Notes and Correspondence 



Shuksan is particularly difficult of ascent. Its steep sides are covered 

 with sharp pinnacles, while the mountain itself is nearly inaccessible on 

 account of deep gorges. Even when the lower portions have been con- 

 quered, the summit, a rock pinnacle of some 600 feet rising out of the 

 snow-field, can apparently be scaled in but one place. The party that 

 climbed it this year numbered twenty-eight. Thirty scaled Mount Baker, 

 an all-snow climb over very steep and deeply crevassed slopes. On both 

 mountains was left one of the bronze record tubes used by The Moun- 

 taineers. These have now been placed for general use on fourteen peaks 

 in Washington. Winona Bailey 



Something over a year ago Mr. George E. Wright, vice-president of 

 the Seattle Mountaineers, succeeded in interesting Stephen T. Mather, 

 assistant to the Secretary of the Interior, in the erection of a shelter 

 hut at Camp Muir on Mount Rainier. The movement had the support 

 of Superintendent Reaburn of Mount Rainier National Park, and as a 

 result $700 was set aside by the Government for the work. The hut has 

 now been completed, following the plans drawn by Carl F. Gould, a 

 member of The Mountaineers. 



The Tacoma News of September 26 prints the following statement 

 regarding the construction of the shelter: 



The house was built under the direction of Eugene Frank, who, 

 with Fred Verville and Claude Tice, spent seventeen days and 

 nights on the mountain, their experiences uniting the extremes in 

 weather. Now they were almost carried away by arctic winds ; 

 then they were tanned to an Indian copper by an equatorial 

 sun. They lived in a tent, pegged and weighted to the volcanic 

 ash, and to their surprise they managed to retain this shelter, 

 though the wind whipped it angrily. They could cook but little 

 on their oil-stoves at that altitude. 



Seven barrels of lime and six barrels of cement were carried 

 to Camp Muir, a little at a time, on the backs of burros. Sand 

 was found on the camp-site — not very good sand, as it is mixed 

 with volcanic ash, but Frank believes the cement that was made 

 of it will stand for many a day. The house is 8 by 20 feet in size, 

 and 7^ feet high inside. Its walls are three feet in thickness. 

 Two by six beams sustain the roof, which is sheeted with timber 

 and covered with tar paper, well nailed, and weighted down with 

 stones. Supt. Reaburn set aside $700 for the work, but Frank 

 completed it at a cost of $555. Each man was paid double wages, 

 and they certainly earned them. 



Bunks for twelve persons will be built in the house. Blankets, 

 oil-stoves, and food will be placed there. And the house is to 

 have a telephone. Supt. Reaburn proposes to carry the wire to the 

 camp early next season. Telephone service already covers the 

 important points on the mountain. The line to Camp Muir will 



