On July 14, 1920, Walter L. Huber led a Sierra Club party of nine climbers to the first ascent of the summit via the West Shoulder.Walter L. Huber, First Ascent of Mount Haeckel, Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol. XI, 1923, page 145. A few minutes later, Edward O. Allen, Francis E. Crofts, and Olcott Haskell arrived via the South Ridge.Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) This second Sierra Club party was surprised that they were not on Mount Darwin, their intended destination.Alan M. Hedden and David R. Brower, A Climber's Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
