Mount Johnson

can we figure out where Cook stood when he made the sketch?

Figure 30: Page 56 of Cook's 1906 diary, showing a sketch of the peaks (Mt. Church, Mt.
Grosvenor, etc, along the western edge of the Great Gorge. (See Fig.1&z7 fn 33.) Numbers
on the peaks are Cook's measured compass bearings. The notation “obs from amp th”
suggests that (at least part of) the drawing was made from the Fake Peak amphitheatre.
However, the raw bearing­data indicate that they were observed south of Glacier Point.
(See fn 26.)

Figure 12: Page 44 from Cook's Mount McKinley Diary, 1906, published here for the rst
time. (See z9 xF2[e].) Note the word “Lake” at rule [14]. The tiny circles with radiating
lines may indicate several positions from which photos were taken. The corresponding
photographs are indicated (by pages­opposite in Top of the Continent) at the right­hand
margin of the gure. All of Cook's various written notations are transcribed as they fall
above the rules on the page, left to right, as follows: [1] Ruth gl. [2] McK.; 12. [3] 10;
11. [4] 9; slate Black Pinnacles; N gl. [5] low table top. [6] 13000; shield; 14000. [7] 8
Peaks [written vertically]; 5; 12000. [8] yellow peaks; quartz; 26; 1000. [9] yellow peaks.
[10] Cerac. [11] 26; slate; passes into Fidele gl. [12] 16; camp; cr.; granite. [13] Little Mc
[written vertically]; 15 miles from Boat. [14] 11mi; Lake; 5000. [15] 6000. [17] 3 1/2 mi.
[18] cerac; cr. [19] Tokoshit; 5; 6000. [21] gl. face. [22] 5 mi; Sept 10.