Cockscomb Crest 



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gratified to find it meet with general approval. And so, with 

 additional confidence, he now submits it to the entire member- 

 ship. 



There is a special advantage in the adoption of the name that 

 is worth pointing out. Not only is the appellation Cockscomb 

 apt because it is descriptive of the form of this crest, but it 

 would also be an extremely convenient generic term for the 

 designation of all similarly sculptured crests — of all crests such 

 as those previously described, which owe their attenuated linear 

 forms to the paring action of the ice that split upon them and 

 passed on either side without overwhelming them. It would 

 admirably serve the physiographer's needs as standing for the 

 type of mountain sculpture of which the beautiful crest under 

 discussion is the finest example known. 



It is a pleasure to record here the successful ascent of Cocks- 

 comb Crest last summer by Mr. Walter L. Huber. As may be 

 surmised from the picture, the peak is of the kind that puts the 

 boldest of mountaineers on his mettle — nor has it been scaled 

 but twice, so far as is known. At the time of his ascent Mr. 

 Huber believed himself to be the first to reach its summit, but, 

 as he recently wrote me, he has since learned that in 1914 the 

 Cockscomb was successfully scaled by Messrs. Lipman and 

 Chamberlain of the Sierra Club. All three deserve our hearti- 

 est congratulations. 



In conclusion, a word anent the desirability, the urgency 

 even, of the members of the Sierra Club giving serious thought 

 to the bestowal of appropriate names upon those peaks, lakes, 

 and other prominent landmarks within the Yosemite National 

 Park which are as yet unnamed. The next few years doubt- 

 less will see a tremendous influx of tourists and pleasure-seek- 

 ers into the higher portions of the park, more especially into 

 the Tuolumne Meadows and the Lake Merced neighborhood. 

 That influx, indeed, has already set in, as all those of us who 

 camped with the Sierra Club at Soda Springs last summer 

 have had ample opportunity to see for ourselves. One in- 

 evitable result will be the proposal of names for all such fea- 

 tures of the landscape as are of especial popular interest and 

 still without names on the map. That this naming is likely to 

 be mostly haphazard and ill-considered is almost a foregone 



