Mazama Volume 6, no. 3; A record of mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest ...
Автор:Portland Mazamas Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 38 ISBN: 1130581365 This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...angry, cream-colored, wave-tossed ocean. It gave me a queer feeling to realize I was much higher than Rainier and practically alone, for my guide did not know one word of English. To make the realization more acute the volcano let out another sullen blast when I was half way up. I could see nothing but could hear rock hitting the slope not far away. We noticed fresh scoops in the icy slope, soup plate size, made by falling rock. My creepers, made for sandals, had an uncomfortable habit of working loose and the guide had to adjust them while I stood, as there was no place to rest on the slope. We kept a slow, steady gait and about 10 a. m. reached the rim, 17,794 feet above sea level, and peered down into a seething, angry hole, hissing, muttering, moaning. Sulphur smoke poured...
