Show 1922 I NI G MARCH 31 1922 FUJI IN 1 WINTER PERI 1110 I Parachute Expert Exper and Pa PaS Party S Make Top j I TOKIO March 31 Major MaJor 31 Major Orde parachute expert and antarctic explorer explore and H. H Crisp both of or the British mission in Japan ar are the tho first climbers midwinter ever to reach apan the summit of ot Mt lI Major Orde Lees is an experienced Alpinist but tho the performance was r ren rendered n dered remarkable owing to the fact that Mr Crisp is a 3 Londoner with no former experience in mountain climbing JB Mt lt Fuji is feet high The climb necessitated sleeping for two nights lola IriTa hut at feet The snow extended from the tho summit down to 2500 feet Thelast Thelast The Thelast last feet below the summit consist consisted ed of solid sold ice le This portion porton of ot the climb occupied nine hours The summit was reached at 7 p p. p m February 12 The whole of ot the descent was made In a dense denso fog during the night A violent storm raged all al through gh the first night Including rests rest the climb cUmb and antI descent occupied exactly forty eight hours A record barograph was wa carried throughout the expedition J Tho climbers state that the cold at atthe tha top of or the mountain at night was notise vere They had the misfortune to lo lose their entire entre equipment cameras sp spare re clothing thermos flasks snowshoes and andall andall nd all al their food through caching it atla ata height of ot feet and being find rind it in the fog tog and darkness on the tha way down In spite of ot going without food for twelve hours they arrived tin ala splendid condition at their starting staring place No guides coolies cooles horses or vehicles were employed other than a small smal sledge made from a crashed airplane aIrlane on which the climbers cUmbers pulled their equipment the sleeping hut Major Orde Lees and Mr Crisp were wee both in the Daily Daly Mall Mail Mal airplane when it i crashed at Carlisle one ono flight to Scotland Major ajor Lees wa walls wasla a member of the ot 1914 15 15 in charge of ot motor sledges le has made one eighty-one parachute drops from airplanes with a view to perfecting ing aerial life saving |