Hoeman, Vincent D. 1964 my way around to northeast side cairn on highpoint at 1415 and park my kelty pack on 2 1/2 foot high 4 foot dia. cairn that has 2 by 2 inche stake and 3 or four bamboo canes projecting from top 2 or 3 foot and one of the metal fence poles they marked the trail with lying nearby. Register book placed 14 May '61 and some notebook paper in "Mauna Kea" brand coffee can. Recognize Gibson Reynolds and Bruce Gilbert among registrants; also Dwight Hamilton twice. Partly cloudy and cold with wind blowing from northeast at 39° F. A dark fly 2 mm long and some black parasitic wasps 5 mm long I note as well as occasional cottonwood like seeds blowing by and a paper bag I pull from cairn has been partially shimshawed by c mouse! Larry had seen a mouse at the 9000' cabin. I wait over an hour, starting down about 1540 hours on the trail, which leads over large snowbank one registrant remarked was present in July to the base of the cone before I see Larry near top. I try to go back up to take his summit photo but he's left when I get there. Seems to be no seabird nesting habitat in these cinder cones. Highest plants are grass and a fern and some green moss all very sparse to 13,000. We descent by the sterile lake and old trail to the "Adze Cave" at about 11,000 where the ancients have chipped off huge pites of fine-grained basaltic rock. In one of the caves I find a midden and take bone material from its surface. Forgot to mention a battered modern surfboard at 12,000; that would have required quite a tidal wave! Dandelions are abloom above timber line near 10,000.