| Show NOTED PEAl C1iMB111S A Unique Contest Between Murray mod the Top of the Wasatch A HARD AND DANGEROUS UNDERTAKING I TIne Aiurrlrin ling lnfuile1 on tIne Top of the sale nikiA VVuce of Ono Hundred DilUM C orrcspondenee 0 emcee t News Murray Utah Nov CA climbing natch took place hero between Her nan Nlepag a noted Tikes Peak climber and monlltlnr and ounl Cloud VlUorn venturesome and skill tub snone hoer nndmountln climber 01 the Orand Tetons Wyoming Th clImb was Cram Murrlty 10 the top of the Twin Peaks and bock to tho startIng point TImers was a bet atone at-one hundred dollars upon the contest l1 he men were loath started at sunrise nl both expected to lie back by sun set Oh sam day They had a hard and dangerous climb TIne Pikes Icol man mvoc n Ilout and skillful jumper and while he was leaping down erpcndlculnr ledges I from tin to elgh teen feet the Teton man would attach a IxtIoot rape to come hundy rOCK I or mahogany treo and would fasten I In the center 0 as to make the ropo thInly fret long when doubled Then Inn would slide down the rope till he found soot neouven lent plce for a toe told In some crevice In order to let lIoness alone end of the rope and pull It down by the other to make a new astenlng In the next handiest place 10 reach the top ot some ot them place they would climb trees that grew up against a ledge In getting to the top of It there Is about two lousnml feet of ledge climbing There had never bn n man on the north Twin Peak before It was a surprise to everybody that was Interested In Ihe miller In live hours after sun un young Vic tar put the American lag ul on the top ci the peak where It waves seven lousand I feet above alL k rand r-and eon now bo seen from here IU glnsss Mr Nlepag built a Ill about two undred feet from thu top oC th peak which could be seen distance of wenty miles Mr Nlepag as well as hlng n mounlalneer wn a od huntr hut the wsatch mountains avlnr scarcity of game h only had the luck of shooting n porcupll out 01 the top 01 n Omen nhout tny feet high Young Victor was bacl ase hour hefmne dIned to rsorive tIle tk1 hlch he bad WUI hy u hold days work X CL1MURD IN 1847 Twin Peaks two of the highest lountaln peaks In the Wasatch Itange point their lofty tops heavenward ton t-on altitude of about 1UOT feet above sea leveL Thy are locatid lietwien the two Cottonwood Canon near the alley from thc lemple Bock to the ummlt ot the west peak thi air lIen 1tunco la nbout thirteen nlUes On the north aIde 01 the prone near the uround toP an be seen snow all the year Historical The fleet vL1 male by white man 10 t100 summit of the TwIn Peaks Is thus descrlbedbVElde John Drown On rrldav August 20 1M7 In com pan with Albert C acrln taos I went to the foot of what we upped f bo tIne highest peak In the mountains east of tho valley called thE Twin Peaks We camped at the mouth ot Big Cottoil wood Cnon Nxt mornIng Aug 21st at 8 o clock four of us Currlngton Ilrown Wilson and Ilust commenced I easuen d the mountaIn leavlnJt n guard with our horses Alter tolling about eight hours nnd being very much fatigued thlee ot us reached the summit ot the west peak one of our part > Dr Ilust had given out and laid do n acne asano honk tareal Ae hod brought along a barometer a therometer nml compnss mill which soenlo nd esomsnbsem atlona end I come d thnl the peak was uhout 119 feet above the an Thd Ibellerelare at lIve hyglo In tin seaca f I agwns t3 de green ab avese ro cola the someday some-day nt noon It aloud lOt rreies In the rIO At 53 1 m mmnromrneacmmt descen dIng wo came dov n on the west Mo ot the peak passed through 1 icaullful grove of timber and followed lb coure afnnemallereekWehnni nol gone far when darkness rums oni and Ione we had expected to get back to camp about the middle of the after noon aesnreeohn provIded wIth bedding bed-ding roots or any kind of arms wishIng wish-Ing to g a lightly loaded a possible the day being veiy warm But now when nlht come on we lounllt quit cold In the mountain Whll clImbIng over the rocks after feellne our way with our hands In ore to ejcape death by falling over a precipice wn lmreawe eepnraled and onlY lIrothr Cnrllf Ion ned I romnlned together At 10 1 m coo Inll lawn under n crhby tree being so tlreV uiaTfuriheVprog ress was Impossible nnd vve knew not ml here OlIn two otber men hud gone Al Ine lenctll we found a plico between the rocks largo enough to lay down Our toed hower was by no means horl zontal It had a slope ot something like 4i degrees Instead ot feathers wo had bobbles for pIllows nnd coare sand whIch were lea warm from Ibm heat ot the sun for bidding we kept thrm warm bv our bodies durlnp the remainder of the nlirlit At 6 oclock the not morel nexeorosc hplng ome tsonrd and we cnnUnue nurjnorao down tha mountain aIde Hunlry nnd foJnt hvl hart nlher suppe nor brenllast w rrnmhle over the rocks as bet we eoul 101 After we honl goat ahout hobO n mU se hnl a mans voles In the nnons h10 nod on go log a lIttle fort hcrnannno one of our men lObe Wm W 11I In our left olanllng nnnberge loch lIe rolled for hlp toyIng tInt he eao bleed out 0 mae were preeloela In bIle Same 1 we enul not render him any ansinionve We menmheni nile camp 01 73 n t wher we 1011 our ebbereemopanlen who hart mule hi mane In I nl IQ nplok the nloht prlou We Ohenretienrl 10 the clty In1 with Oi nest nt tempi nl cllmhln 10nnlol Only a coo men lomve unlprlalpnl clImb tn th ummlt of bIna TI Pek nIcer 1047 A InIO Potty who mul lhoeneelltufemeycersng1noeever fOln < the nlUlulo to 10 etroener thn that gIven hy the Irt vlsltoasJea son Iorlcal Ieconl |
