Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The last lookout

The "Six Twenty-Six" issue from May 1933 reported a double tragedy:
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"Ray Lewis of the Mazamas, Everett Darr of the Wy-east Club and Miss Elsa Hanff of Spokane, who climbed Mount Hood in March, reported that violent winter storms had almost demolished the lookout house. The cupola has been torn off and lies almost on its side. The cabin has been ripped open and the interior filled with snow and ice. The building is canted at an angle of about 60 degrees to the southward, and apparently has been moved from it's foundation about a foot. The anchor cables are missing on two sides. The climbers reported extremely steep snow, dangerous and difficult to traverse, and a new crevasse, apparently hundreds of feet deep. They said the cabin would have to be almost completely rebuilt. Here's a good job for ECW boys! A strange coincidence is the fact that Mack Hall, popular lookout at this point last season was killed in an auto accident at Eugene in March."
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Records indicate that 1932 was the last year the lookout was staffed and no records have indicated that repairs were made.

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