Mt. Carillon Mt. Russell Mt. Whitney Mt. Muir Sat, Aug 24, 2002 With: Michael Graupe David Wright Thad Kellam John Wang		Etymology Mt. Carillon Mt. Russell Mt. Whitney Mt. Muir	Story	Photos / Slideshow	Map	Profile
		Mt. Carillon later climbed Sun, May 7, 2006 Mt. Russell later climbed Sun, May 7, 2006 Mt. Whitney previously climbed Sun, Aug 12, 2001 later climbed Sun, Aug 12, 2007 Mt. Muir previously climbed Sun, Aug 12, 2001

"In the middle distance there rests upon the desert plain what appears to be a wide sheet of burnished metal, so even and brilliant is its surface. It is Lake Mono. At times the waters reflect the mountains beyond with strange distinctness and impress one as being in some way peculiar, but usually their ripples gleam and flash in the sunlight like the waves of ordinary lakes. No one would think from a distant view that the water which seems so bright and enticing is in reality so dense and alkaline that it would quickly cause death of a traveler who could find no other with which to quench his thirst.
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The formation as a whole resembles a forest of gnarled and contorted trunks and stumps changed to stone. The impression which this imitation forest leaves on the mind is that it is in some way weird and uncanny. The silent and motionless trunks with their uncouth shapes recall Dante's description of the wood of the suicides. This fancy is heightened by the proximity of a sea whose flowerless shores seem scarcely to belong to the habitable earth."
- Russell, Israel C., 1889, Quaternary history of the Mono Valley, California: : U.S. Geol. Survey 8th Ann. Report.

"All evidence available tends to show that Rainier is an extinct volcano. It belongs, however, to the explosive type of volcanoes, of which Vesuvius is the best-known example, and there is no assurance that its energies may not be reawakened."
- Israel C. Russell