The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
GRAND TETON assembled.
NrhNpS roof PLACED ON ITs PEAK ron
n FIRST TIME

Part of the Ascent Made By CrnWltni
a Mt the Edge of n Prsoipice 5000 Foe
HlEh-GrRnd View from tho Summit
DENvEn Aug. 24.-rwo remarkable feats II
mountain climbing have just been accom-
! plished. In one case Mrs. Coburn. wife Of the
3 pastor Of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
= In this city. was the first woman to Get foot
D on the top Of Mount Evans. Colorado. In tho
other, tho ascent Of the Grand Teton. on the
, border line. between Idaho and Wyoming.
= often attempted unsuccessfully and by many
thouRhtto he impossible. was accomplished by q
, party made up ofthe Rev. Frank s. for
merly Of Denver aud now Of Erie. Pa. a son OF
Bishop John +. spalding Of tho diocese Of
Colorado; W. O.. Owen Of Cheyenne. Wyo.
Frank =. Peterson Of jackson. Wyo., and John
Shive OF Elk. Wyo. The ascent was exceed
ingly difficult and dangerous. 1t was by
crawling upon their abdomens IN one place
over n ledge Of insecure rock overlooking 4
p~reciplco with a sheer drop $4,000 feet.
that the summit OF the Grand Teton was
reached. The path in places WINS 80 narrow
that progress was made only by seeking out
with the fingers ~crevices In which to secure a
hold to drag the body nlong. The ascent
rivnls the most difficult feats Of Alpine climb
ing. Crevices, snowbanks, glaciers md Ice
great fields OF it-precipices and crumbling
falling granite. were all encountered.
The Grand Teton Is the subject OF hundreds
Of legends among the Indians. and ia still a
mysterious temple OF the Great Spirit to them.
It has always been regarded as folly to at
tempt to reach the summit, and when the
Rocky Mountain Clubs representatives an
nounced that they were going to the top the
Idaho Falls Register warned them against the
undertaking.. and advised them to give up q
wild scheme that was sure to result dieas-
trously. But they persevered and conquered.
Tho Rev. Mr.. Spalding has returned to this
city and gives q graphic account OF the adven-
ture.
THE party left Denver on Aug. g." he said
reached Market Lake. Idaho. on Aug. 8.
We secured u team and rode to Jackson's Hole.a
two and one-half days journey. At the Hole we
took pack horses and made twelve miles on the
Teton range. just inside the Wyoming line.
Our camp was pitched at timber line on Aug.
10. The camp was right beneath Grand Te-
ton, and 1t was q sight that 1 shall never for
get. when. early on the morning Of Aug. IL. we
saw II wreathed with clouds and sombre rs II
rebuking us for daring to scale It.
W started at 8 O'Clock. We went up some
thing like 900 feet. and being confronted by a
wall Of rock went down again. Finally We
made the valley again and determined to fol-
low it UT. We reached our first glacier and
found It to be three-fourths OF a mile across. |
solid Ice. covered with rocks and checkered W ith
deep crevasses. The glacier led to a snow |
uelul OO yaTuS IN WlOUn. Inc SNOW was 80 bOTJ 1
that we had no difficulty in walking over It.
Then We came to another rise of rock. from
900 to 400 feet in length and at a steep anRle. |
The rock terminated in another snowbank at
an angle OF 30 degrees. In single file we be-
gan to climb this. each stepping In the foot
steps Of the man in front of him. When we
reached the saddle between the Middle Teton
and the Grand Teton we lay Town and rested
for a few minutes. Refreshed. we started up
a. A. AL 49, A. .-.A A.
main peak, a point as far as any one had ever
gone before. Mr.. Owen found the can he left
there in 1891. marking the highest point man
had assembled.
ice was all around us. Our first attempt
to continue our journey was up through an ice
niche. but we discovered there was no place to
hold to. We were consequently forced to fol-
low a little gallery three feet wide up to the
north side. Naturally the north side of any
large and supposedly inaccessible peak is
thought to be the hardest to climb. But the
Matterhorn. which 1 have climbed. is easiest
on the north side. So with the Grand Teton.
We decided to stick to the north side, and eau
tiously made our way along the gallery until
the man in front drew back with the rem ark
1t ended In q ~precipice that shot down
sheer 5000 feet.
Below the gallery and juttinG out from the
six feet in length. which had been sprung
from the main wall by the action Of the ice and
t tS THEME Behi Re t eTa%lle dfte sio ISwe a dKis GnPselve e.
twenty feet which brought US to a little ledge
S S9d harrow an q 3Sat Re MsIe rS SSnDe Tas tie ledge dEew T as
our abdomens. We encouraged each other by
Keiepi9 nS up Ym a natural taS eiEIngers =; Lo1t,. but It was t
crossed the ledge, and came to q sort OF niche
with a small oy~erhanging rock.
over. this We threw a rope-an action that
eye ao we. pulled ourselves up and out over the !
& lHHl tAaf nt Gnnnn nln nd 4 n m Nn
that we could use our feet. elbows, and Knees. ,
gallery 10 for fa q distance Of fG hearty My E SGO feet Se ta to%afd t
west; then up to another ice niche, in
followed a snow ridge for 200 feet. and then
above timber line. and clambered with =
a shout TO t. the top. We I made i at 4 O'clock ex- =
4 never saw such, a view in my life. From 8
he n top f you look dow and see four deep a
1000 feet deep; leading in all directions from e
he peak on on which you are standing; To the +
s sSf the e eye 'S SSn r %SsR 'F TO the ie' 3ert ia5 5aet as lss "
9,e dessried. Snake River winds down through I"
Q the tqpmost rock we planted the metal o
nag Oh tne ROCKY Mountain Club and IN a :,
'eG3rd Of the ascent. r.
dhe descent was h Iiri than Md the ascent. AZ
# 1ibG -four pl ssa.1v as E precautionary measure. Ell
where II was absolutely necessary" z
TIL Rocky Mountain Club was organized u
n 1896 for the purpose Of exploring high and ~
Unknown mountains and making the ascent ~
Any man who has climbed $4,000 IL
eet can become q member. \
Almost as notable. II less thrilling. was the y
scent Of Mount Evans by the Coburn party, N
which Mrs. Coburn was one OF the most en- a
h~nsiastic members. Mount Evans is one of o.
most noted mountains, a little u
Ibove $4,000 feet high. within plain view OF 81
Denver and the central peak In a stretch of ~
range 100 miles In length to be ar
zen from this city. Mrs. CobuTn finds her z,
scent u pleasant reminiscence. ~
II was one Of the most romantic expert m
niles during the trip TO the summit and back, III
rhe guide said after 1t was all over that had n,
le told us how far IL would be we would never IN
had the courage TO try it. Then we spent 81
ne night At timber line without either blanket H.
r wrap. The reason was that the horse had n't
left below with our blankets and tent. f.
he guide went back after them. but a storm II,
,nR Drawing and Ting mnla II 90 dnrL nnrlr ~