The Masama's Outgoing at Mount Rainier [pp. 114-123]

THE TATOOSH RANGE
hopeless. After getting above timber line,
we stopped at short intervals and shouted
all together. When we had traveled about
two miles an answering shout was heard.
We hardly dared to believe that our search
had been so easily successful, and after
proceeding some distance farther, one of
our number called out the name of the lost
man. After a moment the
answer came, an unmistakable, "Yes."
A few minutes l ater the
lost was found. He had
given up th e ascent and on
his way back to the camp
had missed the t rail in the
darkness and fog. He had
then lain down in the most
sheltered spot he could
find on a rocky moraine,
and had prepared to spend
the night when he heard
our shouts. We reached
camp again soon after midnight, tired but heartily
glad to spend the rest of
the night under shelter.
Although the weather
next day was anything but
favorable, few remained in
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camp. Some spent the day in visiting the
glaciers; others went botanizing; while a
few made the ascent of Pinnacle peak, the
highest in the Tatoosh range.
Next morning, our first Sunday in camp,
the sun arose in a cloudless sky. Religious
services were held, but hardly had the congregation been dismissed, when Sabbath
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