 The group also promotes mountaineering through education, climbing, hiking, fellowship, safety, and the protection of mountain environments.Mazamas was officially founded July 19, 1894 on the summit of Mount Hood by a group of 105 climbers.Members of the former Oregon Alpine Club, J. Francis Drake, Martin W. Gorman, Francis C. Little, William G. Steel, Charles H. Sholes, and Oliver C. Yocum, had planned the climb to found the new club and chosen the name on March 19.