The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-26
LOST ON A MOUNTAIN TOP.
An Adventurous YOungster and Maiden
Camp out without Equipments.

Camp out without Equipments.
The i7-year-old son of the Rev. b. T. Vim
cent, of Greeley, and the daughter OF eX-
Governor Eaton underwent an experience
one night which will be remembered TO the
end of their days. They had climbed up
ON the mountains the day before, and
while walking mp Boulder canyon con
ceived the idea of climbing to the top of
the foothills to the south, and from there
see the sun set. Another lady was with
Them, but, being consumptive, 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 Maxwell tunnel, where
the climb was undertaken, is perhaps the
rockiest and hardest to climb, as well as
the most dangerous in the neighborhood.
There is no gradual ascent, but it is a
climb from the very start over the rough
est of precipices, places where, if once
reached, it would be difficult to turn back
and retrace the steps or the climbing.
Young Vincent and Miss Eaton, bent
upon seeing the sun set, climbed on, and
did not notice that it was already getting
dark in the valleys Overhead all was
bright. Long before they reached the top,
however, the sun had set, and the two
were suddenly confronted with the fact
that night was drawing on, that they could
not possibly retrace their steps, and that
they knew of no way to get down the hill
| There was good trail and wagon road on
the other side of the hill, but it was three
quarters of a mile from the lost wanderers
and they knew not of its existence. Be
sides this they had not yet reached the
/ top. In the twilight they crawled upward,
sometimes crawling on hands and knees,
sometimes needing all their strength TO
enable them to get ahead. 1t was hard
climb, resulting in bleeding and torn
hands and torn clothes.
When the top of the hill was finally
reached the couple got their bearings and
could see in what direction Boulder lay.
They could see the reflections of the Argo
smelling WORKS on the clouds; they could
see the electric lights of Denver; they could
later on see the outlines of Boulder and
her electric lights, but they could not get
down. Except ON the trail the descent is
even in daytime, not the safest, and al
night absolutely dangerous. The ravines
and gorges are deep, and the precipices
overhanging md steep. At many places
the rocks present a perpendicular height
of 100 to 200 feet. Some of the gorges anc
pltIdllS are seldom seen ny but human eye
The two people were unused to mountain
climbing and knew not the way down, anc
were hence Imprisoned on the heights.
Meantime the father of young Vincent
becoming alarmed at the absence of thu
two, had succeeded in getting number o
people out to hunt the lost ones. He feared
they had bee murdered or had fallen int
the creek, and it was carefully searched
as well as could be at night, for dead bodies
The crowd called out, but received no an
swer.
Those on the hill made several attempt
TO come down, but each time the dangerou
nature of the descent warned them to <
no further, and it was lucky they stopped
But with this constant climbing around
anxious to find some trail which woul
take them to Boulder, they Became wor
out. At the first streak of daylight the
again attempted the descent, and littl
after o'clock arrived in this city footsor'
hungry, weary and bleeding from man
scratches. Boulder Cor. Denver Republ