Adam, Coleman was an interesting chap. He was one of the earliest people in the US to use the term glacier in reference to an active glacier in the lower 48; he proposed harvesting the glacier in order to sell the ice to San Francisco; and he mentioned creepers, or what we now call crampons. DBW
Adam, Coleman was an interesting chap. He was one of the earliest people in the US to use the term glacier in reference to an active glacier in the lower 48; he proposed harvesting the glacier in order to sell the ice to San Francisco; and he mentioned creepers, or what we now call crampons. DBW
An ambitious scheme!