Place: CA-Tyndall Creek

Tyndall Creek-9,062' (Mt Whitney, ) (36.6046588     -118.4175934)

Tyndall, Mount, 14,025 or 13,973' (GNIS) (Mt Whitney, Mt Williamson)  (36.6554905,   -118.3370383)
Tyndall Creek Ranger Station-10,787' (Mount Brewer) (36.6368803 -118.3906494)


Description:
First ascended by Clarence King and Richard Cotter, July, 1864: “We had now an easy slope to the summit, and hurried up over rocks and ice, reaching the crest at exactly twelve o’clock. I rang my hammer upon the topmost rock; we grasped hands, and I reverently named the grand peak Mount Tyndall.
“When we reached the southwest front of the mountain we found that its general form was that of an immense horseshoe, the great eastern ridge forming one side, and the spur which descended to our camp the other, we having climbed up the outer part of the toe.” (Clarence King: Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, 1872, pp. 75, 81.)
John Tyndall (1820-1893); professor of natural philosophy, Royal Institution, London, from 1853; author of many publications on physical science; developed theory of fracture and regelation of glaciers; explored the Alps for many years; first ascent of the Weisshorn, 1861; author of Glaciers of the Alps, 1860, Hours of Exercise in the Alps, 1871.  From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar

They [King and "Dick" Cotter] reached the summit of Mount Tyndall (14,025 feet) and from that point beheld and named Mount Williamson (14,384 feet) and Mount Whitney (14,496 feet). Lack of provisions prevented an attempt to reach the latter.   From Up and Down California by William Brewer, Book 5  Chapter 2

From GNIS:

• Mount Tyndall
• Named in honor of John Tyndall, 1820-1893, Professor of Natural Philosophy, Royal Institution, London, England.
•  From a letter by Gwen Schultz she says that Tyndall lectured in California 1872.
• Named by Clarence King in 1864 when with R. Cotter he made the 1st ascent; in honor of John Tyndall 1820-1893, Prof of Natural Philosophy , Royal Institution, London; author of many publications on physical science subjects, theory of fracture and regelation of glaciers, Alps explorer and first to ascend the Weisshorn 1861.
• Tyndall Creek
• Named in honor of John Tyndall, 1820-1893, Professor of Natural Philosophy, Royal Institution, London, England. 
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Trips:

• July 15, 2013 - JMT: Sherri and Gary
• July 2007 - JMT: Sherri and Andrea

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