The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-04
THE PRINCE IS MODEST.
The Feat of tho Nephew OF the King OF
Italy la Climbing to tho Summit OF Mt.

The Feat of tho Nephew OF the King of
Italy la Climbing to tho Summit OF Mt.
| st. Elias.
NEW YORK, Sept, S.-The Herald
says Prince Luigi, of Savoy, Duke of
AbrlszI and nephew OF the king of Italy,
Is at the Waldorf. having reached this
city after accomplishing the feat, hither-
to regarded as impossible, of climbing to
the summit of Mount St Elias, Con-
corning his achievement Prince Luigi is
/ very modest. He has avoided converts
ing about either the character of the
work he and his party had to perform
| before they arrived at the summit or the
| scientific facts he has added TO the for
mer knowledge Of the mountain, When
| he returns TO Italy he will prepare d
monolOgue, concerning his experiences
which will, II Is said, be of great value to
the scientific world. This monologue
| will be accompanied by photographs OF
peculiar interest, which were taken by
| the party at various stages Of the Jour
ncy. Some OF these, most notably those
which were obtained at elevations Of
more than 1900 feet, have no equals II Is
| Edli III Nllt Nbllht ANbA Nllg w AllN9
show the effects of photography at such
| elevations, but the actual appearance OF
what has been regarded as an insur-
mountable peak. The negatives are In
the personal keeping Of the prince, who
| prizes them as the most valuable Of his
trophies of Mount ST. Elias. They will
be developed In italy and until then
Prince Luigi declines even to converse
n bnTf thHfvt
Chevaller Cagn was the princes
| spokesman, He was enthusiastic over
the success Of the exploration. He said
You will be surprised to know that
the ascent was not either very dangerous
or difficult. We are all experienced
mountaineers and we had all Of us en-
cotntcrcd dangers In climbing far more
perllous mountains than those with
which we were confronted. The notable
features " the long climb were the gln-
ciers. They seemed to be bdundiess
We had never before witnessed such vast
eXpanses and their splendor Is unrlvallcd,
There were many Crevesses, some of
them very wide, but these were also
overcome and we reached the top after
eighteen hours Of hard climbing.
1.-THE sensation we experienced when
we we're al an altitude Of more than IA
900 feet, which was chiefly rapid and diff
ilcult respiration. The rarity OF the air
made the last steps Of the Journey diff
cult but the WEAKNESS was more than
repaid by the view which we obtained at
the summit These photographs Will, I
believe, open the eyes Of mountain climb
ere. our chief regret was that we were
unable to carry n really large camera on
account OF It's weight.
"fhc most difficult part was from the
divide From this point Il required
eleven hours to gain the top. We had
lots Of adventures and everyone Of the
party Including the prince and Che guide
fen Into cFcvasaes, but We were so well
prepared for accidents of that sort that
no one came to harm. We came down
the slope Of the mountain to the dlvlde
IN Htile more than two hours There
was some danger perhaps In this, for tho
Ice bridges and snow bridges under tho
influence OF the afternoon sun had melt
I'd somewhat ana We ara not always ablb
to trust ourselves to them, but the haz-
ardougnCBB of 1t all was FORGOTTEN In the
excitement which was superb ana set tho
whole system ilngllng with the oxrrrlgr.
We found the mountain to be, according
to our Instruments, 1900 feet high. I
say this, Of course, with the understand
Ing TINT nfior moro careful mnihnmnil-
cal application we md that the height
VIII vnry from twenty To thirty feet.
While II was cold at the summit II was
not nXcGBlynly 10. our lhcrmomeiora IN
dlcntlng r. degrees below zero, In re-.
turning II would have been to our nd.
VANTAGE had the temperature remained
NJ thai point"