Tahoma Glacier Route, Mount Rainier. On June 8, 1958 an interesting variation of the Tahoma Glacier route was made by a group of Tacoma Mountaineers, Leroy Ritchie, Larry Heggerness, Allan Van Buskirk, Edward Drues, Bob Walton, Monte Haun, and Mark Haun, supported by a five-man party led by John Simac. From camp at 9000 feet on Puyallup Glacier below St. Andrew’s Rock, the party ascended for the first time the Puyallup Icefall to the upper end of St. Andrew’s Rock and then climbed the steep chute or “sickle” at the extreme left edge of the Tahoma Glacier to reach the summit dome. This is definitely an early season route because of the condition of the icefall later in the summer.

Dee Molenaar