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Show Kiro those persons who have mr climbed, being content to EitiB hills their own by right Bbt only, dwelling as they Koteh or streuk of the pic-Kfmni pic-Kfmni ho mountain top, which K'ltw looked upon; it is as Eupon tbo shores of a Nia E& tie roaring-pour contin-ETiiot contin-ETiiot ever actually visit the Hb. Hard work? Well, yes, at Mtlt is tornbly unaccustomed wjuuDt.ibly deficient in apprc-Kgfs apprc-Kgfs not paid, spot cash, so m7t! every step lie takes. But Hftio climb must be felt rather Km1 about; it calls out the Eaffected in a man, and Bj( (ho realm where argument Kuaa have an' place. Kuoe, nor my partner's in Kbly as wo go to it and live E&n'arid in it, awa' from the Ketperisnces in what ire call psttired sort of getting away Ei!f-a boing absent from prewtit with tbe Creator. Ilia requires not merely a hri&iy to climb, but one must BTieil "companionship of the it hs fat upon xhe summit Hi(fet peak in sight end our-Bt our-Bt arcling horizon in rcvoric BBEhilon, 6vcn though it be for BJtf ireatbing spell, one no long-Bfjp long-Bfjp Hby the climb has such a Bflh . eiiilaration cannot be do-flBTiijinorG do-flBTiijinorG tban can the auima Hpttia down which comoa with Bjfil ttMevement on tho uthletia' BY tare is even moro joy in tho flfljhdinb than in tho fiold event; BJuriiioie personal satisfaction , And far loss mental and ffrtij in the preparation, and flflTntii less in tho accomplieh- jBBjt.m&.'t havo had climbing ex-BAgfr ex-BAgfr tava been well encouraged Bflftsh7e the fortitude to aban-fewirreyaiicea aban-fewirreyaiicea and easy cloth-Wga cloth-Wga away from the smooth KJ? we rocks and brush to-BflFff, to-BflFff, Wue peak, after having Wilf down with heavy gar-flfw gar-flfw drink surjplies, metcor-htaraents, metcor-htaraents, a camera and a fljpusct. One must know with wsuOTsnete'tliat tbe-roward ptliaii tho cost; that every BflJP y)' elm brines now orpe-flBMrvieivtolifo orpe-flBMrvieivtolifo itself like Hjjf good booh. B.io does not argue doggdlv fl: w kwtfd about tho flflM?1- Patiently and proudly V i pwplc-vctlod peak in view PMWpiDg ns opportmiitv af-KB.ont af-KB.ont mentally and absorb BW Juidr stretch of view over tr-e world; eavesdropping ou Kf "wealh cliffs that quiver R.IM on Ino rim of amphi-VKk? amphi-VKk? ml- echoes; and gnsp-BWhroonl gnsp-BWhroonl at tho wonderful i "ClI'n everywhere, "oot to seen except by a fljfWMa which defy capturo by BB" of cameras; if. in ho wbo v,, s.0Uola fjutliority ' ou BJrMfC's mouutams aud mesas jMiiirc-h man. BuTl0 rPks' Jlhout fifteen Kf'lftl"i! teuiplo block in mrdlh ?nd'unspictioualy visi- BpSlSW thc a'c th Ei'.11 l,ns scclxou of Utah K ?r nm)' direclions as do lKttSi-p,'j mountain- and Si iM"Rhl?n '- Silver Lako Mu fV0"10 L teep for n I n,ast 4"uio "retch aud K bJ Lbmttcv nuar,y every- mV Ycl scores of cntet with mX& 0 a11 tIlc rucK"s IfJh roi!lc ijl wo 3w T,,c e,i,nb . trii ifc 0000 fcct- d BlU fcfle!t(linf-' directly ovt" !n:J ' '."t and most iD tn. ',Cn trails. K'Sft il a,n(1 tl,tr were sir- SuTn.fH anf3 a small Nnv lo cached with to n 'i& l0P- Tho uew Wri!liday seominrrlv sct H the foot of tbo W orer rfv thro hours Jatcr KMli rnnl 0I Geyen crooked Pabo'S 8smgJ.0B room" as oaa n j8 way between aukakoc mnrshos flcki, ' P sud a5 tho last K Wo M,15?-on yenclind BisliJTy Ttnoll He K"'1 eav ,tvcre rdy to VfeUiro,1 ' llr linos were Lt fl n 2?,a,1tl,e bieh moon (C? ?Jlll hillB. Kts 25 ?1,Ba ,uld toa like WK inaD.d canteens tied YanouB ways, fco- i 1 ' ' ' " 3 ' J daks olun over our uhonldcrs and wc filed off up tho cow trail that lod closest clos-est to-tho sound of tho ruriuiiifj water. Thcro was a food deal of chatter durinyr tbe first hour, bufc dragging a clumcy load through tbo brush at night on a tired bodv is not altogether soothing, sooth-ing, aud bv"JU p. m. long periods of hLIouco began to creep over thc line. The grim sipcctrc-liko diffs and rock lowers that slowly odgcdf their wav back of our human train in tho gloom seemed to reflect their solemnity on the party, and oven their limitod moonlit surfaces camo and went much as did tho abort ripples of laughter at an unlucky followmau who had fallen fal-len helplessly iu tho water, or at another whose coat had been Bnafccn-ed Bnafccn-ed away and lost; in tho limbs. Rest for the Weary Thcso incidents soon ceased to move our tired selves to mirth ' and by 13 p. in. thoro were murmurs of fatigue; somo wanted to "camp";-others did uot and would not oven stop to reply, but strode silcutly ahead taking tho places of others who rested along the way. Courage usually oamu with a few moments rest, and tho hope that tho next few rods would bring a. place level enough to sleop on. and the fear that wo would have too far to walk on tho morrow kept the party together1 until 1.1 :0 when about half tho party slumped down iu thoir tracks hidden from one another by tho brush, and then iew ominously silont; thoy woro too tired to speak. Tho rest of s bade thorn good byo and urged oursolves and. each othor on up the crooked canyon, around curves sentineled by the fiercest of rock masses, and over flat; stretches whore tho great ridges on-both sides grimly guided us oo, and ever on. toward the peaks which we had not soon , ainco leaving tho car lino at sunset. Finally, after each of uh had taken our third or fourth turn at leading Wo found ourselves rosting more than wc wero traveling, and wo luckily camo npon n flat opening as tag as a potato patch which wntf dry and grnsB.v. It loolrod just like a bed to us, and while some of tho boys snaked logs into a pile and started u Toaring firo the rest ol us made the Wankct led It was heforo this groat flaming llro we eaw one another's fucos and learned learn-ed i'or the first Vimc J?ho-, in our parly most of them T had not speii beforo as I had ridden to the foot hills in a buggy with the Claytons One of our circle around the fire proved to ho Newel H. Clayton, b7 years young, and friskier by far than anyone of us. Wo wero too tired to gather pino boughs for bedding being content with padding a pillow space on tho ground with them, and after making a barometer reading and exposing ex-posing tho thermometer wo crept under tho blankets and tried to sloe). Hours and hours it seemed to m. 1 lay listouing to tho sound of pouring water which ran in tho creek a few rods away, and looking out acrots tho canyon agaiust thc dimly lighted rocky ridge which kept slowly running along tho fragmentary Moud. I caught myself my-self envying tho old gentleman onco as I heard him snoring peacefully. Finally, Final-ly, however, on looking again at tho friondl- ragged ridge a way off to thc north I suddculv found it lighted up with tho dawn of day T had slept onco at loast and that was enough; and it was enough for all of - us; the firo wan raked together and our can-nod can-nod 'food was wanued up; we al look a faco bath in the icy cold creek and were soon as wide awako- and happy as ovor. The thermometer showed 42 degrees, which proved to bo 20 degrees lower thau it was in tho city at that time. Here wc cached somo of our food and our beddiug and wero off aeain, having boeti unable to gel, ro-plics ro-plics to our calls to tho rear party. Nearing the Peaks. Not man' hours brought us to tho head of tho creel: through a great deal of gigantic debris over which wo travel-ed travel-ed in long stretches like mountain sheep jumping from rock to rock; and hero thc paths merged into the scenery t and there were no moro guiding signs: none of us knew the route and several wanted to do tho guidiug. The old gentleman did most of the trail breaking break-ing and tho loast'lalkiug and was therefore there-fore tho most compauiouablo so I fol lowed him alone. Before long ono man of our party called to us from a surprisingly sur-prisingly long distance below us as wo wero creeping along a ragged crest between two forks of the creek; and when ho motioned to us that he was going back wo wonderod, T.'hero the rest of our party was- Another half hour's climb bro.ught ns up against tho most uusurmonntablo mass of rock yet mot. U, was from 50 to 80 feet in cheer vertical hoight and offered only a I or crovicos for our support. It looked as if a rerreat were necossarr, yot on crucping far out on ono side of our rocky comb wo couiii boo tho Twins only a Hhort half mile awny, and ' apparently no; more than a thousand feet above us. Ho near were we, and yet Bo fnrl i. Two othor members, in. our scattered partv caught up with 'us 'hero and quickly announced that" they, too, had enough, and plead as wo might with them, they picked their way back down the oasiost side of tho rocky slope which was so sleep that ordinary foot trael was impossible and thoy soon disappeared sliding down on their backs, holding on with their hands and feet over tho roulc wo had ."just traveled. travel-ed. Danger Encountered. Hero Mr. Clayton and I lolled about on tho rocks, enjoying thc 3eonery; but tho old geutlemau was "game." lie had erossed the plaius with the pioneers; had walked back to the states ouco or twice and for years had freighted by team between Utah and California; and hq was not going to give up this trip without a dosper-ate dosper-ate trial. Tho determination of his youth camo back to him aud he tried to go up in a broad vertical V-shaped crevice by pushing against its sides with his "hands and his back, but ho could not get ou top. Thon wc tried boosting each other up over the niches in another place, but when a lump of well-balanced stono almost as largo as a roll-top desk was started down the rock alido by our weight, crashing firo and thuudor out of every rod of its way as it bounded terribly down after our retreating partners, - and loft, us clutching (bo rocks with our very finger fin-ger tips and lying flat so as to produce pro-duce as much friction on our bodies as possiblo. wo wore truly frightened. "Smash went, the camera against tho rocks as 1 fell, aud "rattle-bang" "rattle-bang" went; the sealed tin cairn I had so carefully guarded all thoso woary hours; and then away off in tho picture below us a liny wliito speck was seen to move, and awfully near the white &pot which wo recognizod to be, a man's wliito shirt, was a dusty streak and a swath of turmoil evidently the boulder had almost mowed him down. Determination Wins. Needless to say. tho scone' was too now whero wo were; it had uot yot got- j ton settled; but; when wo talked of going go-ing back our hearts were disappointed. T gathered my cairn, soothed thc bruised camera, and told Mr. Clnyton I. could make ono more trial if ho could. He didn't my a word, but ho got, up and hugged the rocks a few inches at a time, getting away around under tho .steepest faco of the cliff toward to-ward a corner that was an acute angle an-gle of the rocks and stood vertically, I followed. I had tojceop close to him to see how ho did it. Just then we heard a call from above us. It was Dave; ho had cono away around bo-low bo-low somehow and missed tho cliff ami got on top by scaling tho rocks and holding to tho scattered brush and was now looking for mo and "dad." Tho old gentleman had reached tho vortical corner with one hand and with tho other hand caught in a one-inch one-inch crevice swung himself entirely by his hands, with his knees against the rock wall, while my hourt was in my month; he had spied a hump an inch wido and four inches long and the edgo of ono foot found it, and Jlie craned his nock around tho corner. Not a word did ho say, but as he looked back I thought I saw despair in his eyes. But T misread the thought. The despair was in my own mind; I had glanced below him nnd had seen tho full mile, almost vertical, strown with rocks anil 3Ir. Clayton aLsnppuarod around, the emmcr. all except one "hand, which Trna si HI Vlatcliing thc edgo; The Rijdg-& , jAriPr F&jzxc JdbzrsfTSLiH Ihen ho spoke "Coiuo on" I had said I would follow. Tho cairn can had already given me tho scare of my' life. It was difficult to curry. J couldn't possibly carry it farther, but Mr. Claytpu hold a hand around the edgo for it and I somohow handed it to him. And summoning courage 1 thrust my fineers into tho horizontal crevico in thu wall, "fell" for tho corner, cor-ner, ,and got it, dangled my legs around and hugged thc corner with my knees, as I slipped my hands enabling me to reach whatever might bo available avail-able beyond, and found in that preoiom-moment preoiom-moment a friendly ridge on the wall, and though it was less than an inch projection it steadied mo (ill my feet found the two-inch lodge that widened to four inches where Mr, Clayton stood a rod ahead, against a rock slide at tho edge of tho cliff. T didn't breathe until I reached him, and I shall not soon forget tho friendly gmilo ho gave me which said plainer than wordH, "Wo accomplinhcd it, didn't wo?" But wc would havo been on that mountain 3ct with the buzzards if that route was tho only way back. Obstacles Overcome. The way over the crc6t to tho West Twin was rough, but nowhere difficult; diffi-cult; wo hnd tniTcrsed tho worst: iu fact, wo firmly boliov0 wo couldn't havo hit. a harder route. Tho first half of our party woro soon sighted in the Rwalo a half mile below us and wo all raced for tho peak. We over tho ragged ridgo and thoy up tho smooth bottom. Duvo was '"all in." His hands were both blooding, bo wc let tho old gentleman got to tho lop fully ten minutes ahead of us. which was thirty, minutes aneaa of tho main party, par-ty, which had como up tho canyon bottom bot-tom all tho way from tho place whore thoy slept and "really had good climbing; climb-ing; oven if wo did, roll rocks down toward them. Tho top is a pilo of rocks on which is another pile of rocks, and in this pilo are several cans and bottles filled with tho records of names of the hordes who havo sat thcro on top of tho world. Our much battered cairn was unsealed, thc r.ccord book iakon from it moisture-proof wrapping and wo all bigncd it all except tho three who turned back. And this include 1 tho two other O-toii boys, who had scoffed at tho idea wo all hafl about having to make a part of tho trip at night, and who had slept nenr a cabin whore we had left the team. Thoy started at daylight at tho hoad of tho waterworks flume at tho mouth of Little "Willow canyon and by climbing along the ridgo nest to Little Cottonwood, Cotton-wood, going all the way on top, had nrrived within n half hour of tho time tho fathor reached the Twins. But; they are recognized as goats when it comes to mountain travel. Commanding Sweep. It is about 1000 fcot, perhaps a trifto less, across the saddlo between the peaks. A fow miles down the basin oast is Brighton, southwest is Alta and Mt. Baldy, and north is the "Wasatch range in excellent relief, and northwest - " r - and west are Salt Lake City, the Great fJflU Salt lako a tfiflo smeared by thc smoke. B From East Twin wo descended to tho M north, sliding several rods at a time BH over tho moraine debris and rollicking m in snow packs until tho peaks wero soon M but a vivid memory. Here, howovcr, wo HI chanced upon another obstacle; we ar- fll rived at a cliff whlcn was worn smooth U iu all its parts by tho water falling over II it 'in tho wet season. Jt was 100 feet H down and about forty feet of it was M vertical. Ono cautious fellow scouted B tho route iu his eyo, explaining to his B neighbor that he could dangle b3' hi3 fl hands from a certain place if tho other II ' would bo cycsifor his feet and toll him H whoro to placo them. It was agreed, BE and it worked. Tho leader placed tho WR succeeding man's feet into tho crevice KB that ho might support himself whilo iflj changing hands, and thus wo all got Hu down, but since I already had ono good yy experience to my credit, I was pretty BH prayerful all tho way down over thoso mm polished rocks and. was glad tho old. gou- Ejfl tleman had taken anothor route. EH After this the traveling was easy be- Bfl causo it was down hill oven if ih wa-i Bfl through tho brush and in the night. Ha And. tho last picturo wo remember on Bfl tho trip was tho viow of "the oxmiisito Bfl picture-map of tho valley at nio-ht with Bfl tho rows of tho light dots connecting Bfl tho firo dotted towns from Drapor to Bfl North. Salt Lako and from Fort Dong- Bfl las to Garfield. Bfl Spanish Fork Peak. In The easiest climb to a mountain, top . Bfl of importance, is up tho long ridge be- Bfl ginning at L. M. Gillilan's Maplowood Bfl Cherry farm near Sprmgvillc, and lead- Bfl ing up to Spanish Fork peak, a total Eg climb of about ono milo over a routo Bfl about three miles long. Tho ontiro Utah. BJ valley, including itB dozon or moro vil- M lages, aro constantly in sight from tho B ridgo, and thero are no ruggod places H to make tho ascent a dangerous one. B Mr. Gillilan, A. II. Thiesson and I left "B tho cherry farm at S a. m. tho last day B of Juno and. reached tho main ridgo be- fl foro noon, having slopped to alido and M play snowball on a numbor of com') H snow drifts. Another hour brought us B to tho great round dome called Spanish B Fork, pealc Instead of boing a rocky. H point, it iB covered with sheep pasture and is about forty acres in extent. A a govorninont post of steel with a brass S top tells us it is even 10.000 feet above j sea lovoL A round rock tower abouo i five feet high and four feet across has . J boon erected hero and of eourso wo had I to climb on that to get a view over into i Spanish Fork canyon southward to sob 'i the Denver & .Kio Grande train smoke at J Thistle. , . -,..5 Just north, of the peak is an amphi-, i theater that probably has no equal in. 9 Utah. It is about' 1000 yards acrosst is J almost circular, open on tho ea6t side i only, and in about lOOO fect dcop from Ml tho" lowest part of thc rim. Iffl Perpetual Snow. ,s,f j En At this timo it was covered with snow" ml to a depth of soveral feet and it is pre flu surncd. that the forty or more acrcn in Bfl the bottom is practically novcr baro of' Bfl I snow. Snowslidea and avalanches all' MM winter long keop piling down into this' Bfl "Basilica," aB Mr. Gillilan calls it, un-' AO til it becomes too deep to melt boforoi , BU winter comes again. A little below the! 911 Basilica is a beautiful littlo lako fed! Bl by this glacier-liko patch of snowj HI which nover goes dry aud affords ro-' M I f ru5hmont for horses, cows, bears, deerri B I birds, and people. It is called Eliza- B I beth, because it belongs to Mrs. Gillilan. H I No troc3 can grow under this suowl B w; deposit in tho Basilica aud thus therel H is a great open space of apparently, smooth ground, though tie probability I is that underneath the snow thero aroi jffl boulders enough to build a city. And. fl it must bo confessed, wo becamo chil-' IB drcn again as we stood looking from il above into this basin, and wo priedi I fl boulders loose with our hands and stared fl I in awe and wonderment as we watcherl fl them whirling and jumping down that 1 I terrible slopo and thou go racing like II I cannon balls across tho snow plane be-' I I low. Lator after wo had zigzagged our I way down to the snow wo sincerely I I hoped wo had left "no stono unturned"' I abovo rendj- lo come down toward unl I I at the urging of an echo for the Basil-' I fl On Mount Marvine. H The most pleasant trip of tho eumraer H was to the top of Mt. Marvine, alias Mt. BB Tcrrill or Sawtooth ridge, in Sevier; KB count', though our expenoncos on top' flflj were gruesome. Tho journey was pleas-j Bjffl antest principally becauso of tho com-. II panionship or a good Avoman my wifo H fl and I made it alone, if wo don't countj m g tio two littlo Morroll boys who fur-' Ml nished tho riding horses and soi-ved as? njl guides. It was also the highest climb; H I is 11,800 feet high and rises liko a giant; H out of tho Fish Lako mountains teni fljflj miles north of tho lake. BH Whilo camping at tho lake in July, HH we climbed one day to a point 10t50G H feet altitudo overlooking tho lake just' fl II to accustom ourselves to tho exercise.) B H Somo folks thought this was harder; H H than fishing but it was otherwise with.' B H us. Ou this trip wo took 7-year- K N old John AVinston and had no trouble. HM getting him to pose for a photography BJfl on tho highest rock of that point. Buti jflBjj we could not bo content until wo hadj BBJ made a close acquaintance with tho old BH Sawtooth ridgo which glowered across' BRI at us ou thc lake every day. And1 BH it was a happy day for us when Mr. MM Skougaard gave us tho team and buuw BBJ Us to Morrell's cronmcry on Seven Mile1 BBJ creek, for somo cheese and cream, for flflj the dairy, some ono told us, lay rigbll mm at the foot of tho mountain wo sought: Bjfl to climb. And so it was. flflj Caroline Wright, tho Eoosharem ladyj flflj who takes care of thc United Statem BBJ forest service raugcr cabin at the jSJjj upper end of Fish Lako in summer,, BBJ had planned to" accompany us, but' BJwf could not, so wc were without a guide Wfk However, the horses led ua in three i liifflff hours to tho dairy and hero wo hired' Kfai two 10-year-old boys with horses tt- ffffft pilot ns up tho slopo, for whilo it was WnB! close and apparontly not a hnrd climb. SfilSl wo hud no time to waste, Mr. Morrcll ij)fjffl the dairyman wan obliging to tho ex- MaH teat of directing us :uit3 giving advicefi Bfl a.nd his wife by adding to onr tscanty. PH The boys' riding horses were snildf gjKS (Continued oa FoIIcmiwjI35e.), !. fillip 1 it ml jCOontlnuod from PrccuM mannered, and while Mrs iC ridden tarthcr ou u elcJhaW than on a horse's back A . W us to holp her on aSd ihSJ secured m tho man's n,u&0W started. I hold onto th? J"' and the boys toX tunj riH holdmsr tbo tail of the 0&Wt The slope was steep but nM woro impatient t0 rot I1!; the trip to tho edge 0 ! S rock slide-thc thoutan lSSM boulders at timber line-SM. mado j trom hero tvo had 3 creeping ovor tho smoky tl, through the neat mile to th , JB This ndgo is tho narr0ff ndgo wo hav0 ever secu TtW made up of rocks ao looc WiM. ous that the stay on topW exhilarating. It appears hM winter the action of th0 f,0W millions of tona of rocks roUlM tho too down the mounuW It s fully 2000 feet side where the crodbgW woro piling up, ami 0u ascended a loose rock woulV moat as tar without atoppii a high wind blowing contimFA the realization that w0 wore fiW from a railroad and thirty nm the nearest town or pernmnsB. douce, wo wcro not altoeotheSP Iho boys, however, scampcrsM 011 tho top liko goats nndB tearless as tho birds. Wc tenm containing poetry, pcrsonsW sentiments, and other informatiM1 ing that visitors had been fl carlv aB 1893, to Tocord tfcoifW and almost annually since thifl party has been thor0 to cet tl9 aching thrill. S" ltM Overlook Four Counties, m Wo had the best view frW Marvine (erroneously called' TdM, Sovier county folks) wo have 9 in Utah, the horizon wideninoiB 40 miles, generally with isolatM showing up as much as 70 miljB Tho entiro map of .Sovlor'M Emery and Sanpclo counties !W fore us. Southward the picture inchiM lake, Mud lake, tho reservoir am Lako mountain, with the 9 Sovcn Milo valley iu tho forcgM a bit of tho host beautiful and iff sconery to be seen anywhei west; it almost made us (oim perilous position, and after n&m top and hid in the rocks toW lunch, sccuro from tha winds W scorning dangers, wo looked lm interestedly upon this bcautiftH which so few have over lookaZ rt is recorded in our minds, camera could not rcprodnco jtB Tho windy top of Mt. MarvnM placo for the mothor and fathe'S boys to be droaming aud mcdluW feels too far from earth and tS to' eternity. Wc shall not jM again soon. jm Tho trip down was also a fft one, as thero wcro So many Ioom that kept trying to chase u9 horses welcomed us and so did IB rolls, nnd when wc told MrsM at the forest ranger cabin on homo what a creepy, scary fceM old mountain gave us, she wnsS moro sorry she had not heen; share it with us. We wero ahfl ontly glad to get fo the tent 3m Fish lake, whore wo felt thoB to bo reasonably stable nod eS moro soothing. I have ridden H bucking broncho, and havo bce by wild hogs, and hnvo climB flag pole of tho county courH for inspiration, but thoso are fl experiences compared to seekinj on a windy day amonjf the IflwB on tho rugged back of Mount 3fl |
