August 17, 1896, Monday 
Clearing in the A. M. but cool and damp. After clearing out 
tent of most of the things and packing them into the stage we 
hauled the wagon into Mr, Wyman’s barn and then about 9.00 A.M. 
we all started for a £ tramp up Mount Bigelow. My pack weighed 
about twenty- five pounds. We reached the old man's "Face” 
about noon and the summit about 2.00 P. M. We went down into 
the notch between the two main peaks and found the small spring 
(the only one known on the summit) then fixed up an old lean-to 
camp for the night. It was a balsam lean- to. About 5 . 00 P. M. 
I went up to the summit for awhile but returned to camp about 
sunset. I wrote my name in the App^laJ/clian Mountain Club regie ti^ 
at the summit. 
August 18, 1896, Tuesday 
Clear in the A. M. but rainey in the P. M. and evening. It was 
so cold last night on the summit that we decided to keep the fire 
going all night, each member of the party taking a turn of two 
hours, my watch being from 11.00 E. M. to 1.00 A. M. Get up 
about 4.30 A. M. and went with Professor Strong to the summit 
©f the East Main Peak- then back to camp for breakfast about 
9.00 A. M. Then the two Fernalds and I climbed the West Main 
Peak and botanized some, returning to camp about noon. Professor 
. Strong had already started down the mountain so we packed up our 
things during a heavy hail storm and followed him, overtaking him 
before he reached the timberline ( he had waited). Severel showers 
passed over during our descent (which took about three hours) and 
we were all very wet below the knees, in fact so wet that w4t& 
every step there would be small fountains of water spurt up 
shoe-lace 
through the/ holes in our shoes. We all stayed about the camp 
for the rest of the day 
