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...expedition which had as its two-fold purpose the ascent of Mt. Crillon's 12,728 foot peak in the Fairweather range of Alaska and the collecting of accurate information in the little-known field of glacier movements. The party, composed of 11 men under the leadership of Bradford Washburn '33, was divided into two groups; the climbing party of Adams Carter '36, Howard Kellog '37, Waldo Holcombe '33, Edward C. Streeter Jr. '36, Bradford Washburn '33, and Henry S. Woods of Dartmouth; and the base camp party, which was to make geophysical and geological surveys, of R. P. Goldthwait...
...previous attempts have been made upon Crillon, both under Washburn's leadership, but bad weather and bad luck had held the party down to a point only 35 minutes in altitude below the summit of the mountain. This year, laying determined plans to achieve his end, Washburn took no chances and started on the 28th of May. But again bad luck appeared when, on getting to the Pacific coast, Washburn found that the expedition supplies had gotten lost in the shipping strike and that all the Alaskan boats were hopelessly tied up. Three weeks were spent in straightening out this...
Once at the base camp one party started packing supplies up the route which had been used the summer before and the other party began the measurements of the glaciers. Washburn himself, in order to make sure the surveys were successful, stayed at the base camp and directed operations upon the mountain with the aid of a five-meter transceiver, a miniature radio set about the size of a large camera and weighing only two and a half pounds capable of being carried in a rucksack and set up anywhere in a minute or two. This enabled Washburn, who knew...
When the supplies had been carried to a height of 6,300 feet, Washburn and Holcombe, whose places in the climbing party had been taken by Lincoln Washburn and Dow, started up the mountain, leaving the base camp at 8 o'clock on the night of July 14th. The high camp was reached at 9 o'clock the next morning and the day was spent in resting. The morning of the 16th at midnight the whole packing party, plus Washburn and Holcombe, started from the high camp and by 8 o'clock they had reached the base...
...ascent of the face was made under very bad ice conditions, but with the assistance of 1000 feet of fixed rope the party at last reached the summit in three ropes of two each. Once on the plateau at the top of the cliff Washburn and Carter decided to make a rush for the summit without waiting for the last rope which had fallen behind due to heavy packs of willow wands and miscellaneous supplies. They left with 35 pounds of climbing rope and extra clothing but no food except for two bars of chocolate. By 11 o'clock...