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(54) Camp at Rancho the entire side of the Mt. only a short distance from the ridge we climbed up. The guides had light pack to carry & fell many times. Mr N. & I with our alpenstocks kept our feet. I went down the Mt. side on a run through the sand avoiding the rocks & part of the time lifting myself with my alpenstock & landing 12 or 13 ft lower down at a jump. Mr N. came down much the same way but had to stop every 150 yds. or so to rest & did not get down until long Camp at Rancho. (55) after I did. It took me ~3:40 min to climb from where we left our horses to the crater. I lingered along with Mr N. for a while & then climbed on & left him. Our thermometer registered 34° at the crater at noon. Several lava streams came down this side of the Mt. The lava appeared to have run down slowly pushing forward mostly but leaving a high ridge on each side of its path. Glacier formerly extended down to the timber line, it is probably that a small