Show PARTY REACHES BRIDGE zion Nat national lonal park utah alter after a ID lapse of 0 twenty five years human boings beings again stood on the famous natural bridge high up on the side of bridge mountain zion national park here recently A party consisting ot of superintendent E T chief ranger D J jolley and rangy A G Sch letor of oe the park force succeeded in reaching this natural wonder after an ill all day which was featured by spectacular and difficult climbing among the great cliffs ot of zion canyon at one time the party was about tr accept defeat when a way vay was discovered di up over the last rems taing obstacle through a crack so narrow that progress could only be made at a rato rate of a few inches at a time to date only five people have ever stood on oil bridge la ii 1904 lewis and john joha crawford Craw tord ot of Spring date utah were successful in their attempt but since that time no on one has be ben bein in able to find the bo way urill yesterday Ift wever tha llma at ah made only after attu ir pre ones by the same party had ended in failure after spending hours to find a way up to the bridge the climbers were very much cuip i id d tu to find 4 a band band of six mountain sheep grazing in the small vaclev galow the bridge the route that these animals apparently follow to reach this point appears much too difficult tor for roan man to traverse unless he is ia equipped with ropes and picks the bridge itself la Is a very unique structure of its kind it if has a span of feet fec t and la is so light and graceful that it almost appears like a giant feather balanced against the thel thelcide side ocho of ho cliff it I 1 la tilted up on an ail angle of about 45 degrees and from strictly the architectural standpoint cart can probably be better described as a natural lying flying buttress than as a natural bridge the matil purpose of the trip was to study the practicability of building a foot trail to the bridge site elte such a trail can easily be constructed but even under the best of conditions it expected Is that it will always remain a trip tor for the most venturesome and hardy hiker biker as the be topography of section traversed Is much too rough and broken to ever permit easy fleiss access c iss E R T supt bupt |