Notes and Corresponaence 



mountaineers' club 



One hundred and fifteen mountaineers, including many visitors from 

 Eastern States, enjoyed the Mountaineer Outing through the Glacier 

 National Park in Montana, August 2-23, 1914. Starting from the east- 

 ern portal of the park, Glacier Park Station, the party traveled by trail 

 almost the entire length and breadth of the park. Heavy storms pre- 

 vented most of the mountain climbs that had been planned, but an in- 

 teresting ascent of Mt. Sij^eh (10,004 feet) was made. The famous 

 lakes — Two Medicine, Upper St. Mary, Gunsight, McDermott, Iceberg, 

 Avalanche, and Macdonald — which are perhaps the finest feature of 

 the park, were all visited, as well as the more unfamiliar region near 

 Waterton Lake." The trip was exceedingly interesting and successful. 



Preliminary plans for the Mountaineer Outing of 1915 are under 

 way. They contemplate making the entire circuit of Mt. Rainier 

 (14,408 feet), a feat heretofore accompHshed only by a few people 

 and never by horses. The main climb will be to the top of the moun- 

 tain, possibly by a new route. This will make an attractive trip to such 

 mountain-climbers as are planning to visit the exposition at San Fran- 

 cisco. Write the secretary of the Mountaineers, 508 Pioneer Building, 

 Seattle, Washington, for later information. 



To the Editor of the Sierra Club Bulletin 



Sir : The climb that Le Conte and Hutchinson had on the cliffs 

 north of Grizzly, as related on pages 133-135 of the Sierra Club Bul- 

 letin for January, 1914, has more than a passing interest for one mem- 

 ber at least of the Sierra Club. On the outing of 1909 the late Mr. 

 Alexander G. Eells and I made the same trip with virtually the same 

 experience, plus more of an approach to the tragic. 



On the morning of July 5th, Mr. Eells and I decided to try for 

 the saddle between Grizzly and Half Dome, with the purpose of mak- 

 ing for a point on the side of Half Dome where a conveniently placed 

 gulch would permit us to descend to a certain level whereby we could 

 skirt the great cliff on the Tenaya side. 



"Mr. Muir tells me that this route up to, and on the side of Half 

 Dome is something exceptionally fine," said Mr. Eells. Mr. Muir, 

 it is proper to state, had reached the saddle by another route than 

 the one we faced, but we did not let that interfere with our plan. 

 It looked feasible, and the pleasure of facing the unknown stimulated 

 us to our task. It is one of those problems in climbing that look 

 easy and prove difficult. As Mr. Le Conte says, "It is straight rock 

 climbing all the way." 



At one place where there was a chasm to jump across I incau- 

 tiously trusted my weight to a bush that stood on the brink. Stubby 

 and seemingly sound, it broke square off, and nothing but Mr. Eell's 

 quick action prevented a tragedy then and there. 



