Sierra Club bulletin (1893) (14772607942)

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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whichin the summer of 1783 rolled down a molten stream tenmiles wide over a primeval forest and the peaceful vil-lages of many happy farmers. After a hundred andtwenty-three years the lava beds continue as in the firstyear, huge, shapeless masses, on which nothing grows,piles of burnt-out clinkers twenty-five feet high, full ofdark chasms over which no roads are made. There isno place in the world where one will get a deeper im-pression of monstrous Titanic might than here. While it is cold upon the mountain-top, it is hot inthe plain beneath, and if we would not travel across thatplain under the fierce heat of a midday sun, we mustnow make ready for return. It is quicker going downthan going up; and we return easily, running, jumping,sliding, and slipping, ever downwards. After we had left the crater some distance behind us,one of our guides suddenly called to us to look around.Old Asama, in honor of our departure, had sent forth asudden tremendous eruption of steam and lava. It ? 3
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The Ascent of Asama-Yama. 195 mounted upwards in one great pillar as high again asthe height of the mountain and then spread out on allsides into a vast canopy which hid the heavens. It wasan awe-inspiring sight. Then the ashes began to fallabout us. Sierra Club Bulletin. PUBLISHED JANUARY AND JUNE OF EACH YEAR. Published for Members. Annual Dues, $3.00. The purposes of the Club are:—To explore, enjoy, and renderaccessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publishauthentic information concerning them; to enlist the support andco-operation of the people and the Government in preserving theforests and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada Moun-tains. ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1907-1903. Board of Directors. Mr. John Muir (Martinez) President Prof. A.G. McAdie (Merchants Exch. Bldg., S.F.), Vice-President Prof. J. N. Le Conte (Berkeley) Treasurer Mr. Wm. E. Colby (2901 Channing Way, Berkeley).. .Secretary Prof. William Frederic Bade (Berkeley). Prof. George Davidson (2