Philemon Beecher Van Trump (1839–1916), also known as P. B. Van Trump, was a pioneering mountaineer and writer who lived in Washington, United States.
Van Trump' was born in Lancaster, Ohio on December 18, 1839. He was educated at Kenyon College and the University of New York. In 1867 he moved to Washington Territory as the private secretary to Marshall F. Moore, the seventh governor of the territory. Moore was Van Trump's brother-in-law.
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Philemon Beecher Van Trump (1839–1916), also known as P. B. Van Trump, was a pioneering mountaineer and writer who lived in Washington, United States.
Van Trump' was born in Lancaster, Ohio on December 18, 1839. He was educated at Kenyon College and the University of New York. In 1867 he moved to Washington Territory as the private secretary to Marshall F. Moore, the seventh governor of the territory. Moore was Van Trump's brother-in-law.
Van Trump and General Hazard Stevens made the first documented successful climb of Mount Rainier on August 17, 1870. They climbed the mountain via the Gibraltar route. He climbed the mountain at least five other times.
Van Trump guided John Muir to the summit of Mount Rainier in 1888. Muir describes this climb in a chapter of his book Steep Trails. Muir and Van Trump kept in touch after the climb.
Van Trump joined the Sierra Club in 1893 making him one of their first members outside of the state of California. He later served on Sierra Club...
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