Show L F H aft a J L K D CLIMB parker and companion back from mount mckinley brooklyn man arrives arrive at 8 seattle e a atle wifod wash meets meet young wife and S see ees his HI child for first time will not ascend again seattle wash prof Ile rachell C parker of brooklyn N Y and belmore browne ot of tacoma who came within feet or of reaching the summit of mount mckinley list last june have returned from alaska prof parker was greeted at the pier by mrs parker a bride of a little more than a year who had bad come from brooklyn to io meet him lie he hastened to tacoma on the first interurban intel urban car to see for the first ume time hla his child a baby of a few months born during his absence in alaska j prof parker and a d air r browne left beward february 3 hing the toot of mount blount mckin icy aril april 25 on thear previous expedition they attempted to ascend the moun mountain taid from the south side but this time ther crossed the alaska range about twenty etwert wiles east of mount mckinley they went up muldrow glacier taking the route se lecter by tom lloyd and his hia party of explorers when they ascended the mountain in 1910 at an altitude of feet the par ker drowne party relayed supplies with flog dog teams from the camp below after remaining at this altitude several days and unable to proceed higher because of a severe storm they decided to await more favorable conditions and I 1 dropped back to an altitude of feet the party set out again jute june 6 going up the northeast ridge and muldrow glacier the route selected was narrow and hazardous and the ridge i steep but the explorers were able to reach an altitude of feet before being driven back by the severe cold and blinding snow blown by a high gale from peak to peate peak on the third attempt an altitude of feet was reached there with only three days provisions left they were unable to withstand therold the tho cold and gave up hope of reaching the summit prof parker in explaining the se rera cold on the mountain said bald that at IL a height of 1500 feet june 15 it was 19 degrees below zero 1 I found that pemmican the special food used by arctic explorers and made of beef tallow and raisins raising la Is of no value at the high altitudes said prot prof parlier parker we w wore cre eoon coon aillet ed with severe seme cases cages of indigestion as the food was too heavy and wo we were unable to use a large part of our rations I 1 found that at an altitude of feet I 1 could not smoke without experiencing severe dizziness w while hile mr air drowne browne seemed able to smoke emoke at any height about the coldest ea t weather we experienced was at feet when abe temperature fell to 26 below zero both prof parker and mr browne said eald they had bad made their last attempt to reach the top of mount blount mckinley mckenley |