Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-19
CLIMBING CHunBORaxo.
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MS Asccnt-eo. 600 Feet Above a
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Mr.. Edward Whympcr-> Accom-, Of
HIS HIS Asccnt-s0, goo Feet Above the
sea Level.
tPaI NAL Gazette. Feb al
MI. Edward whymper In his lecture Last
night TO he members OF the Alpine CLUB on the
ascents OF Chimborazo and CotopaNt, stated
mat ne LOOK with him from home two we'll
known Swiss guides. Jean Antoine Carrel ana
Louis Carrel. from the Nue Tournapche Tha
height OF Chimborszo. which he ascendei nrsT
was about 5000 feet. and up 10 that time no
one, so FAR as he could learn had assembled
higher than from 1000 70 lS.oe0 feet lie had
TO provide his own food. about two tons OF the
most portable condensed provisions being sent
out In tins for the expedition. His ascent
or the mountain began on the sd OF De-
eember, 1879. The rirst camp being pitched
about $4,000 feet above the level OF the
sea, they afterward assembled 10 height
or 1880 feet, where they placed proyls-
Ions enough for three weeks, and fuel
enough for several days, water being obtained
oy melting snow. AT that height he became
feeble and feyerish, and was unable 10 satisfy
me craving Tor drink. added TO which he had
s SSa nesasche and gasping when he was swat
USED with great benent chlorare OF potash
wnlch ne haG obtained by the advice Of Or
MaLcet before starting The camp was near a
rock OF trachyte, which rose 10 about Is s9S
teet, there being on the east OF the ridge a con
Sricuous glacier, entirely fed by the Ice which
ieit rom above. When they occupied new
camping place. about =. 400 feet high. his health
improved. on The 20 OF January 1880 an a.
tempt was made 10 reach the summit but
owing 10 an intensely cold wind they were
Obliged 10 ny back 10 the camp. Aftcrward
encouraged ny line weather aud cOntinu )ls
sunshine, they made another attempt Having
AT length reached what seemed TO be the top
ABOUT $40 In the afternoon, they had the NOR
ulcaton OF finding that II was lower IN m
aholher elevation. There was then no help
lor IL out TO make for the highest poin',
and they erriyed upon it standing up lika
men. instead OF groveling as thew had n ,ea
doing for i've hours before Ike beasts Tina
wlnu was blowing at the rate OF fitty miles an
hour from the northeast, and driving the snO,
before II, and they were all cold, wet and hun
cry The temperature was there q deg Fahr-
emmett, which. on being worked out gave
height at the summit OF Chlmborazo OF 20 S45
feeL- They descended as hastily as they could
TO the camp before darkness made descent Inn
/ possible. and they got back at . pm, having
| peen out sixteen hours, and on foot the whole
| uine. Altogether he spent seventeen days on
Chlmoorazo, at $4,000 feet OF altitude is 800
ieei ana IL 300 feet, and went up three times
as hlgh as Is 500 feet, and when he quilted The
mountain AL trace OF mountain sickness had
disappeared. MT. Whyn p n also described The
ascent OF Cotopaxi, and said that ft was impos-
siple 10 conceive more dramatic spectacle
than that vast crater presented illuminated as
| IL was below with rudy subterranean hires ana
/ above by brilliant moon. The height OF s.
was 10, $50 feet, and the camp was 1870 feet be
| low. They remained there 20 consecutive hours
| lie also described second ascent which ma
mace at ChimboraZo nearly i've months later
and the height, as tested In the same manner
| as before, was In this Instance found 10 be-
/ 2o.i feet, being 50 feet less than on the pre-
| plous occasion, The mean height OF the two be
/ ing q, 5l1 feet.