6th Month JUNE 1959 30 Days OVERCAST TURNING INTO BEAUTIFUL P.M. 15 MONDAY 166-199 (95) LAKE FLUNDE, MT. WILHELM JOHN EXPLORED THE TARN I SAW FROM WRECK. ABOUT 80X60; INCLUDING SWAMP 200 X 300, ALTITUDE 13,100 FT. TOOK ALMOST A ROLL WITH MY STEREO CAMERA. I ALSO FIXED MY FLASH GUN. TOOK 2 PICTURES IN OUR GRASS HOUSE. 5 RATTUS IN 22 RATS SET NEAR LAKE. NONE IN 10 M.SP. 0 IN 10 STEEL. WAT PUTTING OUT 5 MORE STEELS TODAY. MADE UP SKINS I LEFT YESTERDAY. YOUNG BOYS BROUGHT UP TWO MELOMYS + 1 3/6 ANTECHINUS FROM SOMEWHERE ABOVE KEGLSUGL. JOHN BROUGHT DOWN DOG DROPPINGS & PLANT SPECIMENS FROM TARN. JACKING FOR 1 HOUR UP NORTH SLOPE. LOVELY 1/4 MOON. MT. CLEAR AT 7:30 P.M. MISTED UP AT 9; AUDIENCE OF SMALL BOYS OVERCAST, TURNING CLEAR AT NOON 16 TUESDAY 167-198 (96) MT. WILHELM, LAKE FLUNDE. JOHN, WAT, + TOBRAM CLIMBED MT. WILHELM TODAY. NOT TROUBLE, AN EASY CLIMB + EXCELLENT WEATHER. JOHN TOOK STEREO + CONTAX - 2 ROLLS. DEPARTED 8:50 TOP 12:20. STAYED 2 HOURS ON SUMMIT. DID NOT EX- PLORE OTHER PEAKS, BUT GOOD VIEW OF ALL. COLD WIND BUT NO SNOW OR ICE IN CREVICES, BOTANICAL SPECIMENS OF INTEREST, ACTUAL RETURN TO CAMP TOOK ONLY 2 HOURS. JACKING FOR 1 HOUR THRU WOODS ON NORTH SLOPE. SAW NOTHING EXCEPT MOTHS. OVERCAST, LITTLE SUN, CLEAR AT DUSK 17 WEDNESDAY 168-197 (97) MT. WILHELM, LAKE FLUNDE A BUSY DAY. 1 BANDICOOT + 1 RATTUS IN TRAPS. NATIVES BROUGHT IN MATERIAL ALL DAY - THE LAST A LARGE RINGTAIL JUST BEFORE DUSK. BADLY CHEWED BY DOG. 1 GIANT MELOMYS, FAWN-COLORED - MOST INTERESTING; SEVERAL GRAY- BASED, VENTRAL HAIRS, MELOMYS. 1 ANTECHINUS, + 1 YOUNG LORENTZIMYS: ALSO ANOTHER ORNATE BANDICOOT - GOOD SERIES OF THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS. LEN VISITED LAKE PINDE TODAY. NOW PAST THE 160 # MARK, COLLECTING GOING WELL; IF ONLY HIS BOYS WOULD STAY WELL. HIKED WITH LEN TODAY IN FIELD. JOHN STRUGGLED TO WRITE UP ACCOUNT OF HIS TRIP YESTERDAY, TRIED TO HELP. WE WILL CHECK STEPS + DIRECTIONS WHEN WE GO UP WILHELM TOGETHER. IF WEATHER LOOKS GOOD JOHN + I WILL TRY FOR SUMMIT TOMORROW. JOHN WANTS TO CLIMB LOWER PEAKS AS WELL. H. ACTED SICK BUT WORKED MOST OF DAY. LIK LIK HIS OLD SELF. KIM JACKING.