FIRST SUCCESSFUL ASCENT, 1870 



innumerable fallen logs and boughs of the forest, and 

 for weeks our appetites were a source of astonishment 

 to our friends and somewhat mortifying to ourselves. 

 More than two months had elapsed before Mr. Van 

 Trump fully recovered from his hurts. We published 

 at the time short newspaper accounts of the ascent, 

 and, although an occasional old Puget Sounder will 

 still growl, "They say they went on top of Mount 

 Rainier, but I'd like to see them prove it," we were 

 justly regarded as the first, and as I believe the only 

 ones up to the present time, who have ever achieved 

 the summit of Takhoma. 



