Three films. Item 2 includes footage that does not appear in item 1.

The Ira Spring family (Ira, his wife Pat and their children John and Vicky) backpack to Cascade Pass. The family loads backpacks around a station wagon, hikes, plays in streams, sets up camp, cooks, cares for the baby, bathes in a pool and John sleds in a dishpan down a snowfield.

A group including Ome Daiber simulates a mountain rescue and demonstrates technical rescue technique, possibly on Mount Si. A man ties into a climbing rope and leads the way up a cliff, placing pitons for safety. Rescuers haul a litter up the cliff, assemble it, and lower an accident victim. Rescuers rappel down the cliff and transport the victim to the cars.

A promotional film for the Washington State Ferries, produced by Criterion Films, featuring scenes of landscapes around the Olympic Peninsula.

Ira and Pat Spring and their children, John and Vicky, take a trip around the Olympic Peninsula by ferry and automobile. They feed and pet deer, ride on ferries across Hood Canal, cross the Agate Pass bridge. Scenes include wildflowers, Poulsbo, the Chimacum Valley, Port Townsend, Port Angeles, Hurricane Ridge, the Olympic Mountains, Lake Crescent, Sol Duc River and Hot Springs Resort, the harbor at Seiku, Neah Bay, Cape Flattery, Tatoosh Island, the Hoh Rainforest, the harbor at La Push, Lake Quinault Lodge, and Navy ships at Bremerton.

Narration describes the climb of Mt. Rainier, including safety issues, climbing techniques and scenery along the route.

Long distance view of Mount Rainier and close-ups of glaciers. A group of climbers, probably Gary Rose, Dave Nicholson, and Joan and Carol Marston, load their packs at Paradise. A National Park Service ranger inspects their gear. The climbers explore ice caves by torchlight. They continue to Camp Muir and set up tents. The afternoon is spent practicing with crampons, jumping crevasses on belay, and exploring the Cowlitz Glacier. The climbers walk through jumbled crevasses and chop steps up icy pinnacles. The climbers reach the summit in the morning and prepare to camp in the crater. They melt snow over steam vents before preparing supper.

Ome Daiber speaks to a group gathered in the parking lot at Stevens Pass. One group of rescuers starts up the mountain with packs and other equipment. A Coast Guard helicopter arrives and some of the rescuers get on board. The helicopter flies to a ridgeline and off-loads men and equipment without touching down. Rescuers load an accident victim into a litter and lower her from the ridge using a cable trolley. The helicopter picks up the litter and flies down to the parking lot.

Item 7 and Item 8 are primarily the same footage, though each version contains scenes not included in the other.

Sponsored by Fisher Flour Mills' Zoom instant cereal.

Four skiers, John Carter, Bob and Ira Spring, and Paul Wiseman, plan a traverse from Paradise to the White River across the glaciers of Mount Rainier. The group climbs to Camp Muir. They tour and ski among the crevasses on the Emmons Glacier below the north face of Little Tahoma Peak. Later, the skiers travel to a camp on the other side of the mountain. They explore scenic crevasses, making delicate crossings on skis. Includes scenes of packing and eating Zoom cereal.

A silent, extended version of the crevasse rescue sequence in Mountains Don't Care(Item 13), including more detail of rescue equipment and techniques. A pair of roped climbers demonstrate a crevasse fall and self-rescue using prussiks. Features Ome Daiber.

Outtakes from various mountain rescue films.

A man sits on a hillside with a rifle, people climb on a glacier while roped up, a man practices ice axe arrest. A man and a young woman (probably Carol Marston) rock climb. A man demonstrates crossing a snowbridge over a crevasse. People camp in tents in the mountains, look at topographical maps, and hike on a ridge in the fog. View of a Mountain Rescue Council badge. Men in a parking lot load rescue equipment. Hiking in the Paradise Meadows at Mt. Rainier, dropping a bag on a line into a crevasse. A man rappels into the crevasse, bringing another man down the trail in a litter. Ome Daiber explains to the friend of the accident victim about proper equipment.

A guided tour of the Paradise Ice Caves, beginning at the Paradise guide house, where two women emerge and turn around to display the backs of their coasting pants. A party hikes meadow trails across Edith Creek and Myrtle Falls and through the Golden Gate area towards the Paradise Glacier. They cross a snowfield to the cave entrance. Includes scenes photographed inside the Ice Caves by torchlight. Afterward, the party enjoys coasting (seated glissading in groups) on nearby snowfields.

This film has two sections.

Three hikers explore inside the Paradise Ice Caves.

A backcountry ski tour to Artist Point near the Mt Baker ski area. Scenes around the ski area, the ski patrol at work, and avalanche control using explosives. The ski touring party climbs to Artist Point with Mt. Baker in the distance. On the descent, a skier falls and is injured. Party members construct a shelter using skis and fir boughs.

A ski rescue training film shot at the Artist Point Ski Area at Mt. Baker. Rescuers on skis pull a victim in a litter over the snow, and a rescuer arrives with a litter to assist a man lying in the snow. Men and women ski across a hillside with Mt. Baker in the background.

Traditional style boats in a harbor on Leyte Island in the Philippines. Local people in an open-air market.

Scenes of a lost hunter. The narrator describes what to do when lost in the wilderness and how to be safe in the mountains by being prepared with necessary skills and proper equipment. The final scene promotes the story that appears in the August, 1961 issue ofReaders Digest.

Contains footage from (Item 13).

An advertisement for Camel cigarettes. "Robert Byhre, Mountain Rescue Expert" rappels down a rock face with a litter to rescue an injured man. Robert is hauled up the rock face, and sits by a mountain stream smoking, while an announcer talks about Camel cigarettes.