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ments if we succeeded or to remove them if we failed. After a little over three 

 hours' climb from the cirque we reached the summit at 1:15 p.m. There a 

 most magnificent view was unfolded. Far to the northward we could plainly 

 discern Ritter, Banner, and Lyell, peaks we had previously climbed. Nearer 

 stood Humphreys, the Evolution group, Goddard, and the Palisades in all 

 their rugged glory. 



We raised the monument another foot, thus, according to the map, making 

 the Black Kaweah two feet higher than its imposing mate to the east. Yet it 

 still must lack many feet from being as high, for the Gray Kaweah, which is 

 recorded as some sixty-two feet higher than the Red Kaweah, could not be seen 

 from our point of vantage because of the interposition of the latter peak. 



We repaired the small flagstaff, which had been broken by the winter gales, 

 and replaced the tattered handkerchief. The tobacco-box, which bore eloquent 

 testimony to the excellent brand of tobacco used by the donor, rested in the 

 monument and was in perfect condition. To the three signatures reposing 

 therein we added our three, namely, Philip E. Smith, Miriam E. Simpson, and 

 Irene P. Smith, the date, July 26, 192 1, and a brief description of the ascent. 



After spending an hour on the summit we started to descend, reaching the 

 cirque in two hours, and our camp, which was at the point where the Black 

 Rock Pass Trail crosses the main stream in the Big Arroyo, at about six 

 o'clock. 



It would seem that the Black Kaweah can be added to the list of readily 

 climbable Sierra peaks. There is no real danger in the climb other than that 

 attendant upon all climbing of mountains where the rocks are insecure and 

 easily dislodged. The Black Kaweah, we agree with Mr. Hutchinson, is the 

 prize in this respect. 



n. TEMPLE CRAG (l3,Ol6 FEET) 

 By Julian H. Steward 

 The ascent of Temple Crag was made by W. B. Putnam and Julian H. Steward 

 on June 24, 192 1, from the first Big Pine Lake. This mountain is shown on 

 the Bishop quadrangle of the U. S. Geological Survey as Mount Alice, but it is 

 understood that the name has been officially changed to Temple Crag. We 

 reached the peak by skirting to the south of the second lake, above which it 

 towers, thence climbing to a saddle below its eastern face. The cliffs here 

 offered little hope; so we continued around the rather precipitous southern 

 slope until a favorable chimney was found running to the northeast. This chim- 

 ney terminated about half-way up, and from there the route lay in a north- 

 westerly direction up the comparatively regular face of the mountain. This 

 brought us to a loiife-edge which forms part of the top. The actual summit is 

 reached, however, only by crossing the head of a chimney which rises from the 

 south. We climbed the last few feet of the vertical wall and then followed the 

 ridge westward for a short distance. There was no indication of the summit 

 having been visited before. The view of the Palisade group is incomparably 

 fine. 



The descent was made by following down the eastern slope to a point where 

 it breaks off abruptly in cliffs above the saddle. We descended to the southeast 

 by a crack which comes out at the base of the mountain just south of and 



