doc.112 CRAWFORD HOUSE CRAWFORD NOTCH WHITE MTS. NEW HAMPSHIRE Tuesday, Sep. 21 1920 A perfect day; even one or than yesterday. Out and in the city. Concluded to climb and to go for a bit. Pleasant. Left the hotel at 8.10 A.M. to go on the Crawford trail first opened by Crawford in 1819. At 8.45 came passing the one mile post, and 9.10 the 1½ mile post. I find it easier going today than I did Saturday. At 9.25 I left behind me the trail to the Mijah Camp, and 9.30 the two mile sign. Up the Step Ladder at 9.45 and at Mt. Clinton at 10.05. I am now about an altitude of 4375 feet. During the last 500 feet there several times seen ice. Everywhere the mountains stand out clearly and in every direction for miles upon miles there is a sea of mountains and peaks. At 10.00 I start for Mt Pleasant and get to the top at 11.15. The altitude is 4775. On my way another climber overtakes me and he is evidently bound for Mt Washington. This mountain now looms large to the north and the Summit House, the Appalachian House and the railway are all clearly to be seen. There is a little of snow and ice on the upper 700 feet of Mt Washington. There are no bushes or trees on Mt Pleasant nor for several hundred feet down its upper sides. Very little grass but considerable alpine dicotyledons.