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selected a camp site on the eastern edge of the canyon of Nisqually 

 Glacier, at an elevation of 6,050 feet. The site was both convenient 

 and picturesque. As this great glacier sweeps down the mountain side, 

 it deposits along this eastern side of the gorge, a high lateral moraine 

 of stones and lighter material. At our station, however, it encounters 

 a section of harder rock, which has broken the continuity of the moraine 

 to some extent, with the result that behind this prominence, which 

 forms a kind of spur on the side of the canyon, there is a slight depres- 

 sion in which a beautiful snow field is lodged. This snow field extends 

 on for perhaps a mile up the mountain between the moraine and the 

 talus slope. 



Facing down the canyon is the front of this spur, so that the ter- 

 raine breaks and drops abruptly for a hundred feet. From under the 

 upper snow field springs a crystal-clear stream, which cascades down 

 this little precipice and disappears under another snow field below. 



On a shoulder, formed by this harder rock and just at the head 

 of the falls, we found a level, heather-covered spot large enough to 

 pitch our camp. 



We were still a little below timber line and there were at this point 

 several alpine evergreens, probably hundreds of years old, but none 

 over fifteen feet high. They, however, would serve as a windbreak 

 and would also help us in anchoring our tents and flys. Dead ever- 

 greens farther up the canyon wall gave promise of a fair fuel supply 

 (figure 43). 



Thus we had apparently an ideal location for our camp, but how to 

 get our outfit of tents, cots, sleeping bags, cooking equipment, cameras 

 and artist's outfit to this inaccessible point was another matter, for 

 only a foot trail led up the moraine. 



Finally, however, after a liberal application of the pick and shovel 

 to the trail and by using T. N. T. on some of the larger boulders, the 

 National Park Service completed a horse trail, which enabled pack 

 animals to reach our site. 



Thus, on the appointed day, we found ourselves and our outfit of 

 canvasses, duffle bags, paniers and boxes, deposited on the moraine on 

 the opposite side of the little creek from our camp site. We carried 

 them across on pack boards, as is shown in figure 41, and found our- 

 selves ready to pitch camp, except for the lack of timbers for tent 

 poles. These could not be brought over our new trail, on account of 

 some very narrow places, which would not permit the horses to turn 

 with these long poles. Finally our guides hit upon the plan of packing 



