The sun., 1900-11-14
GREAT NOUNTAIy CLIMBER HERE.
Edward whymp-r Tells of Some Of His mar
yellous ExpPrtenCcs.

Edward Whynpcr the distinguished noun
tain climber. who was member of the first party
which reached the summit of the Materhorh
In 1895 and who later achieved renown by chiho-
ing Chimborazo in Ecuador and attslhInp
height of %. 800 feet. feat unparailelen a''"o
timo and which has been equalIed by lew per-
sons since. lectured last night at Menoeeso"h
Hall under the auspices OF the American 'e'
graphical Society Mr Whymper VINO u IN
Englshman. Is on his first visit 10 THIS -
and last night was his first appearance III We"
York lie arrived two weeks ago at Boston on
locturng tour which will last uii'ii 'i''s
when he expects to return To Ehsiaho "H"s
here Sir. Whymper Il going To spend lie" Gays
In British Columbia looking over the mountains
there and may do a little climbing II tAe weather
V favorable This in spite of the iaet'hat ne
Is now ~ years old and has done no srea' eHii'o-
ing for ak or seven years
Mr.. Whymrer. who when only 2i years OF
age astonished the world by the boidnesa ana ana
success of his mountain climbing. u parlii,iii
ularly robust and his ieet, he, says nave siii M
the steadiness which enabled hun to scale NE ne
Matterhorn and return HlSe' ri. a,er 10Y, nouglns
had II their liyes by the bfeakLs -, - u,'r h.,
MIR. Mhymper Is little above tle afrratr ~ X,
weight and one would hardly credit nm WIN
possessing the agility needed to navigate noun
tain peaks On his climb Nj. ny w ~ ila,
always carried cameIa, ahu III hy the ,tars.
| optioon. some OF the pictures SHOWN nay. M
been taken at points rs i!gh as ,,,,,..r's ,"u%'
talk last Srht 'es was more more particularly on his
explorations among the hiuse w Wy. t1e tho1
Of which he attained his groatesi heishti ;na,
| that part Of his adventures however. he toia
| Of the earlier attempts OF mountain ,iiltrhs h
and the different as.ehts oi ny n, D',''T Iss he
said, now had more than 1000 neinoers' WniCm u
| lie thought was an evidence Oi the pVpuiaiiey
m2qnrla cinbing had attSined ,di,in, ~ 10 he
| proper shoes Was an ice aye and quantity 10, 4i
half-inch ina niia rope Most persons generally
IN To,S very d iGScrIT Trok tRf work M he sad 1t he
custom TO u-. what l. called fixed rope IN adii
ditiDn to that u which all are ticd ne r In,u
walls The one indispensable uuAg. however,
for the mouutaiuoer To- cultivate was til" art ol
keeping Oh is lego and 10 Illustrate t7 plufiie
were thrown on the screen slowing giilcH
standing on q single rock Win pfeHp'Oo
Mr. Wymper gave th,ilin. ds-cripd,i9hh ,d 'hrS,, OF
Others of the Mattsrhorn party lost thtlr h.es
just after the descent was begun. When thse thse
first 9ae o.' hs footing ne WIN s,dr Si,b "I ths
sai;ty. IT. The he acciae 1t, said MT. WymreT.
WAYS laid 1t to diyisioa of rsspon- -ibiiity
dla to the flot that there was no authorized
Leader. think IL probab" that al ths mo lhlsios
In the world could be coNJlerei WIN proper
expenditure Of time. troub e and laoor uut
for ona thing which nature has made 30 lar on
insurinountlble obstacle, That |, the noun
tain sickness resulting u one att1ins hlg' hlu-
tudcs This sickness Is peculiar one ana 10Y r
ago decided IL was worthy oi careful lnNsstl-
cation. ] determined o. find out whether its
effects were perm4nrnt and where y rrst be-
came observed tp To that Tim" II had meyer
been learned whether curee could be ELECTED bS
STAYING on the spot and Iersous when seized
byit hid Invariably descended ThatwlS the only
cure tEcn known. II was nv desire 70 investi.
Rata this which lod me to unlsrtlke he aso.h
Of Chinborayo vhiNh lIrmbold' ascended In lsys
10 a height Of IS 40 feet. v hen ~c arrived az
the second camp al an altitude OF 1890 Feet the
sickness had seized oil OF the party. The syinp-
toms were fever, intense headaches and ter
rible craving FOR drnk, which we were unable
20 satisfy, one o. the peculiar things about
the trouble was the inability 70 talk as one =
constantly gIl,ing like hsh AZ this oltituds
our pipes refused - burn. This condition ol
snairs lastei a night and day When me
Intensity OF the syrnrtoms diminished, two
days late, we went up higher and pitched ou'
C7fnp AZ IN altitude ~ 1871 feat. Then the
feveri4hness aud the gulrlng dIarpeared, al
though most o. ~ sill fslt h'e'eSs. Two day.
! later, however. we vcro able 10 move and nnalll
| reached the summit, the barometer showed
iil inches, pressure. denotlna an altitude o
90 500 feet"