The Republican journal., 1872-10-17
THE SUMMIT AT LAST.


Daring llc last hours climbing we had
fiNc4 onr eyes IA red flag planted on the
,r.>' OF the snow bV some triumphant
predecessor. and from below that appear
Ci tN .r taJ summit. but on sinking at
beside 1t. our diSmay was great to
hat We had lot reached the summit
% al. for Tho ttue Peak is quite bare and
Nn ~3wC -rled Oh a little longer,
c .hcn proclaimed our success to the
ILi- whole mountain really consists
Ga-e heap of broken stones ranging
al pehyle> up 10 boulders, some Of these
H.tor h.!lnE tha space Of riinary house
presenting n MI its breadth no cliff or
-tr'4cc ID lnch that does not look shifting
3D.. Insecure. Il seems as if Nature had
ollHrl away outer rock material till she
AI3 used up all that was good tor shapely
~trg lures. and then had thrown the refuse
bills into heaps and left them here for us
rn - ndrr over. | cannot eXaggerate the
.~toni>hing effect OF these piles. These
rfrN> consist OF granite and what looks
ar The finest marble. There is no trace of
-.av tsr'e that could have broken them.
i.c volcanic agency. il any, has left no
-etep. me- lava, no scori;e what is the
explanation some of the stones are
.ailui. some >iX-<idcd, some irregular;
nat Iil have a certain SmoothnrSs of edge.
.''@" my Ha' Pc" 'vilto 10y water
hcir present condition.
Y last we stood on the top, but about
This point it seems Ia me that a desire tor
artmallc effect has made some writers
.-irr an incorrect description. | had re-
'Nrd ne impression thal by standing on
some commanding point one could see
II" Whgr liNr hnhdrtd mlJe prospect at
'h'"- rms however. Is not me case.
N' summit l. 50 Hal lhat one must walk
A.liiN 'n me 'dEt on every SIDE before
7''@AE me view IN tAN dlrecllon For
"4'~' ives alaS' Tor all our bright hopes!
f''> CI"Seu uoUnhH Us before we
'.'h'" me cllcniar EeiH o. hEhes' cieVa-
''"l' -ii' a hAitIe between sun and Wlnd'
"-'i'nAN anu faih-cIoudS. gave rs
'A.N very Imperfect gllmPSes OF the gloreS
'' ii'l conc through :" lnuch to see. 1t
'frA showed ana was SO cold that we
"t' "'lSed 20 Iofee our urea llmhS and
NIlig "I'3ih - new eNcrtlohs 10 AVOID
'HHN tAul- however Inc elallon OF
Ia'''' / >PoA' "i continued ana we stayed
'.H tl H'd. "I Two. cheering the sun
1900
".t J hrl,l sway we mao really succeed
-et'hS 81 .oie!4tte Gear view OF the
'''E SCUM IN" Ntldu'e arkS ana me
'"N Ih9e e lhe WeSl-lhe hatoh
wy ,'l'''.i'lS 3''d New MeNlco TO me Nouth,
''' 10 '''' -Noiti u, SolhethIl2 we choose TO
}""iIliS ierrlt0rS ana me neigh
N''' ." i'clNeI' liv Sttlt!h9 point OIL
'' N''ll"'il nv
AN ELEVATED LAKE.
from here. too. we saw the Laonna
Alta. "a beautiful little sheet of water.
which lie> on the eastern slope of Pixies
l'eah. aud which is said TO cover fifty
...rc~. although from where we stood #
ukcd very small. Ii is remarkable as
.rinst one of the biohest lakes in thn
world. Ming twelve thousand feet above
fh,, Sea. while Lake Titcaca its only sllperi-
or IN Tins respect. is twelve thousand pioht
hundred l. looked very pretty As if Glt-
-rr,a ike "A great lookin@-qlass down an
n. slope. and we leit pr6ud TO think that
BE- had seen the second HIGHEST lake in
t.r world. The town of Colorado Snrinos
tnuluad sta,ion) is 10 he supplicd from
+~ waters. which mnst he cola AZ ice
wv were soon cold and HUNGRY in snitn
% rnnancc. ana besides is NOT he greatest
.5t4>arc of ali such thinos tound in mn
~uii rather than in lruition? So we Will
att accrdcd 10 the wisdom which bade
ids descend before the late afternoon shonId
Increase the cold and shadow,
r,.,ro,,, r,r. g,. .o,,,, ,,,,,ot.,.,
az ''foOfN
W. now experienced the truth OF what
&c. had found it difficult 10 believe before.
'''.' III yer 'li''l tiie ascension nat
ta4~,iuE; bat this was real suffering. A
.IH.|. HlBAlI tlNtlDNeU us. 50 that the Sonl-