Hazard Stevens

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First Ascent of Mount Rainier

First Ascent of Mount Rainier

In the summer of 1870, Hazard Stevens and P. B. Van Trump set out to accomplish what no one had yet done: reach the summit of Mount Rainier.In this firsthand account, Stevens recounts their pioneering ascent of the massive Washington volcano, from the...

First Successful Ascent of Mt. Rainier, 1870

First Successful Ascent of Mt. Rainier, 1870

Hazard Stevens and P.B. Van Trump, aided by the Indian guide Sluiskin, made the first documented successful ascent of Mt. Rainier on August 17, 1870. Hazard's account of the climb was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1876 and later reprinted...