Show Happy Ending of Publicity Stunt That Backfired df d- d f o op p iJ 4 I p I y 1 fT y I S 'S 2 c r ft y I f Associated Press Press' Wk photo WHO MADE REC RECORD RD DELA DELAYED JUMP DESCENDS DESCENDS- FROM PERCH George Hopkins hatless leading a parade of alpinists alpinists' who dethroned him himI I Alpinists Rescue From Wyoming Perch S SUNDANCE Wyo Oct 7 WI P People scare George Hopkins b but t six nights alone atop a rock spire leave him without qualms That's how the year old Texas parachutist voiced h his hs s re reactions reactions reactions re- re actions after he was eased to the base of Devils Devil's Tower after dark Monday night by eight veteran alpinists Were you frightened up there or coming d down wn he was asked Never was he replied But Id I'd rather climb back up than I IThe face that crowd The headlights of several hundred hundred hundred hun hun- hun hun- dred cars glared at the the- white- white garbed daredevil and the weary men who saved his life life and and risked their own own through through 12 perilous hours of climbing and descending the the foot 1280 volcanic volcanic volcanic vol vol- vol- vol canic formation Hopkins sala said sala that until he floated to to- the summit of the tower last Wednesday morning he he- liked mountain climbing asa asa as asa a a hobby But not as a vocation he added If you ever think of trying anything like this think twice and and then dont don't do it The San Antonio adventurer dropped feet to the little circular turret t which he inhabited inhabited with with only o ly lythe the the- wind and the clouds the rain and s snow ow flurries flurries flurries flur flur- ries by means of a parachute His inspiration was was a 50 bet and the desire for publicity as asa asa asa a He accomplished the feat without the required permit Custodian N. N F. F Joyner of ot the Devils Devil's Tower national monument monument monument ment said that the national park patk service doesn't welcome this kind of publicity but wo we weare are most thankful that we were able to get George safely to the ground He added that he would take steps to prevent any repetition of this sort of thing thing The rescuers were Jack Durrance Durrance Durrance Dur- Dur rance Hanover N. N H. H and Meril McLane Rockport Mass both Dartmouth Dartmouth- cOllege skiers PaulJ Paul J K and Harold Rapp Wyoming climbers cUmbers Chappell Cranmer and Henry Coulter Denver and ad Henry Field and Warren Gorrell Rocky Mountain Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tain national park guides who laid out the rescue trail up the spire With a bath his face smooth for forthe the first time in almost a week and his stomach full of hot food Hopkins told reporters It was sure swell of the mountain climbers and the national national national na na- na- na v park service to bring me mc off that tower A A. Wyoming highway patrol car waiting at the floodlighted base of the basalt monolith hurried hurried hur hun ried sled Hopkins Hopkins' to Sundance for a physical examination His eight rescuers join joined d I him in a big dinner their first in 12 hours They started up the isolated alp Monday morning threading a strong network of rope through iron rings th they y drove into the perpendicular wall Shortly after 3 p. p m m. mountain standard time the relieved Hopkins Hopkins Hop Hop- kins kins- saw them struggle into view T The Te e group started down at 4 25 p. p m. m and completed the descent at |