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

MISS PECK IN MOUNTAlN CLIMBING COSTUME.
Q stalwart man. Furthermore, she made the
entire trip alone, and when she was recovering
from q slight illness. 1t was the Sd OF Septem.
Der when she went over the range, and this
shows that she is not troubled with supersti-
tionsl was a Friday.
e. had started the Friday before" she said In
telling about 1t, I" but the day was go unfavor-
able that ] had to give 1t up. Mr.. Watson called
me at 1 O'Clock and, though the mountains were
in the clouds, l got up and made the start. I
felt quite sure it was not the day for the range,
but I thought I might as well walk up Madison
since / had started"
Miss Peck doesn't talk Of climbing" the
White Mountains. She climbed !" the Matter.
horn, but she Just walked up" Mount Madi-
son. a trieing little mountain over 5000 feet
hight She was up in the fog and clouds most
of the time. but nevertheless took the oppor-
tuuity of trying n new route back from tho
summit. The new route existed principally in
the imagination OF the man who had told her to
try 1t, so, of course. she lost her way. However.
she had a compass, and she regained the old
path without any mishap. A severe cold kept
her from repeating tho attempt to go over the
range before the next week. when she started
again. once more on Friday.
~ was called at 4 o'clock" she said, had q
bre5sf st of steak potatoes and cofrec-which 1
do net usually drink-and left the hotel at 5:lo
A. N. l wore my Matterhorn suit-a serge
bbirt waist, knickerbockers OF canvas duck, and
my hobnailcd shoes. Ihad a linen skirt, but as
no ono was up at the hotel, l simply rolled the
skirt Into a bundle and hung It from my oelt.
On thcother side l hung Il small chatclaine bag
contui,ing a sandwich. some pieces Of choco-
late. u low rasins and a small bottle OF brandy.
carried no wrap, though | would have been
E,Hd toha, e one. Every ounce OF weight counts.
made quite a good deal OF difference. In my
hands h al only Inv alpenEtDck.
II he, hoped that some one would make the
So had to do it alone or not at al. The only
things | feared were bears and accidents. Bears
b bSGs a s@sn de mo iRa th th %q Boar ' Moni'd put 4ue ev drst
f. weult give it the chance, so l tried not to be
s soa4s aso when Il hSn" sie is %ss dt soi sSs up a 0 tsat q same lss
trail 10 sketch, The bear WAS in the path ahead
s 81 ef iai! S%.; dl4 sadlIon Mns a seiInF the "T bear f 5panc he'd
sketches. She said that the only thing that
On the mountain al day and couldn't tell any.
body about It until she got back at night.
ro,iing stones, The result may be anything
Being entirely alone. any accident would have
been much more serious in its consequences.
l lwhat less rapidly than | should have done had l
lbeen with some one else. However, l got To the
w minutes. Some men have made it in two hours,
n but my time was very good. indeed, especially
III VII me WORK 1 ilhu anthA u u Ht. L bLOppcu
4 only once going up, rol about two minutes
at Salmncis Brook. l rested a few mlnutes.
about ten. on top OF Madison and ate n piece OF
1T was cold and windy. Tho air was good
\ for the going. but he wind WAS SO keen and cold
that, even when vas exercising. 1t sometimes
\ seemed TO STRIKE Gear through me. When i
take which cost me hree,quartsrs OF an hour in
tempted to lake, tho roaiS which / had tried TO
\ peak brtwecn Madison and Jefferson, l had
s ssS1 ! 1Hin d. G He i s@ia L 70 Ws sFG Sboq, er' ' very
\ foolishlr, trltG TO 60 this. There was no trail.
finally rot into a lSoEt Of 'scrG ;" which was hope
LEES. Al last I concluded TO strike right straight
assure you did harder climbing right there
Y than l did on the VI .iterhorn.
II got w there all right. though, and reached
minutes from the time ] left Madison, ! nave
hour less. soTh"s lille experiment Was a cosli,
one IN t.me and energy. think that. withou,
House several years ago vas lost. thought o
mains s''' / ai3lo Hoped ssHSocTaiIann'it" leave ny owl
remains ar9nmt lhcrc, but sometimes J d'9n,
IA down = rock. Tor instance, but II. i ham
NJ stopped al The Tight, place III twenty feet won!i
\ piccs were not so high as those of the Matter
NJ horn, but thry' were high enough to make a iai
Il think i ate a sandwich while / rested o.
VI top OF Mount Adams. / was up in the cloud
now. Int | went on over Jefferson and Cay
After ! hal gone over Clay.l struck the railroG
N about "A mile from the, summit Of Mount Wash
ingtUn, and | finished that climb on the ties
Al hrst 1t seemed n great relief to walk on any
thing 20 smooth. but after u while 1t becam
almost uncomfortable. ] was obliged to TAX
steps witch were 100 short and TO keep cor
slant watch lest / overstep. II was the moe
nervous. wearing feature Of the whole day, an
when | reached he summit House. j fel: a goo
GCni like coilgpSing.
l2:i5 when j got there, and that wa
\ th''r. ]us"rtcis OF an hour later than ! ha