The herald., 1895-10-13

Berne, is group of m cunt tains called the
Rose Garden range. One of them is cal
led the Bajolette Tower, and it plerces
the clouds like some gigantic needle. 1t
is almost entirely barren OF verdure and
its rocky sides seem as precipitous as the
walls of some huge building.
There are mountains of greater height
in the Alpine region, but none which
possess so many obstacles to the climb
er. Looking at it there Goes not seem to
be anything to which the human hand
or foot could cling to and mount higher.
To walk up an unbroken perpendicular
wall seems easier by par;son, but
Madam Won Chelminsky. q German lady
OF 30 years, small and slight in physique,
with a quiet face and retiring manners,
succeeded in getting to the top OF Bajo-
lette and doing what many skilled noun
tain elm bers have failed to accomplish.
Why the Rose Garden range is so called
is q somewhat difficult matter to imagine
as the mountains are more barren OF yer-
dure than any other group in the Alps.
Great walls of rock covered with ice and
snow in the winter and with rare spots
of green in summer, are all that cat be
seen from below. But the Jew who have
climbed them say that from the various
heights the rays of the sun bring out the
most pewildering shafts OF color, turning
the huge mass of rock INTO all the daz-
zling hues OF the iain nbow. Those who
have seen them say that the color effects
sides have the appearance of a vast ttop
cal garden In full bloom. This is the
reason of the pretty name.
In the early eighties George WlnKler OF
| Munich made a partial ascent OF Baloi-
ette Tower and in looking for the cause
| Sol - lr%rf Il
abundant traces of crystal and subseq uent
| work proved that the peaks OF this range
| abounded in the mineral. He was the
| first man to climb to the top of Bajolette
and one side OF the peak has since bsen
| named Winkler lower.
/ For several years he held the record,
| but in 1890, two men, A. Won Kraft and
| r. H. Schmit, made the effort, although
| the peasants tried to dissuade them,
| claiming that they would surely be
| killed. They succeeded, however, and
| EN- boldened by their success, Dr.. Hell
bersen made an attempt in 1882, but
| fai Led in his purpose. In 1858 Leo Trcp-
| tow, noted Alpine climber, who bad
| mastered every other difficult peak in the
| region made the attempt and succeeded.
| He wrote thrilling account of the
| climb, describing the beauties of the
mountains which brought hundreds OF
| tourists to the Rose Garden in 1894.
OF the many who attempted last year
| and this year to make the climb, not one
out of fifty succeeded and most OF them
| were skilled in the vorK. During the
| two past seasons fifteen climbers man
| aged to reach the top and Nine. Won
Chelminsky holds the record of the only
woman being able to manage it,
All that she could be induced to say OF
the trip was: "When we began the as
cend looked upward and it semed to me
that was in almost horizontal posi-
tion, the mountains stretching up like
| the side of great stone wall. But to
the expert mountain climber there are
byways and resting places, paths which
60 along level, and paths which are al
most perpendicular
Since the first trip to the top was made
less dangerous but longer route has