Show Great White Throne Scaled For First Time Dan Orcutt of L. L A Aft A. Reaches p F Jop rop of of 2500 F f. f Mono Monolith lith Rising in Zion National Park The Great White Throne huge monolith In Zion National park which rises almost perpendicularly 2500 feet above the canyon floor loor at last has been scaled Don Orcutt of Los Angeles climbed the great grent white pillar last Tuesday according to information received here from J J. J W. W park natu natu- Orcutt who is the oI only y man ever everto everto everto to have reached the top of the formation for lor- mation started the climb at 6 a. a m. m Tuesday and shortly after 1030 a a. a m. m a smoke signal was seen at the top On his descent he was almost plunged to his death Mr said when he slipped sUpped and fell almost 40 feet down the almost perpendicular lar sides of the formation before he regained his hold Only one other attempt was made to scale the mountain Mr reported In 1927 J. J B. B Evans of Pasadena CaL Cat attempted the climb but narrowly escaped death when he fell more than 1000 feet down the sides of the mountain He was believed to have perished but rangers found him in a a. critical condition 36 hours later |