Sinopsis

MOUNT "BIG SNOW" AND INDIAN TRADITION. Long hours we toiled up through the solemn wood, Beneath moss-banners stretched from tree to tree; At last upon a barren hill we stood, And, lo, above loomed Majesty. —Herbert Bashford: "Mount Rainier." The great Mountain fascinates us by its diversity. It is an inspiration and yet a riddle to all who are drawn to the mysterious or who love the sublime. Every view which the breaking clouds vouchsafe to us is a surprise. It never becomes commonplace, save to the commonplace. Old Virgil's gibe at mankind's better half—"varium et mutabile semper