Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-03
A PRINCES CLIMB.
Account Of How Luigi Of SaYOy
Assembled Nj. S., Elias.
Ascent Was Not D,Glcull, and W,alher
Not V Try Cold-InfOrmailon Deemed
oil Advantage to Sclencs.

1
Abruzzl, and nephew Of the king OF
Italy. Is at the Waldorf, having
reached this city sitter accomplishing
the fcnt, hitherto regarded az impossi.
bic, OF climbing TO the summit OF Mt.
81. Eiias.
Concerning his achievement, Prince
Luigi is very modest. He has avoid.
ed converting about the character
nj the work he and his
party hnd to perform before they
arrived at the gu n init or the scientific
facts he has added. When he returns
to Italy he Will prepare a monologue
concerning his experl enots which
will, 1t ~ sail, bo OF great value to
that division OF the scientific world
Interested 10 the study OF phenomena
| Of great attitudes. Tnis monoiogue
| Will be accompanied by photographs
| OF peculiar interest which were taken
by the party AT every slage OF the
| Journey. Some OF these, most notably
tnose which were obtained at eleva.
tons OF more than / 600 feet, have nc
equals, II Is said, In IN world. No.
only do they show the II cts OF photo.
| graphs at such elevations, but the &C.
| tuRl Appearance OF what has been
| regarded as iDBurmountsblc peak. The
negatives are In tue Possession OF the
prince, who ptlzss them rs the most
valuable OF his rophies OF Mount 81.
Elias. They will be developed In Italy,
aud until then Prince Luigi decline
even to oonveIss about them. Chew
alier Cagni was the Princes spokes.
man. he was enthusiaetic over The
expedition. When asked how his
party had been received by the citizene
II Seattle, be smiled as though the
| recollection was humorous.
"Why," he began, 18th, received
us with the utm Jet courtesy, but none
OF them believed that we would sue
| ceeu, 30 mary had attempted .sthe
ascent and abandoned IL, you know.
| We were tol OF oil kinds OF dangers
which we would Certainly encounter
hut We went ahead and We sue.
| csed.d."
"DlI you encounter many great dif.
fcu te,?"
"FFankly, no. The greatest dlfli.
| Guilty was the quettion OF transporls.
ton OF food. IL was necessary that
| we shoulu take tutlic ient with us to
assure our safety. 1t was essential
that as climbers that we should not be
| oveT-burdeneu. Yet, every pound
added to our equipment Increased cur
danger. We were at last able to solve
the uifiicuI AMI ~ good fortune We
did not suffer from Luuger."
"Wnat was the character OF the
| sscen ?"
"You will be surprised to know that
I 4 ~ n.Nl q
| difficult. We were all experienced
mountaineers and we had all OF US en-.
countered dangers In climbing far
more petilOus heights than these
| which we confronted. The notabl
feature OF the long climb was the
glRcIers. They seemed to DO bound.
less, We bad never witnessed such
vast expantes aud their splsudor ia
uDrivalled. There were many crew.
| Rsses. some OF them Very wide. But
| they were soon overcome and We
reached the top after elghtesn hours,
hard climbing.
1.-THE sensation we experienced
when we we're NJ an altitude OF mo 70
| than 1900 feet was chiefly rapid and
difiicuIt respiration. The rsri y OF the
air made the last steps OF the Journey
diiilcuit but the WEAKNESS was more
| than repaid by the view which we OBJ.
| tanned ut the summit. These photos
were taken, winch l believe Will open
| the eyes OF mountain climbers. Our
| oh Of regret was that we Were unable
to carry really large camera on &C.
| count VI Its weight. the one we had,
| however, prese nted an excellent neld
| ami from Its photographs We expect to |
| OBTAIN admirable results.
lgrha unnsl ,iiAi ,art .,Ia
was from the DiviJe.' From this
point 1t required eleven hours 80 gain
| the top. We bau lots OF adventures
| and every one OF the party, including
the prince anu the guiue, Tell into |
| crevassse, but We were so well pre-.
| Jared against accidents OF that sort |
that no Ons came 10 harm. We came |
down the slope OF the fountain to the |
'DiviJe' In y little more than two
hours. There was some danger, per.
hsls 10 this, for the Ice bridges and |
| snow bridges, rnder the n tiusnce OF |
| tue afternoon sun, had melted some |
what AID wewefe not always able to |
trust ourselves to them, but the hszsrd.
BUSINESS OF II all was forgotten in the |
excitement which was superb, aud set |
The whole system tingling with the
| exercises.
"We found the mountain TO be, ac- |
cordIng 10 our instrnmeut, is, 100 feet
nigh. say this OF course. with the |
understanding that after more careful
mai hematical appliances We may find |
that the height viii vary twenty or
thirty feet. While II was cola at the /
summit It was uoi excessively NJ, our
thermo ~ ters Indicating Twelve de-
gree. btA,w zero. In returning 1t
would have beeu to uur advantage |
uad tho temperature remaiuei Al that
point"
nEHELp THE "sILEET CITY"
SEATTLE, WASH, Sept. 3, -AlsskE's
"silent cnJn has revealed It's pIolence
to i've members OF the party which
accompanie1l Prince Luigi up Mount
81. Euas. In the early mJrning OF
July 10. the party while returning
rom tue ocean with supplies, sudden'
ly saw The city MIR rcd In The clear
atmosphere. The vi,lou vas 30 clear
that q. w. Thornton, W 40 first noticed
II, wrote in his mole book as follows
at required no effort OF imagi alton
to hken IL to a city, but It was 80 dis
tinot on tue plain thai Is rqniroi In
deed strong isith to believe that II
was no, In reality city"
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