Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-26
LOST on 4 MOUNTAIN TOP.
An ADVENTUROUS YJUNGsTER AND
A MAIDEN CANT OUT WITHOUT
EQUIPMENTS.

The lT-year-Cld son Of the Rev. Il.
+. Vincent, Of Greeley, and the
daughter Of ex-GUveEuUr Eaton
underwent an experience one night
which will he remembered 10 the
end Of their days. They had climb
ell up on the mountains the day b.
fore, and while walking up Boulder
canyon conceived the iGea Of climb
ing to the top Of the foothills to the
south, and from there STE the sun set.
Another lady was with them, hut,
icing constructive, she soon gave
out. and young Vincent took her
down to the road again and then
climbed up after his partner in the
tramp. The place opposite the Max
well tunnel. where the climb was
Undertaken, j. perhaps the rOckiest
and hardest 10 climb, rs well as the
most dangerous IN the neighbour
hood. There l. no gradual ascent,
but it is a climb from the very starr
over the toughest fpTeCip!ces, places
where, IL once reached, II would be
difficult to turn iackaud Tetr2ce the
steps or the climbing.
Young Vincent auu Miss Eaton,
bent ugUn seeing the sun set,
climbed IN, aud tid no; notice tia.
II was already getting DARK in the
valleys. Overhead all was bright.
Long before they reached the top
however, the sun hal set, and the
two were suddenly confronted with
the fact that the night vas drawing
on, that they could iIut possibly re-
trace their stc!s, aud that they
kurw u uu way Ia get down the hil.
There was a good trail and wagon
mad on the other side NJ the hill.
lut it was thrOc-quaTters Of a mile
from the Lost wanderers ami they
s-eT not Of il existence. Besites
this they had not reached the top.
In the twilight. they Cmwlti on
LauLS and SuUts, sometimes ned
iu. al th-i- strength TO enable them
g. get ahead. u was hari climb.
rusu,;iu. I'm the bleeding and tom
hands and torn cloths.
When lir top u tine hill was
finally reached tie couple got their
hearings anu could Sc IN what T.
reciipu Boulder lay. They cuuld
see the reflections uf the Ar:.U
smelling works uu the clouds, they
could ste lhc electric lights ui Der
yer: they could later OF zee the out
III.s S OF Iaula,r uEl ugr electric
lights, lUt they could not get down.
Ia. cIt uu the trail the descent is.
cvDH in daytime, not the safest, and
40 night ~ -yiutyly dangerous. The
Tav5uuS and gHrcU- are Ic,u. and
prucilics- oveThau-iuE ami steep.
Atm5uy IICeS the rocks present "a
perpendicular height o. 100 feet,
some o! the goF-ys ami Pitfalls ar.
seldom seen 10y the human eve. The
two people were unused 10 noun
tain climbing ami knew rot the
say down. and were hence i'm
gTi-oUed on the heights.
Meantime the father Of Young
Vincent, becoming alarmed at the
absence % the two, had succeeded
la getting . number Of people out 20
hunt the lost ones. He feared they
had been murdered or had fallen
into the creek, ami it was carefully
searched, as well as could be at
night, for dead bodies. The crowd
called out, Lui received no answer.
Those on the hill made several
attempts 70 come down. but each
time tie dangerous nature Of the
descent warned them To 20 no
further, and it WAS lucky they
stopped. But with this constant
climbing around, anxious 20 find
some tail which would take them
20 Boulder, they became worn out.
At the first streak Of daylight they
again attempted the descent. and 4
little after D O'Clock arrived ia this
city fOotsore, hungry, weary and
bleeding from many scratches.-
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