Ritter (quad)
(37.6893780, -119.1990298)
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“Ritter is the name of the great German geographer [Karl Ritter, 1779-1859], the founder of the science of modern comparative geography.” (Whitney: Yosemite Guide Book, 1870, p. 101.)
Clarence King, approaching from the southwest, attempted to climb the mountain (probably in 1866), but did not quite reach the summit. (Whitney Survey: Yosemite Book, 1868, p. 98.)
First ascent by John Muir, October, 1872. (Muir: The Mountains of California,; 1894, pp. 52-73; first published in Scribner’s Monthly, July, 1880.) For subsequent notable ascents see: Russell: Existing Glaciers of the Sierra Nevada, in Fifth Annual Report of the U.S.G.S., for 1883-1884, p. 315; and S.C.B., 1922, XI:3, p. 248; S.C.B., 1893, I:1, p. 10; S.C.B., 1905, V:3, pp. 186-193; Appalachia, February, 1893, VII:1, pp. 1-8. From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
Members of the Whitney Survey, led by Professor Whitney himself, were altogether too dogmatic about this [non-existence of glaciers]. John Muir discovered glaciers in the Sierra in 1870, and later conducted experiments on the Mount Lyell glacial system. King discovered the Shasta glaciers the same year. There have since been found a number of glaciers of unmistakable character, such as those on Mount Ritter, Mount Darwin, and the Palisades. From Up and Down California in 1860-1864 by William H Brewer, Book 4, Chapter 3
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