Garland Globe | 1907-02-09 | Page 8 | Mountain Guides Fail Her

MOUNTAIN GUIDES FAIL HER. Miss Peck Will Make Another Attempt Upon the Highest Andean Peak. Miss Annie Peck, whose chief pleasure pleas-ure Is climbing mountains, haB returned re-turned to New York from Peru", beaten In her attempt to climb tho highest of tho Andes, beaten not by tho mountain moun-tain Itself, but tho worthlessncss of the mm she employed as guides and porters on tho expedition. Sho Is convinced con-vinced that sho would hnvo reached the summit but for the faults of her men and says she Is going back with Swiss mountain men to make another attempt. As it was she reached a height of 18,000 feet, being then about 2,000 feet nbovo tho summit. This was at her first attempt. Ono of her men deserted and tho rest got drunk on tho alcohol which was carried ns fuel for cooking. cook-ing. Besides they were all afraid of tho trip and especially as they approached ap-proached the top of tho mountain, of which they have a superstitious dread. The second nttempt wns like tho first, except that the men gave out sooner and so less progress was made before tho attempt had to bo abandoned.