Talk:Mount Hood

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Second most frequently climbed mountain in the world

... second only to Japan's Mount Fuji.

Someone justifiably added the citation needed tag to this factoid. I have heard the claim for decades, even before I first climbed it in 1975, but how is it qualified? Is it climbed more frequently than Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Mount Washington? As that is in the midst of the south urban area and covered with houses, apartments, etc., it's highly doubtful. Besides, it isn't even close to being a foothill to western U.S. eyes.

What's the definition of a mountain? Maybe it only applies to mountains more than 10,000 feet above their surrounding area? Or glaciated as one of these links notes.

http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=HGU060-037
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~acareywe/mountains.html claims Mt. Hood as second most climbed glaciated mountain

These claim that New Hampshire's Mount Monadnock is the second most climbed mountain in the world

Or maybe Mt. Hood has the 893rd most climbed granite with snow in the world—but the proudest, wikiliterate locals. EncMstr 18:24, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Name

"29 October - Mt. Hood (Oregon) is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River. " according to 1792. "It was named after a British admiral, Samuel Hood" according to this article. Which is corrct? Rich Farmbrough 13:49 31 July 2006 (GMT).

Oregon Geographic Names has the above story about Broughton naming the mountain after "Lord Hood", who was indeed "Samuel Hood"--an admiral. Horatio Nelson was a captain under him. It also says: "Occasional statements to the effect that Mount Hood was named for other members of the Hood family cannot be substantiated. It is certain that the mountain was named for Samuel Hood...The mountain could not possibly have been named in honor of Alexander Hood, Lord Bridport...[who was] not raised to the peerage until after 1793 and never had the title Lord Hood." I just took the liberty of changing the 1792 article. Katr67 14:14, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the man himself: Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood. Katr67 14:17, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Eruptions

I was interested to see that the 1907 eruption was not mentioned, so I did.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericl (talk • contribs) 08:27, September 26, 2006 (UTC)

Dormant or active?

The wiki page on volcanos claims that the terms "active" and "dormant" are poorly defined and not really scientific. I am going to drop the word dormant since it seems meaningless without a lot of discussion that would be inappropriate on this page. As long as the eruption history is presented, each person can decide for themselves whether this constitutes active or dormant.