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Show Local Men Climb Great White Throne up there and the only time that I got cold was in the morning. It was a good thing that I was tied on because my eyes kept bothering me and I felt like I was going to fall. I liked it in the evening when it was cool but in the. daytime it was so hot that even my arms were sweating," said Scott. "Climbing the Great White Throne was a good experience. It was a harder climb than I have done before and because we were up so high it was more frightening. I would like to try it again but only when I have more experience and have only myself and one other person with me. I think that more young people should learn to climb while they can, before they are too old and cannot get the enjoyment en-joyment out of it that I have had during the past month which I have spent learning to climb," wrote Jon. Two weeks ago the "Record" featured a story on three young men from the community who were learning how to mountain climb. Since that time, the men under the instruction of Southern Utah State College student David Isom, have climho'i 1,000 feet on the Great White Throne in Zion National Park. Isom said that the climb took 46 hours on Sept. 21,22 and 23rd with two nights of sleeping in hammocks hanging frm the steep rocks. The men's climb has set several records. They are the youngest team to ever make an ascent of the Great White Throne and the fourth party to take their particular route. Scott Benson, 15, is the first native American to climb the "Throne" - old Indian legends warned the natives not to remain overnight in the canyon - but Scott made it through without any problems. The other climbers were Darrin Marquardson, 14 and Jon Cammack, 15. The other advisor was John Webster who works at the Valley View Medical Center and is also an experienced climber. In their own words, the novice climbers describe their experience: "The climb was great -being up on a 1,000 foot cliff was great. It was fun sleeping and watching the sky starting to light up and looking forward to another 600-700 feet that day. Until the sun went behind the cliff it was like being in an oven. I am looking forward to doing this again," wrote Darrin. "I really feel good about the climb. I've never been that high and it gave me a great thrill even though I didn't like the back pack and carrying it up the trail and i hauling it up the 1,000 foot climb. I really liked sleeping ITS MAGIC. Layne Clark, Shawn Garfileld, Duane Blan-chard Blan-chard and Tori Murray of Enoch Elementary get a closer look at "magic." The children in Mrs. Morrill's kindergarten kindergar-ten class have been observing the metamorphesis of the Monarch caterpillar. The children released the final butterfly but-terfly Friday, sending him on his way to California. |