THE MOUNTAINEER VOLUME XIX Number One December 15, 1926 Olympic Peninsula PUBLISttEt> BY THE MOUNTAINJ!,ER.S INCOllPOI\ATED 5 EAT TL E WAS H I N Ci TON. COPYRIG-HT. 1.926 The Mounrtiinee-n IncorporareJ w��Ta.PtN ,afUNTING co .. .. Oii MARION. atATTl I'. The MOUNTAINEER VOLUME NINETEEN Number One December 15, 1926 Olympic Peninsula Incorporated 1913 Organized 1906 EDITORIAL BOARD, 1926 Winona Bailey Lulie Nettleton Arthur Gist Agnes E. Quigley :Mildred Granger C. F. Todd Else Hubert Mrs. Stuart P. Walsh Mrs. Joseph T. Hazard, Associate Editor: Subscription Price, $2.00 Per Year . �nnual (only) Seve11ty-fiYe Cents. Published by The Mountaineers I ncorPora ted Seattle, Washington Entered as �eeond-class matter, December 15, 1920, at the Postoffice at SeaHle, Washington, under the Act of ?.Iarch 3, 1879. WHITE GLACIER Thomas E. Jeter This glacier whose streams feed the Hoh River thousands of feet below lies on the north side of Mount Olympus. CONTENTS Page Greetings ·····----------------------------------·--------·--·······Vilhjalmur Stefansso11 1926 Summer Outing in the Olympics............ Edmond S. Meany,],·..... 7 Down the Quinault River (Poem) ................Edmond S. Meany..... .... 19 Short Hikes in the Olympics............ ................ Ronald R. Ruddi111a11. 21 Some Unexplored Sections of the Olympics.... Theodore C. Lewis........ 25 Making the Olympics Accessible. .............. ......Frank H. Lamb....... 27 A Horne in the Olympics.......................... .....Margaret McCamey 30 Kidnaping in the Olympics.............................. Doris Huelsdonk .... 34 From the Leader of the Press Expedition ........J. H. Christie.......... 37 Summer Outing of 1927 ................... ............._F. B. Farquharson. 40 In Memoriam --------··-··········------·······················Edmond S. Meany.... 41 Members of the 1926 Summer Outing .................................... 42 Mountaineer Activities (Pictures)......... ........................................ 43 Our Forest Theatre.................................. .. .... Claire M. McGuire........ 51 Summary of Walks and Outing�. ..... .. .. ....... ... ... ...... ......... ..................... .. 52 Regular Monthly Meetings............................ _ ............... ....................... 53 Report of Club Room Activities ....................... .................................. 53 Record of Trophies ......... _ ........................ .. ........................... 53 Financial Reports ............. .................. .............Eve.rel! ................. .... 53 Tacoma 54 SMttle .......... ............... 55 Officers and Committees 59 List of Members ..... 60 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page 1Vhite Glacier .................................................. Thomas E. Jeter.. Frontispiece Douglas Fir ...................................................... !l1abel Furry .................. 6 Lake Quinault .................................................. Mabel V. Nash.... 7 Off for Olympus .............................................. Mabel Furry .................. 9 Crossing Blue Glacier .................................... Harriet Geithmann.......... 10 Approaching the Summit ................................ Harriet Geitlmzann.......... 11 Elwha Snow Finger ............ .................... ......,Mabel Fw-ry.................... 12 Mount Meany ............................................. .... H. Wilford Playter........ 13 South Side of Olympus.................................... Mabel Furry............... .... 15 Point Grenville ................................................ H. A. Krug.................... 16 Breakfast by the Sea........................................ H. Wilford Playter........ 17 Orr the Quinault ...............................................l1abel Furry.................... 18 The Passing of the Storm ................................ Harriet Geithmann.......... 20 View From Appleton Peak.............................. f..Jarriet Geithmann.......... 21 Appleton Divide .............................................. J1abel V. Nash.............. 24 Marmot Saying His Prayers ........................... .Flarriet Geithmann.......... 26 Mount Queets .................................................. Clarence A. Garner.... .. 29 Seven Lakes Basin ......................................... .H. A. Krug ....... ....... .... 31 Roosevelt Elk in Hoh Vallev ............................Doris Huelsdonk...... ....... 33 Protective Coloring ............ : ............................. Doris Huelsdonk........... .. 34 Young Elk ........................................................ Doris Huelsdonk..... ........ 36 A Familiar View ............................................ C. F. Todd...................... 44 Typical Lodge Scenery ....................................H. Wilford Playter.......... 45 Snoqualmie Lodge Scenes ................................ Mabel V. Nash Harry Snyder .................. 46 Local Walks Scenes.......................................... Mabel V. Nash, Mabel Furry, R. H. McKee, Clarence A. Garner.... -+7 Special Outings Scenes ........................ : ..... ...... l1abel V. Nash, Clarence A. Garner, Geo. R. Rice, Mabel Furrv...... 48 Kitsap Cabin Scenes.......................................... Mabel V. Nash, E. Mar- garetha Blank, Harry Snyder, C. F. Todd.... 49 Kitsap Cabin Scenes .......................................... ltlabel V. Nash E. Margaretha Blank.... 50 Our Forest Theatre............................ .............. F. A. Steeble.................... 51 DOUGLAS FIR Mabel F111·ry The Mountaineer Vol. XIX. No. 1 Seattle, Washington December, 1926 LAKE QUINAULT Mabel V . .\'ash Although now easily accessible by a highway the Jake re­ tains its wild beauty. Especially noteworthy are the great spruce trees along its shores. 1926 SUMMER OlTTl rG IN THE OLYMPICS ED:VIOND s. MEANY, JR. HEN The Mountaineers became organized twenty years ago their first major undertaking was an expedition into the territory sur­ rounding Mount Olympus. Since that time three other Summer Outings have led the club into the alpine fastnesses of the Olympic Penin­ sula. The last of these outings, 1926, was not the least in joy and achieve­ ment. The first event of the outing was a night voyage to Port Angeles. As the party left Seattle Saturday night, July 24, aboard the Steamer Sol Due soft moonlight on the waters of Puget Sound seemed an omen of the suc­ cessful three weeks' trek to come. Arrival and breakfast in Port Angeles, a stage ride past popular Lake Crescent to Sol Due Hot Springs, and the hike to the first camp at Deer Lake followed in rapid succession. A heavy drizzle started even before we reached Deer Lake, and all through the next day the nine-mile trail through the Seven Lakes region to Sol Due Park was alternately hidden by fog and swept with fine rain. The famed beautr of this district drew I 8 I'lie Ill ountainerr many people from the Park on side trips during the next few days after the rain. Tuesday was planned as a rest day in camp preceding the start of the Olympus climb, and as the day was damp and cloudy few were loath to be lazy. T)ie afternoon and evening were marked by two additions to the camp circle. Prof. E. E. Coursen arrived after a long journey up the river trail. Following him several hours later came Mr. and Mrs. vVallace Burr and Elwyn Bugge, bent on joining the climb party on the morrow. Transient visitors in camp were Ronald Ruddiman and eight Scouts from Camp Parsons who were back-packing in the district. The lights of Aurora Borealis were beautiful that night. They rose in the day-white north, behind the black and rugged hills. They passed above our heads like rhythmic waves, riplets washing over shining stars. Reveille woke us at five o'clock next morning. The Olympus party, given a rousing send-off by the stay-at-homes, climbed through the draw behind camp and dropped over the ridge out of sight. Building the camp­ fire and working at other "heavy" jobs busied the Lonely Left-Behinds, composed of three men and some twenty women. The climb party descended to the floor of the Hoh valley through a freshet-washed stream ·bed to a point about a half mile above Olympus Ranger Station. From here they proceeded up the heavily wooded vale, across a log bridge above a hundred foot gorge, and then into an excellent trail completed in record time by the Forest Service especially for use by the Club. From here the new trail led past Beaver Lake to Olympus Camp just below the Blue Glacier. A cloak of clouds partially hid Mount Olympus as night approached. But as conditions seemed more favorable then than might be expected for the next few days, it was decided to attempt the climb in the morning. Rising call at two o'clock woke the climbers to find the camp shrouded in darkness. Breakfast was eaten by candlelight. Lunches were placed where accessible for mid-morning snacks, companies were arranged in or­ dered lines, and the climb was on. The moon cast a dim twilight over the peaks as it peered through opaque, scuttling clouds. Flickering firefly gleams wound in and out among giant boulders as the climbers picked their way over the rocky moraine with the aid of flashlight and bug. Cold, gray da,Yn broke as the party neared the tip of the glacier. Then. led br pacemaker "Fitz," the long line of bundled figures made its way across the broken face of the glacier, up over the rocks and onto a rounded expanse of snow above. All the while clouds had been swirling closer to jagged peaks above, and now all but enveloped them in mist