Show A azin ile AW raby FT r WA I 1 f VA oj ap W t 2 0 net T ay IV IM oil T 1 IN it A 4 i I 1 t V ZU K I 1 eav V M a x aa oaf ANY PERSONS are wont to think of mountain c ins ing or at least mountain climbing that la Is really woi thy of the name as a form of pas past lire tirre tor for which one must journey to eu rope some of the people een eien who have ap precia ted all along that this con afforded op opp t es for mountain c himbing 1 I equal in every respect to 7 anything offered by the now clad of swit aerland are not aware that a goodly number of astren bous americans are now taking advantage of these of 01 port unities soroa people to be sure started their careers as mountain climbers in the united states aid have confined their indulgence in the sort stort to the mountain regions of hut but they arc are surpassed numerically r by the subjects of uncle sam who first firt became converts to moun tain climbing in switzerland or other foreign parts ard then came home perhaps to discover that we have just as difficult peaks under the I 1 stars and stripes as can cart be found in any part of or the old world sometime Some timea fate steps in and makes what might be termed an involuntary convert to ameri amert can mountain climbing A case in point is that of charles E hughes governor of new york who has recently been appointed to the united states supreme rne court mountain climbing is the pet bobby hobby of governor hughes and tor for years ears he spent every summer in switzerland scaling the peaks then came big election to the gubernatorial post tion and with mith it new responsibilities ties which in effect made it impossible tor for him to engage in a prolonged vacation ia a far from home theron thereupon on governor hughes and his son who is like likewise ise a mountain climber turned their attention to the adirondacks and here he found peaks that aroused hl his enthusiasm tor for they are clad in a denae 1 forest growth that is quite as baffling in many respects as glaciers and crevasses and the governor discovered that a mountain 5 feet high may test the mettle of a pedestrian quite as fully as some more lofty peaks I 1 mountain climbing in the adirondacks in the white mountains of new hampshire and in the blue ridge of pennsylvania maryland and vir ginia has been an accepted summer sport tor for gome some years past but it has grown tremendously in popularity of late some of the experienced climb eif who enjoy the sport only when it in k bolves hazards that tet the steadiness of ee eye clearness of bead head and sureness of toot foot in the maximum degree are wont to regard none too seriously the assaults ot f the amateurs on the moui mout bains east cast of the mississippi but it must be admitted in defense of mountain climbing in the east that it has brought color to the cheeks and sparkle to the eyes of many a weary city dv dweller eller and in not a few instances it has served aa as a preparatory school for climbers who have later become experts in a more exacting environ ment in the west on the other hand we have i buntain climbing that from every consideration of danger and daring rani rant s with any s allar ac abroad although to be su e newspaper readers hear much les about it perhaps this latter circumstance Is due in fit part to the rarity la in amer ca of those harrowing ban har owing lowing accidents which cost the aties of so many mountain climbers in switzerland in the southwest bouth west the trip up mount wilson in california I 1 as become a popular diver elon sion for both men and women and the grand can yon of arizona that great gash in the earth 14 13 r lies ties w dc do and a mile deep is afford ng an equivalent of mountain climbing that is without a rival or a counterpart scenically or othe wise on the other side of the atlantic or indeed any where in the world the yosemite valley with its sheer walls of root roc and other freaks of nature offers problems that have con banded the respect and incident tally fired the ambition of mountain climbers of every nationality while alaska has in mount me I 1 inley a i eak that is generally accounted one of the most difficult in the entire world generally speaking mountain climbing in america ameria has reached its most pretentious development in the pacific northwest and in the canadian in the latter region the switzerland of amer lea there are glaciers as formidable and as in te resting as any expanses of snow and ice tee in tor for eign lands and the snowcapped snow capped peaks of mount hood and mount rainier have afforded to the people leople of oregon and washington constant object lesions that have proven an incentive to moun tain climbing swiss guides have been brought tu the canadian tor for the bene bone it of new az av 21 P pl f acte 0 k ti V ci cc vs world moun mountain tain climbers but to the credit of our patriotism be it said that most of the guides in our own m western estern mountain regions are ameri amert cans several mountain climbing clubs ha hae e been organized on the pacific slope and climbing elpe gittons are carried out yearly women as well as men participating in most ot of these excursions to great altitudes no mention of mountain climbing tn in america however brief would be complete without refer ence to the development of mountain climbing by mechanical means in this country A cog railroad that carries sightseers to the tle top of mount wash ington N H has tor for years been an ada ad met of new eng england lands s highest peak and a comfortable hotel on the summit enables tourists to be con tent in this realm of 0 perpetual frost and to enjoy the sunrise and sunset effects A similar railroad yet et more remarkable kable from an engineering stand point carries non athletic mountain climbers up pike s peak in colorado and in the same state the moffat road conveys tourists to the crest of the great divide in standard coaches drawn by locomotives of the regulation type there are mountain climbing railroads in california and similar highways have been proposed tor for the peaks of the pacific northwest wl areas congress has been appealed to to permit a venturesome capitalist to install an inclined railway from the rim to the depths ot of the grand canyon |