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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



There was no sign of any sort to show that the moun- 

 tain had ever before been ascended. We built a monu- 

 ment, and left therein our register-box No. 42. My 

 own triangulation places the summit at 14,282 feet^ and 

 the aneroid read 14,200, a very fair agreement. This puts 

 the peak third in our Sierra. 



W e spent an hour on the top, somewhat disturbed, be 

 it confessed, by the prospects of the descent. We had 

 taken careful note, however, of the bad places, and were 

 pleasantly disappointed in finding the return but little 

 harder than the climb. In an hour and a half the ledge 

 was reached and safely passed, and soon after three tri- 

 umphant tramps were toiling over the boulders of the 

 talus-field headed for " home." When at 4 o'clock we 

 pulled into our little camp at the timber-line, we found 

 Pike fast asleep. There was still time to push on to a 

 more pleasant camping-spot; so, packing up the all too 

 meager outfit, we struck out down the creek, and reached 

 Palisade Valley by 6 p.m. 



Here in the midst of this little park was an ideal spot 

 for camping. We made our stop on the peninsula be- 

 tween Palisade Creek and Glacier Brook, surrounded by 

 flower-gardens and sheltered by tall tamaracks. That 

 evening we celebrated by eating up practically everything 

 we possessed that was eatable^, and wound up by smoking 

 whole and complete stogies, without the painful necessity 

 of cutting them in two. 



If we were eager to start out on this eventful trip, how 

 much more anxious were we at its successful completion 

 to return to those who were left behind ! So long before 

 break of day Mofiitt was stirring around making coflFee, 

 for that was about all we had, except a half-cup of mush 



