Show UT UTAH AM YOUTH SAVES CHUM FROM DEATH Eli Taylor Seizes Erastus Borgquist on Brink of Precipice FEET ABOVE RIVER YOUNG MAN MISSES FOOTING ON NARROW LEDGE Special to The Yellowstone National Park Grand Canyon Station July 10 Clinging des desperately desperately I to the hand of his partner i iwho who had lost his footing tooting and hand handhold handhold handhold hold on a ledge of loose rook and was rapidly sliding down a at steep cop Incline within feet of ot a o drop into the Yellowstone river Ell Eli Taylor a student of the tho B D Y U u 7 at Provo saved B ved Erastus Borgquist a junior engineer student of tho the University sity of or Utah from a certain death Thursday afternoon Borgquist and Taylor during their summer sumer vacation have boon been touring the tho Yellowstone park in the interests of a publishing company compY Thursday afternoon they stopped at the Grand Canyon station and then proceeded on en their bicycles from the Wyllo Wylo camp located near nea the concrete bridge at the tho head bead hed of the Grand Grad Canyon of or tho the Yel Tel Yellowstone Yellowstone to the south rim of tho the river basin near the Ute Lower falls fals Hero Here lero they climbed the Uncle Toms trail to the tho foot ot or the tho falls fals After watching the water take Us Its Is tumble and becoming Inspired by the splendor of o the SIght they fol foX followed lowed loved the tourists trail trl down the river dv r for 1090 1000 foot At this point tho the trail ended but filled fied with wih wit curiosity and adventure adventure they clung to th tie the rough rooks rook and fol tot followed followed lowed the river bed for 1060 1050 feet fur further further ur urther be ther At this point a steep ledge loge ot of rock blocked their tlell trail trai and nn they de do decided decide cide to turn back bek The sight of the treacherous ground over which they had just passed however was too much for fOI them so RO they concluded to continue on with the hope that they might mI bt got get out by an nn easier route They quickly discovered that there were ere many dangerous ledges directly in their path It ItI It I was waa now next to impossible for them to turn back as the ledge a which they had bad hd just come over was composed of or loose shale ale After a rest they continued continue on ever hoping that smooth traveling would soon be b In Insight Insight sight The Tho ledges however became steeper and steeper the tho rocks looser loser and looser and their fingers hands and kne kne knees s wore were worn bare bre by bT th the eon con continual cn contact with wih the rough rocks rok Ledge after ledge led o had bad hd been climbed and at last the tho top of the steepest one was wag reached reache Resting Beating for a short time the nervous trembling adventurers again agan started up the tho precipitous trail trai At lest last they reached a ledge lege which was wasIe less Ie difficult to travel than the oth other other er er era Progress was now some Bome faster fater and anel the youths could look back ant and see loe the treacherous waters rushing and tumbling In tho the river bed bod bo feet be below below below low lowThe The end now seemed almost almos In sight and as a Borgquist who was leading by Ii 15 feet feet clung tenaciously to a huge hug boulder bulder directly In front of o him he ha turned to look lok back when the rock gave way wy Tho The sudden loosening was wu such RICh a surprise that he was WD thrown backward and went wont rolling down the steep Incline toward the cliff which was wa only about 20 feet away Taylor saw tho the perilous position po lUon of his part partner ner nor and bracing himself himsel against the side aide and bottom of a little gully gly he grabbed hand as he ho was wa sliding by Unnerved by the te accident their thell raise r was now slower After two hours hout more of or hazardous climbing they fi finally t nally naly reached reche a small grove of pine trees and the remainder of o their thell way was wa less hazardous Wen When they finally fInaly returned to the camp cp they were bleeding from their numerous cuts cuta and bruises and were almost at the tho point of ot nervous nerOUs pros prostration prostration |