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Show blocked hear mountain Tor. KipUran lltunaht I a Kt.ari.uil Im 4..lnllHiln.'. hnmll. ' llenrjr (in..r Hryont. traveler uoi r. Pl'irrr, recently rrturnvd from a nva "fk' trip In tlm Canadian Kwklra. th 1'hlladplphla Tuhllc Idnpr. 'Ilh Walter I'wlnht Wll.ox, a follow' of tha Hnyal Umigraptalral Soclvty of Umdon. tio liaa often traveled and made arlentlHc lnvoimatlon, there-abouta, there-abouta, Mr. ltrynnt orit.inlied an eipe-dlllon eipe-dlllon to explore the realon around the headwater of the Elk and I'alllBvr rlveri-a dlmrlct cnvorlng about J.Ooo 'nare nillei, whlih haa remained a blank on the government map, and, If possible, to make an attempt to a-rend a-rend Mount Aislniholne, the Matter-horn Matter-horn of the Mnrkle. The party, con-l"tlng con-l"tlng of two Swl guide, three cow-hoy cow-hoy and fourteen horan. with pro-vlxlona pro-vlxlona and upplle. healde Mr. Dryant mid Mr. Wllcoi, left llnnff. a tutlort on the Canadian I'nolnV, on July SI, d itrurk thniugh the wood to the until und lip the Sprny river In tha direction of Mount Alnlholne. No ono had evor r.u;ceodod In reaching the lummlt of this mountain, which I put down In the government iurr.y being IL'.Oi'O feet high. Every attack at-tack on the mountain before bad been ninde from the north, but Mr. Ilryant nd hla party decided to try It from the eolith, from which direction the acent waa believed to bn eaaler. Ona of the Swlxs guide waa kicked by a home before reaching tha foot, and had to bu left behind. Picking their way over atrctche of mow and rocka and keeping as much poulble under un-der the overhanging ridge, ao aa to be protected from a ponalhli afalancha tha party ateadlly puahed upward, but were brought to a itnndiitlll when only 800 feet from the top by a long trar-ra trar-ra of uow, over which It would have been foolhardlne to attempt to P. The expedition had reached 11.-125 11.-125 feet, however, the highest point ever attained. Mr. Bryant sari that It I only a question of time before tha ummlt will be reached, but aa thole time was limited tha party waa compelled com-pelled to give It up. |