Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-24
scemf of ssoums E'opocatsnee,

lished N an England paper, fro
Gerard Noel, M. p, dated Mey-
JaD, 2, 1864, apd::describing his sue
sfnl attempt 10 ascend Popocata pc,
he depth of winter:
II returned yesterday from an exne
pa 10 PoPocatapetl the highest noun
in North America, II, o00feet abov.
lsTel Of The sea. believe there !.
fecord Of an ascent before at this sea
xdhe year, although ithas been fire.
tly done in May aud June. tn,
night Of our ascent we slept at :
al The line where vegetation cases
perpetual snow commences :: at .
her past five the next morning. we
cd tor the summit, one Of the guides
Ing. At eight O'Clock | found NV.
700 yards ahead of the rest of the
h Consisting of four, at nine out Of
Of The party altogether, and at ele-
o'clock reached the crater. The
er IS vast basin, three miles in c;,.
efence' and nine hundred feet deem.
me parts perpendicular, in Others
masses Of projecting rock form
and siupendous outlines. with on
Us icicles hanging from every point
Volcano itself has long since, e.. ''s
low any signs Of eruptios.sea, aud
j very much numhgaiize,' : 80, l-"s =
BY eyes suffer'as oye55el with cold IA
rary a,,.,,ler q ed a good deal from
wy s@r , Snow. | should have
on '''G something to eat, hav.
Ta Sitting but cup of coffee apr
n Sit before leaving the hut; bu
guide who carried the breakfast hac
tained (the ruffinn:!) 9Th the 9th.
who had not come up. Having ex-
bed the crater for about a quarter of
bopi, told the guide, who had per-
aed with ne, to lead the way up tc
Ebp. The fellow declared it was i'm
Eble; but not intending, as you may
gine, to give it up (having come 50
without any push, / started for the
Malone. was now only able to take
sc steps at time without stopping,
tcg, beginning to give way and | had
hcssion Of the hand and chest. A
Ia after ! P. NJ. Preached the top, and
Eyel one Of the finest views conceiv-
Of the greatest valley Of Mexico,
Unlocking down OH tie twin volcano
Hrgct The Mexican name, but in Eng
u it means The White Lady, from its
resembling a woman lying at full
Ea seemingly miles below me, but
ply only 1000 feet, The cold was
5iaense for me to remain more than
pnutes on the top, and l commen-
the descent TO the crater. BY this
tie mountain was enyclopca in
als, and could see nothing distinctly
commenced a further descent,a and in
~ m7ments came in sight of the pole
hr.S~----e(ona Of my comypgnons de
Ege and soon after ofhi nseIf, lying
l, black i'll the face, wishing to be
one 10 die. A little lower down
Mr. Cd, rolling about like a
Ken man, but still, with undoubted
~ struggling towards the summit al
bate Of about a yard in three minutes
ryer, after a little rest aud encourage
u, they both rallied, and returned
them as far as the crater, but nc
ban effort could get them any higher
rbute ny leirg able toreach the toI
Pr wind | never felt want OF breath
Bny time; while the others blew like
Fpoises. In our descent from the era.
we encountered the only real dan
2 1t first the snow was good walk
Int as we came lower, where the
makes a sheet of ice of the surface
BE snow,it became so slippery that we
Euenty lost cur footing, and if, after
lp you get SO much impetus thai
can't stop yourself, the certainty i.
"a yon arrive at the bottom in nuct
H same condition as the man that jun.
M ciI the monument. AT one time
Utmost gave myself up, However, nc
Ga dent did happen, though it makes
e creep TO think of the slide, ! took. =
i've P. NJ, with my hands cut Il
~ my lails worn TO the quick viii
P'hlHg on, reached the hut, and there
Ptmy breakfast, glad to tlink it wa:
Fef as fourteen hours absence and
aHns with 1900 feet mountain snow
aimic wearied me. One Of my eyes i
ePIetely 'bunged up the other jus
[aat!eS he to see 10 write this. Ny
Rse Is a mass of raw flesh and blisters
~ have the satisfaction Of having
9laed upon a higher mountain thai
Asln Europe, and climbed $500 fee
saFer 70 heaven than Albert Smith"