Identifier: sierraclubbullet6108sier (find matches)
Title: Sierra Club bulletin
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Sierra Club
Subjects: Sierra Club Outdoor life Environmental protection Conservation of natural resources
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Sierra Club
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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The characterof the climbing at times was such that a similar or worsemisadventure had to be reckoned among the possibilities;for a steep incline would be sure to end with a crevasse,a rock talus, or a precipice. Consequently we redoubledour precautions, planting our alpenstocks with care, andstepping with precision. Once more on the icy slopenear Gibraltar we used the rope, and descended veryslowly and cautiously. Arrived under the brow of thegreat cliff, we found it necessary to make all possiblehaste; for, seeing an immense boulder break off aboveand go thundering across our path, we realized the dangerof our position. By keeping close to the wall it waspossible to lessen somewhat the chances of being hit.Fortunately all passed the end of the ledge in safety. AtCamp Muir a brief halt and a cup of tea restored ourflagging energies. The worst was over. Not long there-after we marched into camp with the grateful feeling ofaccomplished purpose and thrilling memories of a hardypastime.
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Mountain Sites for Meteorological Observatories. MT. RAINIER, MT. SHASTA, AND MT. WHITNEY AS SITES FOR METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORIES. By Alexander G. McAdie. In 1903 an ascent of Mt. Whitney was made by thewriter, and a report upon its availability as a site formeteorological research published in the Sierra ClubBulletin, June, 1904. The elevation 14,515 feet, then de-termined barometrically, was thirteen feet higher than thevalue determined by precise levels in August, 1905, by theU. S. Geological Survey, Mr. R. A. Farmer, topographer. During the present summer ascents of Mt. Rainier andMt. Shasta were successfully made. Mercurial barome-ters, a boiling-point thermometer, wet- and dry-bulb ther-mometers, and other apparatus were carried to eachsummit. The barometers were the same as those usedat Mt. Whitney. Check readings were made at SanFrancisco and at Portland; and simultaneous readingsfor sea-level conditions at Seattle, Tacoma, Portland,Spokane, Red Bluff, and Eureka, through th

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