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trampt over a steep snow-covered range to Phillips' Station where we arrived at 
half past one in the afternoon. We remained here until the 14th of June, when 
we returned to Bijou, from where Carriger on the 15th started back to 
San Francisco. 
After the departure of Carriger the weather, which is ever uncertain in these 
Fig. 47. FEATURE OF MOUNTAIN-CEIMBING ENCOUNTERED: 
SNOW-DRIFT TO BE TRAVERST; READING UP, 
HEINEMANN, DUTTKE, RAY 
altitudes, became decidedly uncertain for a return journey. Snow had now fallen 
twice on the peak since we left, and rain on the lower range, while in the after- 
noon of June 15 a strong southwest wind began blowing: a strong wind at Lake 
Tahoe ment a whistling gale on Pyramid. Mr. Oluf J. Heinemann, who was to 
