6th Month JUNE 1959 30 Days 11,600 HIGH OVERCAST. 8 MONDAY 159-206 [illegible] KEGLSUGL TO LAKE AUNDE UP EARLY. QUICK BREAKFAST. CARRIERS STRAGGLED IN; GREAT CON- FUSION OVER LOADS. OFF AT 8 P.M. CROSSED BIG BROOK AT 9:00. UP TO LIP OF GLACIATED VALLEY AT 11:00. TO DOUBLE WATER FALL AT 12:05 P.M. LAKE A. 12:45. LEN IN AT 1:15. A HARD CLIMB AT OUR AGES. MADE MY OWN PACE. WET TRAILS. NO RAIN. BOOTS VERY GOOD. SLEEPING IN A GRASS HUT TONIGHT WITH FLY THROWN OVER TOP. SOME MEN SLEEPING HERE. JOHN BETTER. KIM SICK. TO- MORROW WILL MAKE COMFORTABLE CAMP. BEAUTIFUL CAMP SITE OVERCAST, LITTLE SUN. SHOWERS. 9 TUESDAY 160-205 [illegible] LAKE AUNDE, MT. WILHELM A HECTIC DAY. LEN + JOHN SICK. SLEPT WARM. WE ARE GIVING OUR GRASS HUT TO BOYS. MEN ARE BUILDING A NEW + LARGER ONE FOR US — POLES + GRASS. HEAPS OF GRASS ON FLOOR. SWAGS + SLEEPING BAG VERY COMFORTABLE. FIRE AREA IN MIDDLE OF HOUSE. SMOKE FINDS ITS WAY OUT THRU GRASS ROOF + SIDES. PACKS FOR CLOTHES, FOOD + KITCHEN GEAR. VERY PHOTOGENIC! MADE UP 3 KEGLSUGL PETAURUS. SHOULD BE TAF A BUT DIFFICULT TO COMPARE WITHOUT LOW- LAND SKINS. BOUGHT A PYGMY POSSUM EUDROMICIA + 2 RATTUS. E. SAID TO MAKE NEST OVER OLD BIRD'S NEST. HETANA 10 MUS. SPEC. V.D. 10 M.S.P. NO HACKING. RIDGES CLEAR. BEAUTIFUL DAY. 25° (6:45AM) 10 WEDNESDAY 161-204 [illegible] MT. W. LAKE AUNDE MOON: FAIR NIGHT'S SLEEP IN NEW GRASS HOUSE. LEN SICK — LOW FEVER. JOHN MUCH BETTER. HETANA + I EACH HAD 2 RATTUS IN 10 TRAPS. WE BOUGHT 6 MORE FROM SMALL BOYS WHO HAVE SNARES EVERYWHERE; LITH LIT ILL BUT SKINNED 3 IN WARM TENT. HETANA FELL SICK AFTER SKINNING 3. ALL DOWN EXCEPT EDEWAWA WHO WORKED ON POLE TABLE IN WORK TENT. MEN BUSY BUILDING GRASS HOUSE FOR COOK — WHEN WELL; KIM HAS BEEN HARDEST HIT OF ALL. MY WIND STILL SHORT. CAMP IS IN 2ND STEP OF GLACIATED VALLEY, LAKES IN 1ST + 2ND STEPS. HANG- ING WATER FALLS IN SEVERAL PLACES. OUR HOUSES + TENTS ON A KNOLL EAST OF LAKE. VALLEY ORIENTED E-W. CAN SEE MTS. OF HUON PENINSULA IN FAR N.E. KEGLSUGL STRIP CAN BE SEEN FROM NORTH RIDGE ABOVE CAMP. PHOTOGRAPHIC PLANE OVER MT. IN A.M. JC3 THRU BUNDI GAP. INTERESTING VEGETATION; WAK IS COOKING FOR US. CORNED BEEF, KAU KAU, TEA W. PWD. MILK, RUM + SUGAR.