Show White Throne Conqueror Leaves Cedar Hospital Describes Perilous Trip Californian Credited By Zion Park Officials Offic als With Being First to Climb Remarkable Monolith in Utah's Utah s Famed Wonderland V NATIONAL PARK Utah July 12 1 By B By The Associated Press Press Press- ZION it Li Supported by two friends W. W H. H W. W Evans of or South Pasadena Calif the tho man who climbed the rugged almost perpendicular sides of or the giant monolith The Great White Throne hero here June 27 and 28 board board- boarded ed a train for his home last night Before leaving lea the thc hospital at Cedar Ce Ce- Cedar Cedar dar City Evans related the first de detailed de- de detailed detailed tailed story of his climb to The As As- Associated Associated Associated Press Park officials have have officially recognized Evans as the first man- man manin manha in ha known history to w scale the th walls alls and reach the summit summt of the rock feet above the sur sur- surrounding surrounding rounding ground STUDIES THE WALL Evans Enns came here a few days before his climb and said that when he heard heart that no white man nian had ever been known knon to reach the summit decided to make the attempt He spent several rev sev reveral eral days studying the walls and a afew afew afew few days before his successful attempt which almost caused his death he at attempted at- at attempted attempted tempted an ascent of the thc north wall but soon abandoned the attempt I IThe The next morning Evans said he heI I started the climb and he succeeded li Ill In reaching the summit In the early eve eve- ning He started a fire to inform his buddy Douglas Graham also o of South Pasadena that he had achieved his purpose He picked out a point overlooking the automobile camping park and started started's a fire Winds carried embers over the rim to a clump of trees several se hundred feet fee below and sparks soon started an an- another another another other fire Evans Enns climbed down over the wall and extinguished the flames He then returned to the summit and spent the night in a little cave u Into which a pack rat had carried some boughs and twigs t Shortly after 4 o'clock the following blowing morning Evans began the descent He remembers nothing of the fall faU or rescue His watch which probably never will m run again stopped at am and rescuers are united in the belief bellef that this was on the morning of June 28 He was found In let a n little clump o of brush and sand shortly before 4 o'clock the following afternoon or 36 hours after his watch is believed to have stopped His Ills clothing was torn to shreds The climber carried a canteen of wa wa- water water wa- wa ter which was still strapped to whim him when he was found However it was necessary to cut off the cap to W We jive give e him a drink Evans suffered a concussion of the brain and an Injury to his bacic bac which caused him to walk with his spine curved cuned Inward Physicians here said It would be some time lime before he ho h completely recovers reco |