Show J M M BB M B B BB B l Oo J M Tr fk r 10 I fl 9 ill Tr Tr ill W f f 5 LR fk I EE WI I D 1 J DUn UJ r I climbing tho the sport o o othe of f MOUNTAIN has lifts M the super athletes received reechoed a new Impetus In Utah Many high peaks s have been s scaled lcd and ana records made that would qualify their holders for membership In Ins an any of oC tho the Alpine clubs of or the country It Is s now suggested that a club be formed In this tate tale similar to the Rocky nock Mountain air club of or Colorado the Sierra club of oC California Cal Cal- In the of ot Washington and Oregon and the Appalachian club of the eastern ridges Utah Is Is In fact act alt the only state In the west with Its grand opportunities for mountaineering mountaineer In ing that does docs not boast of ot ouch such a club The highest peaks peals In the tho state are nrc In the range and they give given to Utah the rank of or fifth In a fake among on the states stales N Near nr S1 Salt Lake L. are arc many high and difficult peaks peRks Among Amon them are nrc Little Black mountain south of City Creek Creck canyon which reaches aches an elevation of feet tet Big BIb g Black mountain or Scott mountain mountain n as some lies know It Is nearly nearl feet foot It lies north of or City creek T Twin Peaks be between between between be- be tween Big and Little Cottonwood canyons canyons canyons can can- average a feet Observatory tor Peak near Ogden Is about 1 feet Mt Nebo ebo Is 19 1700 feet Mt It cur u northeast of oC Provo Is IK between 11 no and 1060 feet This one Is tho most historic mountain In theas the tho state ns as Escalante Is 18 supposed to have camped campe- at Its foot In 1776 lit MI Emmons mons the Hie hl highest helt In the state Is Ie a foot tet e Mountain climbing In Utah had Its be beginning In 1347 ISH with the corning 0 of the pioneers On August 21 of that that rear year tho the California C Captain James Brown of oC nd battalion A. A Carrington and three other men reached the tho top of T Twin in r Peaks which they estimated at has since feet Government survey n ft corrected that measurement to 1150 I teet feet On the en entrance trance of the the pioneers Into the valley Captain Brown and andson Oron Orson Or- Or son on Pratt reached Emigration n pass on nl Big mountain and found Its elevation to be feet Since that t time there have been many daring mountaineers In Utah anti and It Is Isnow now proposed to or organize them Into a club Speaking on this subject A. A W v Camino InI In North author of Camp and I Lower oror California who ho has hns had large experience In mountain climbing In tho thu United States Mexico and Canada Canada says says' To m my wa way of thinking there Is little in fn climbing a mountain just to hat lay claim to reaching Its crest only crest only that crest furnishes an objective Until Icam I came cam to Snit Salt SaIl Lake I ake Indeed I do cale not n ro- ro call having ln ever e attempted to scare scale deer a an any high peak except i In pursuit of deer mountain sheep or like game ame In other w wards It Is the tile zest of ot high altitude the charm o of the Alpine loll solitudes tudes thes the excitement of oC risk the glory of ot noble s of IC scenery that give Ive the allurement mountain climbing DI Big game or a a. peak peale furnish an ob objective objective ob- ob around which that charm lies Hes r The person pern to whom nature does not tIo however had best let mountain moun moun- lain tain climbing alone To him It tt would woul prove irr ve but a a superlative source o of e w weariness To some a game of oC bridge r lIn nn e easy chair and tho newspaper prove pro ti tin tin- best besl diversion from work To nn- nn oilier oiher tho the quest of the mountain peak peak peak- I it Is 18 all nIl a matter of viewpoint Let Lete Inch cacti seek seck his hl own hobby nor laugh at atthe atthe e the other An Air Alpine club dub for Salt Lake Yes Ye In that I concur That it might be a valuable clearing house for news of trails and peaks slide rocks and snow snowbanks U banks and also provide pro a hand handy refers reference refer refer- s once ence n to enduring pedestrians t I would I put put an altitude requirement of ot t I Ity ty say feet teet that typifying Twin Peaks the tho hl highest summit In Inlew view lew here For Por exam example ph the delightful fall Is ha haat at hand I would like to make a three- three da day trip presently Just take the night train from rom O Ogden den to some Wyoming Wyom- Wyom Ing ng flag station then ride fifty miles north and leaving my ray horse climb Mt Emmons Emmon Utah's highest peak Probably there here are half halt a dozen or more kindred I spirits who vho would delight In making the he Jaunt Only as It t is Is I dont don't know who vho they are Come to think of It there thero Is s m my friend John D. D Spencer If It tho the ride Ide did not not deter deter him ho he might like Ife lite trip It was T mighty might nice when w we tackled Twin Peaks last July to see Mr Spencer proud of being a a. grandfather grand- grand father and Ross Ros Watt VaU a hl high h school ad lad scaling the summit with like Uko ease And up Nebo tho the other day there must have lave been mutual pride when Mrs l Ver- Ver er- er bryck and her year seventeen son eon attained the tho summit but a few minutes apart Training Anyone with good con con- lungs and heart henrt can mako make his I twelve thou thousand and foot climb providing he ic enJo enjoys s 's the sport and prepares him him- self elf Ive I've seen m my friend B D- D carry his pounds up some somo mighty rough pI places aces ties He's game you ou see In fact tact mountaineering to my m mind IB is l mainly a n matter of ot perseverance footwear and diet lIot Begin e easy coay 8 wear the right kind of shoes give ever every care caro to the feet and In to cUm climbing bing avoid drinking I do donot donot donot not refer reter to Intoxicants mere merely but buto butto butto to o every sort of beverage e. e Even en freQuent frequent frequent fre fre- quent sips of water will m retard a climber Frankly 1 I do not think there is a city the size o of ot Salt Lake In America or the world with finer Ins Ins- opportunities ng at Its doors Yet a fellow ellow can wander about these heights and sec see no other climbers I enjoy that solitude but I know Its It's selfish to feel that hat wa way In this connection It Is interesting to quote from Mr Norths North's latest book Gamp Camp Camp and Camino Thero There he says If IC If you are arc fond of or nature gentle reader imagine yourself on a projectIng projectIng project project- Ing crag with a mighty abyss below and ran range go on ran range o of wild 1111 barren sierras beyond a golden sun tinting tho the world and warming your blood and Dame Nature in her grandest most mOlt majestic majestic majestic ma ma- jestic mood passing before beCore you If It your our life is dear to you OU imagine yourself filled with vigor drawing In deep breaths of mountain air your our muscles swelling out like great steel bands and that life which ten minutes earlier I seemed to be forfeited thrilling you ou with ith wild abandon If It you enjoy enjo shootIng shooting shoot shoot- Ing imagine yourself on tho the edge or a mesa a-mesa with nigh a league of ot fair view before you and three mountain sheep the noblest of or nil all creatures of the the- wilderness bounding awa away from fromm you ou their great horns held proudly aloft while your voiced sharp-voiced rifle calls to them to halt The three conditions wore were mine and the suggested sug possibilities ties were facts Mr North Is one of a number of real mountain climbing enthusiasts in |