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I r t n S To those who have climbed the Alps t-l.:. .V" "VV'-v? tsi? n:o;t I N I ' ' i- -wa ' 'i and reveled in the beautv of the Switzer- i- "e 3-Cst L :nan:i3g. I -f-,',.". II "" : r'--i '" ' :r ''' ' '' " ' " 'iif'' - .; --"" - ,. " ' hind scenes. Ttmpano?va seems doubly Vtna t I I I 4----- " " Yt ;t -.j:li-. ' ,V;i V" ' ' 4 " - ' v . imposing:. Thev compare il to Mount --He . inspiration. 1 -. I I r ('- Piiatus. but cheerfully a.lmit that Timpa- f.p.:... ... 1 I ' . : : ' j . - . ; v.:......-- noios is the greater and more Inspir- - i r'v" etnir? I 4.:.-i. . - Ins. In fact, they freely admit that .71. f" ' t" d7"'r- - ar,r,r0P''Ia.e to ' r.y I I ' ' - - -':V' '- ' w '. - ' " ' " ' v.:. ' Switzerland has nothing to compare with i!.'- :" -ar:;-;.; c-it t-ith the aid of a V"' ' II . ' - ', ''ll':V""y;-.-. - :.:'... r ; ,. :., ; ; . Provo's hoary guardian. !:;t -:.;h ho piljiTin.aie is l " I 4 v" .i-.'-'-,.:v.: :' , Away to the east, like ivory-painted 'Z''D- hAn ll fi'- fv-e o h-e 1 L 'II " V- T-V- -''--.' " ' - ' ' r.-.-Tf.. sawteeth cuttina: the sapphire sky, are r3 :ii a:ern ''" tVa VV-. ' -'1, V, U r I " ' 5k. fV' '.-i' itV:.:'"Vi1 the Uinta mountains, whleh look as near- ' 0' a -o--"r,r, r , ' S .ill ; V-w U r - Iv as it is possible like the jagged peaks --'"J t-'VU Z- J.t. .CV0D t AJTT X V.' ; , V ' V v T' X , tV, ' ' of the Alps. To the southeast you look j r-.c.-'V .m sr-.en-::.! Lars ot ( .. S U I , 3 c ,L , 1 's i 1 i m down into the Provo and Strawberry val- . , 1'' "t'' r'-y a uzzil to the til- A f V . 1 X J 1 1 t . M "(. -v. " levs. Into the towns of Heber and CJ Sil s,-tr.b.- must ca3e. A-'tr ( f --.. r- ifl X rt -jL ' 1 ' - 1 Charleston and away up to the head- etc tojab;e. 0D becjed i-ne, t-e K CCWCfV JXiSS'JST T5 . HI ' 5 ) 4 , ,1 , r. - waters of the Provo river at Kama: to- take t- -h.-,-1 fr iGT JXOtpQV-t?Cf& Wj , v .1 ' . ,V . , . ' ' ward the south, the Sanpete, the Sevier , r.- ri J ,." f h e' Cl .V v V, , - J ' ) Nt V, V and the Juab valleys, and to the west yif ...L. 'X-e -"ijons. from crag J V7 ; ' 4 . 1 r t 7 .R,i.0s3 Great g.Ut ,ake with the man. '-V3 F't to peak. Just a 1-Vi;?fc S?1 '-JOf. . , -V S-A-fO t islands standing out elearlv against the fire and a.hes. in which the ambushed the. shade of the f rubbery wild t. 0.10 t.ltemrtf k ! rue a. oc an.f in , hl t J ' uraudtrf in-.he.i. A ' rev.- ho had ramums. Shasta daisies, Mcxiottn irim- ZvJJ-.Zr- . ' 3riS.'STrJl one little jump would cover the distance , ;: ritssU'r s-'iaT.- ,r . i not reached the mouth of the pass es- roses, stately eolutubines and bluebells 1 - , - is the Utah valley, with the towns of ithe S I "As the old pa.s closed and stopped dora" end ItUe 9te,p elinjb to the led,;e - r U J at the fall orb of the m the paspape of the mountain streams above is bun Tie sloj.ing shelf is U; , t c ,1 v , ?al lev surrounding It seems an lnsignlft- 'Wh io all H : U77lin; i , another opened to the south and the known as "Le.-ture Ledpc. Here an- L 1 T 7 C - , t , ' - tt Y fl cant part of the cup between the Wa- PrP mJna;'n ! 2 1 w-tr-r-s rushed through it. other halt is made and a short talk od I V A i .t1 r-$T I satch and the Oqulrrhs. All the mining axi 8 " in peaK,? 01 -ura ruse1 tDron the fiora and fauna of the vu-initv is V VO" , , O h i i'v SS 9 camps of the state are plainly visible- eraid lla e.lT 'e va.lle-vs Mountain Is Cooled. made hv the loader of the party, one Vl - f W sAl i-Af . -X S thV iS' thos.that not tucked away of iavirdp 7Vm0L7 al Th- new mountain which had saved can resist the temptation to look back wUl s J noumam g PP mv LSina rTar n!ti p l-3 cool-d down. It Wa- the to see how tar he has climbed, and then j ., a mountain. ; f-t:ots. I v:?u ?:nt f'MhiL'hest peak of the range. The crater he gets his first glimpse of the Provo rrrr jTrTjOr7V'' CDJ rZjyr4ArOG-OcS O O O Quitted Comforters. Aves to th .;na ..l..uP U.-hirh vomited fire and ashes became river valley an inspiring panorama " uu " The valleys look like auilted comforters I By 0. J. GEXME3. ea-ii year, toward the er. ! t 1 of the fas:irjr zicrh c: EsTs:ar, 1 :z? An: o: :he Sahara tcaxe a :.:!rrjL3;e to a s:-o: ir. The ct-?-1?: :a: 5"r3. ii. southern A'ria. FroT. i :;:t5ir: xi'-e? uh.T oome-'-ly I"-'"?': u: :auuei aud the barks of a?--5 ::: t:e ke of a rrayer in the v-1-irr. at :r.e brV-ai f Th-1 j.-tj: p-sver. " a it i? -a'. ?;ti.l i:i:ri :: ; y; r?en tho ;r:v:..'(;o ct -i"h yar the res It. 1 5 " ir i :;e surrcuu t:.r -ouTifv i : Y:::a:-, T-ey -:a-t n.i i-; i-; Ur.-, n ;rj r3t of vn'a'i:.:: t'rue. -zra !0 '-'"f1" cf Tixran ?-o .::"uTit r?a': rf the V.'asa'ti:: -r-.r.e w-th r-ature in r.-r lac i a-i ;ar honzse to the tr.'V.n- J -as :e ah r.:ah. to whom it ::...ir ar. i ;e rar.:ir. :otor ?.:- ' r y - ' -arsa':?. and blanker i-::Ee. F.:.r It is a tor' T- - a rrale. a ut:everi as --'--.i'; I3r.e. '.'j a point where f.e )' :' ::r-7s-'c"? 1; realily hier.'.-'z hier.'.-'z t-- ''t hi? les Icrtv r.rit:h- - lii a c-.:ve of a;r that rm.-t i..Va:-a" :. ''::T1 -r'"" fit 'iavbre&A " T-'e"'---:e ! TiTir aOt'-.s is t.-.e n:o;t -1-""-;. tie n.ct eh hantinj. ne Is Inspiration. -II' "1 r'aT-l'':". after the eenir. - " 3 r r.7-T.e appropriate to ?ho j1"" J.' 'ar::r't c -it wi:h the a ii of a ; 'a"n-:,-Q t.o r'i'.irrin.aze is r';;';"- t-e first t:r,i'e o: h!-.:e -7' :; as:ern 5''".v' the sweet, clear . c: a tome: r'ir.j ojt ci.on the j -i?;rr1:1 W of i ,-::-v isral to the T il- . l t1 ''-F;sr must cease. After i c, "'fl. on heeded kneei. the . e tie words whi -h re-"-,r" t:e lia'i;.'oris. from eras V":': 'rora F'it to ceak. Just a oie mv and a rev f ril?. '-Ee eoaiJ-" fin, the T.i!- r?.?Tri one, an.f; to the mi.-i-t s?,.?1 and rvbt:; '.ataa, Love The ' '?ai"ght Ehaft of I;ebt 'toots i,..?3'rn "ountaiEs and a mo ttl-t'- Ue f?H orb of the sun ; V'5'. mootaics into peaks of '.V3,t ar"J ")mhre vallevs in rr?'"1 .".aads swimmiiiB in 'a UVvJ?'1"": haw- "Lord. Thoi. , m-7,'i welling place in all ; -:' 4. t " 1 -ft up -' .v:l' '? ,the hills from whence !.:" ffiy chanted in uni- :i'L !j?r-T, ?f Timpanogos, T'tahV ;: 1"',ur'te"'. toM by. the leader t h','.:",er!' oir'!etes a service "a: tne frequent assertion ''-'":" ',' l?1"- in those quaint ' h "rV'-ar'f 'il?tllre5T'e observac-ei " : forei2n countries so at .. ' 0 Af.encans. Rings of Romance. !-niJ"'i???:tfce tiame rin(j with '"ttott-.V'.'!4"' mountain,'- it ' ::iv !c'1la- re ,av. Th.-re nXr ;Mr,";s a' to the oricin of hi'.-pV lt'endary. But the one !- t-P "f! 'I"r ls wont to tell ju-ti. ' s"':aliv 'r'rate programme carried ''?('.- whn the Utes were . ' .'''''"T'Cred under the leader- i. -,,"7 fth"lr t.ees on the -:nore-. '' f.i-JX wtT lake between ,f- '.??' th'! l,lir'h- The a-, 1 ' t,le aod 'heir crop- bonn-wJT3 bonn-wJT3 abundant in the th. ".tairj8-. Th"'r pro-.perity ex- ., aSl '!'. a v.-anderinj, tribe , '-'rY -PO-'t'on. .Small bands of '.?,;'irn'i av I.'te poni-s . -i.;;.;-;'-2. 'oiinwie.i bt th- ',: -i".r.!!'"''''"'!'1 'n number hw '"' ':,,rl"11"'"'1 """". I'te biars ' " irr'"!ics ,) ,-oridi- -l.-... wl'-" he ma.ai.ders -t in a body over the cast- ern tr.? :r.s.:.s. t'hi-'f T:n:"n:ins ro-n-vv:"'-. :r... i,r, S ; i r i t and sent a r :t::er t. the er.-Tiv 's car.ip to ft?k I. r a ;.-r:.v ;it :ne n:oi:t:i cf The can v- -:. T::'' ; -v- sj arrnnitci and Tin pp.r.--- wa t - meet th.e -h:cf of 'the :::;-.nie- a'.'iie. It:? followers. , ft .-.r:r.c ".-iv "i.e-r. .J.o;n-.:rre :. .:,t at ir.-e Ti'iipar.oc? irpnt to .... , t unv.-i,. hi? follow- J er r-'l- .;r. . : Vv the lake -here. A4 the I r-' ; i." '.U'ht .e-i his stal- i ::c an arrow f--:'i ambu-h ' V'-r e-i ; henrf. As Ti-i.-.a:: lei', --- a 1- cf t'-e ene-r.-.-, in fill ivir ;;iirr. witii a vvthi wh.,..p. njslvi :'r- ni'i'i'h nf th i-The tnr''i trc-irihic 1 ai. i wi:h u -citible thiit hroijht the Vt. b-ave- i . rhcir kne. s itre :or of the ; i.- ar-. 'pitting 1 I fire and ashes, in which the ambushed ! i.-.arau'lers reri-.he.i. A rev.' who had j not reached the mouth of the pass es-c;,;r-.i and tied eastward, jianic-; jianic-; stricken. As the old pass closed and stopped I the passage of the mountain streams I another opened to the south and the waters rushed through it. j Mountain Is Cooled. I The new mountain which had saved 'the L'tcs cooh-d down. It was the j blithest peak of the range The crater iwhich vomited fire and ashes became I a crvsta! lake fed bv masses of snow, a srla.-icr with its head on the spot where I Timpanoios Ml. Once each year the j l't'-s journeved to the top o," the mountain moun-tain to consult the spirit of the depart- ed chief, and thev called (he mountain "Timpanojios." " Thenceforth for manv gem-rations, in honor of the mar-tvre'd mar-tvre'd chieftan, the head of the tribe bore the name of Timpanosos. A hurried breakfast and the hikers b'-.'in the long, steep climb to the gla-cie'r gla-cie'r and th'-n to the pinnacle of Tim-i Tim-i panoses. The campint! place has taken j the name of '-.Aspen Grove." A steady, gradual climb for about a mile brings i the pilgrims to a steep ascent where a I stream of sparkling water, fresh from i the snows above, seems to spring from I the rocks themselves and dashes down d.-.'livi'iie". gurgles and sings for a few hundred yards in its mad flight toward I T'tah lake and disappears among Ihe ; boulders in its subterranean channel. The romantic names given these nat-i nat-i oral wonders bv the Indians have been i forgntton, all ' save Timpanogos, and f n.'tmea of nioriern times, usually iotIu- pii.-ed by pome offa-ion or the feats of I individuals, have been supplied. But ! roman-.-! has not been entirely nepleeted, ! - this first muss nf tumbling water Ih-j-- be.'P chi-istened " l-'alls of TiHdora. " I All aloii' the turtuous trail springs , nf m-"--o!'I, ervtal wflhr luibble out oJ V o iro'nitnirr'i'h' mn-I bid the wayffirer ! ..'rnii' Li- till. The beaten p;ith ruts . through m;tuimolh :o of vvihl flowers, j siifh a o'i ! v t iK' mounts ins rn u boast of, and eu'U anion;' the rocks and in the shade of the shrubbery wild geraniums. ge-raniums. Shasta daisies, Mexican primroses, prim-roses, statelv columbines and bluebells nod a welroine to the wearv pilgrims. A brief rest at the ' 4 1'alls of Isadora" Isa-dora" and the steep climb to the lede above is beyun. The sloping shelf is known as "Lecture Ledge." Here another an-other halt is made and a short talk od the flora and fauna of the vicinity is made bv the leader of the party. ;None can resist the temptation to look back to see how far he has climbed, and then he gets his first glimpse of the Provo river vallev an inspiring panorama framed by'thc sky and the mountains. Kxcept for liny rivulets from bubbling bub-bling springs here and there, streams are conspicuous on account of their absence ab-sence from "Lecture Ledge" until, rounding a jutting shelf a half mile further fur-ther upT'wonson Falls," one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the canyon, can-yon, is brought into view. Now there ma v be some argument as to the distance dis-tance from ' ' Lecture Ledge ' ' to "Swenson Falls." Half a mile will be satisfactory to some, while five miles won Id n 't be far enough for others ' Circumstances alter cases." Tho roar of the many waterfalls can be heard all along the way and at times two or three are in view at one time. But the streams or stream, which ever it may be, seems to come from tbe rocks, dash madly along for a little way and return to 'the rooks, only to reappear in one rushing torrent at the mountain's base. Rests Are Important.. To the mountaineer it mav seem easy, but. to mere man it appeals as one to tax the agility of the nimblest gont. lint be that as it may, the trip can be made without serious inconvenience if proper rests are taken at the many beautv spots and 'at frenuent intervals on the steep inclines. The atmosphere is rare, but i n vigornti ng, fresh f mm huge banks of snow Iving cached in gulches and crevasses hidden from the -mi except for a few moments each day. Between springs and waterfalls the way is aB dry as a treatise on mathematics and as dusty as a country pike on circus cir-cus day, Soft muscles and tender skins of indoor in-door workers feel the strain after the first niile of heavy climbing, and the once big narty begins to resolve itself into smaller "grouns. Just when the wearv ones feel that, the alighting of a horsefly on the knapsack or the rear hat brim' would tumble them down the mountain, inspiring strains of some popular pop-ular air are wafted down the mountainsides. mountain-sides. The baud breaks vamp early and precedes the main party, and when the stragglers are all but ready to hit the back trail the musicians, hidden among the rocks and in the shrubbery, strike up an air that soothes all cares. Seldom Sel-dom is the band seen from the time camp is broken until Emerald lake is reached. .Just once in a while the musicians mu-sicians are glimpsed as they toil over some rocky point far above, but they are ahvays noar when a few happy notes are needed to cheer the stragglers. The musical programme is just one of the features of the pilgrimage. Waterfalls are abundant, and each has its especial charm. One tiny fall, at the foot of a bank of snow above " Swenson 's l-'alls," furnishes an excellent excel-lent resting place, but had not until last week been given recognition by the official caitograjihers. Henceforth it will be known as ' ' ldythe"s Rest." There's a rraou and a photograph which cx-pla cx-pla i ns. Near "Kdvthe's Rest" the trail diverges. di-verges. One branch goes straight up the mountain and the other to the left by another waterfall "Columbine Falls." The plunging torrent takes its name from near-bv beds of columbines I from which the air is heavy with fragrance. fra-grance. Another steep climb through shrubbery and flower beds around a ledge is "Twin Falls," so called on account ac-count of two streams dashing from the ledge. ' Near "Twin l-'alls " the trai Is converge. The steeper trail leads through a wonderful garden of wild flowers covering some three or four acres and over numerous small ledges. A long i breathing spell and another climb over an amphitheater past " Amphitheater Falls,'' and the rim of the "Glacial Basin," a veritable park of streams and flowers, is reached. Back over the trail toward the Provo river a wonderful panoramu is unfolded. Green fields, forests and towns all up and down the valley are included in a vista that, makes the trip worth while, even if other natural wonders have failed. Utah's Only Glacier. A short joi? of about half a mile o er knolls, across streams and throush flower beds, but always upward, and Utah's only Klacler and one of ilu1 comparatively few everlasting placiers In Uncle Saints k'-umln k'-umln disclosed. At its huso, like a his ha ihtuh ill led with hi u ins, nestles "Itinera "Itin-era Id lake," witli si ones heaped high at tht nmiiiinp. carried down from die mountainside for acs. To the left on t lie rini rises an imposing 1;-;: 1 1 lem c n t . "The Rock of Ages." which sland.s cloar cut against the sky as though to emphasize the insignificance of man. Farther up toward the glacier "Nipple peak" rises majestically to a height of almost 2000 feet and stands as a shelter from the sun for the masses of snow and ice below, un the opposite snie of the glacier, a sheer 2000 feet above the placid waters of the lake, is a giant palisade, the longest long-est ridge of Timpanogos, with "Monument "Monu-ment peak," the pinnacle of the Wasatch mountain range, 11,9157 feet above sea level, at its crest. The hike is by no means eomplet ed when "Kmerald lake" is reached. Half a mile slipping and sliding over the glacier and Its head, and the brow of Timpanogos is under foot. Onward and upward for another half-mile or more over Timpa-nogos's Timpa-nogos's backbone, never more than fifteen fif-teen feet wide and as narrow as elsht inches In places, and the quest is ended. Just aftor leaving the "saddle" at the head of the glacier most of the women climbers slop. That point lias been designated desig-nated "Girls' peak," and the next peak stops the majority of the boys, so it has been christened "Boys' peak." A Half-mile Drop. Far above timber-line, with onlv one misstep between the hiker and 2u00 feet of emptiness and a circular panorama not e.scelled unfolded, feelings arc difficult ;o describe. Feeling depends open the temperament of (he individual. Souie have to be beaten almost into insensibility insensibil-ity or tied down to prevent them from taking the half-mile jump through space; others, i m pressed with their own insignificance insig-nificance and the greatness of the handiwork handi-work of nature, flop di'U'n wherever romn ciin be found and y: another will feel i-o elated and so closely in touch with nature na-ture a nd its izoveruiug power 1 hat they can't cry they shout and ma'ke every effort to burst a lung;, and then there is .he individual who is so overawed that he can't cry, shout or jump he just stands transfixed, immovable, like the peaks on every side. To those who have climbed the Alps and reveled in the beauty of the Switzerland Switzer-land scenes, Timpanogos seems doubly imposing. They compare it to Mount Piiatus. but cheerfully admit that Timpanogos Timpa-nogos is the greater and more inspiring. inspir-ing. In fact, they freely admit that Switzerland has nothing to compare with Provo's hoary guardian. Away to the east, like ivory-pain ted sawteeth cutting the sapphire sky, are the Uinta mountains, which look as nearly near-ly as it is possible like the jagged peaks of the Alps. To the southeast you look down into the Provo and Strawberry valleys, val-leys, into the towns of Heber and Charleston and away up to the headwaters head-waters of the Provo river at Kamas; toward to-ward the south, the Sanpete, the Sevier and the Juab valleys, a nd to the west across Great Salt lake, with the many islands standing out clearly against the emerald waters, far over into Nevada. And down so close that it seems as if one little jump would cover the distance is the Utah valley, with the towns of American Fork, Pleasant Grove, Provo and others, and Utah lake. From this point of vantage Utah lake takos on its proper proportions, and the land of the valley surrounding it seems an insignificant insignifi-cant part of the cup between the Wasatch Wa-satch and the Oqulrrhs. All the mining camps of the state are plainly visible that is, those that are not tucked away under some ledge on the opposite side of a mountain. Quilted Comforters. The valleys look like quilted comforters ot' brigiit green silk or crazy quilts, when the fields of ripened grain are inserted, and stretch away to the waters of the lakes or to the mountains. To the west they meet the desert, and the desert ! sweeps up to meet the tawny foothills, and the foothills blend into amethystine mountain ranges, and these rise into snowy peaks which glisten and sparkle against a sky of the purest sapphire. The panorama looks like all of this and more: it suggests without resemhling in any . way such a number of things. When the day is gloomy everything is changed. The strong, cool breezes which always comb the backbone of Timpanogos are stronger and colder; clouds hang below along the mountainside and driving snow Is always near. But at any time during the summer the hardy little wildflowers j cling to the few ounces of soil on the . rockiest points of the highest peaks and , nod and beckon a gleeful welcome to ! the wind, the clouds, the snow or the hiker. Rut H isn't a one-day trip: that much lias been demonstrated to the satisfac- ; tion of the party that made the trip last ; week. It can be done, but not with any considerable enjoyment, and without en- -t joynienl the climb lacks inspiration. Twn ; days is little enough time under present conditions, but the day is coming when j the public-spirited men and women of Provo will let the world know what they have in their back yard and prepare to cure for thousands of tourists who. in the pust. have gone to the mountains of i ICurope. ! There are three wavs or trails by which the top of Timpanogos c;ni ho reached. 1 One is from Pleasant Grove, short, but a st i ff c!i nib and lucking i n scenery on the wa v. 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