The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28

planned andthan I would have been there n had
nxt Iriem tne new r~oute-.which was no route ct
Al; ! felt pretty well used ny, and II wasiargely
would be dark early. especially in the thick
the Crawford House. But I rested and ate q
good, dinnor. and then I rested come moro. I
twenty-five minutes later when I finally SGT out.
had worn my skirt while I was at the Summit
.SHiS :n 6St ,o Ss soon as left there I took IT on
., SIIs sSFs.s, sI \; ;s ,ssil until .s.,,,1 ! &c sss q; onto T. The . aide
finding the trsil all S riSh snS and da0T going ofHI to
t tSnnEEi ndS then ~ int. to Pleasant and finally to Gin;
runs oomparativels near 't the sn;R S%H ta' SO s'A Il
tine lin ,.. M6sS | started down clinton. h o.
practically ]acsampiish eG.nS Why s0 | T scsr &c Iy Tfeit
tired At all. The trail was bad, though; It
as your nst., and isG'V there's TUsN were SoG old CO e%ord ISrcS
Into wi which l had g be careful not TO put either
keep q trail in the thick woods than. In those
r MstiH rs th S cFs% SRSPai Il Hoa. got at o 7.i 81 t eight min !
Iets IL, Is,' s thsn nvf ah hours from , the ti%o ! had
severed was about aO tWenty In @ii H%.'ff Dl Stances in
climbing are reckoncd as about equal TO three
tines TR.r, tho same amount Of walking on . Level:
trip, and no other woman has done it.
Miss Peck hes the advantage Of height, being
not look particularly strong. but she certainly 10
an indefatiRable climber. She says that climb.
tx eli Climbing SSastf MoSnt o Gfs Sc was a %oFs difscS SH.
Three men made the latter attempt with Miss
Peek, but only one OF the men reached the sum:
at her own success sa' orfsaba IS 1900 feet IN
height. hut tho Matterhorn is but u. 900. NJ,
"is not % easy Or Inspiring. Then, too, ate;
you get aboyo, $4,000 ;eet, 1t 10 much more ex.
h HAY ! ng,,d Bslow tina. 1. is Jpst fun; ! have 70
tho torrid zone, but i own that / nov. pine to 60
ny one Of the mountains IN Peru: I can't 70:
has never BEEN Climbed. Iast 'y sHm anss MStzsor.
aid, the Envlish mouptHin climber, ATTEMPTED to
but his Swiss guide did.
Fer the real pleasure Of climbing I prefer
p!ss:n aSS every f mo%ont . i The time. kSsn the the
guides there is no occasion for alarm. For in:
stance. suppose I had to climb up right there"
S Where S 4 se rses si0 RsaiPbt etTee eD ' t%o s, 3in q s1s rc %nf
easy enough. ,Firss. would step up here" .epd
desk. Then / should catch hold up here"
pointing to he top. Ct and then up here, indi.
i fasi"s s Wias sop q OH inI thai M.no %Snl q '1 BE- quito aH9Ss w sHe
enough for a foothold," she said. "And any:
way, 4 your foot did slip Of the guide w 70 1,
is quite easy!" with great nonchalance.
Miss Peck always carries on her climbing ex-
petitions 2 bamboo alpenstock, which has
helped her up and down tho mountains of
switzerland. Greece, Mexico, and this country.
Many Americana climbers do not use a stick.
but Miss Peck says that It enables one to dc.
scend q mountain with much greater rapidity
and shfety. She has worn the, same pair OF
shoes on most OF her climbs: the pair which
was made fer Ii: Matterhorn ascent. She has
an extremely narrow foot, an AAA last. but
1t Is long and evidently sure. She says that che
WUNIu ike To ClnD some or the Canadian
Rockies, but does not know ju st what her next
mountain feat will be.