mountaineers as a delightful reminder of charming days 
in the open and delightful hours of rest around the evening fires. The 
poems include a sonnet to Mt. Rainier, poems to Mt. Adams and 
Glacier Peak, charming verses to the mountain flowers, trees and lakes. 
The book is from the press of Lowman and Hanford and is a dainty 
volume bound in Japanese wood veneer with an interesting poster 
cover design. 
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Beautifully illustrated by photographs and paintings by the author, 
“Our Greatest Mountain” is just from the press. The literary side is 
