Seattle, 1971, 1st edition. 332 pp, photos. The standard and most popular history of Mount Rainier. It covers geology, glaciology, and climate; the discovery and early climbs before 1900; the pioneering efforts on over 35 routes, winter and summer; notable summit climbs and mountain tragedies on the steep slopes; and the guides who have led summit-seekers over the years. Summit guide and ranger in Mount Rainier National Park for many years, Dee Molenaar reached the summit of Mount Rainier fifty times via over a dozen routes, including first ascents, prior to writing this comprehensive, profusely illustrated historical record of mountaineering on the Northwest's greatest mountain. DJ, Near Fine.
Author has summited The Mountain over 50 times by more than a dozen routes, including 3 firsts
This book is the first complete documentation of the significant events in the climbing history of Mount Rainier, updated through early 1979. It covers geology, glaciology and climate; the discovery and early climbs before 1900; the pioneering efforts on over 35 routes, winter and summer; notable summit climbs and mountain tragedies on the steep slopes, and the guides who have led summit-seekers over the years.
Fascinating reading for the increasing numbers who respond to the challenge of Rainier, this book is also enjoyable for all to whom Mount Rainier is a symbol of one of nature's last testing grounds for man's physical enterprise and endurance.
