New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-23
A WOMAN'S RECORDS.
MRS. FANNY BULLOCK WORKMAN'S EX
PLOTS AS A CYCLIST AND A NOUN
TAIN CLIMBER-HIGH LIFE
AND HARD RIDING.
London, July Is,

London, July 13
High life is supposed to be the favortte ambition
Of American women, and Mrs. Fanny Bullock
Workman has achieved her goal with Yankee en-
ergy and Massachusetts rteralness. She has aimed
AZ a record for going higher than any other woman
in the world. ard she has hit the mark by climb
inE three OF the peaks of the HimaIayas and re-
turning to London with the distinction OF having
been over 900 feet above level. She has a
strong viii, true American grit and robust health.
and any woman who attempts TO take the record
away from her will find a rival prepared to battle
for supremacy by scaling Aconca qua, or even Ev-
crest
II may be brief experience, this quarter-hour on
the uppermost pinnacle OF a snow-capped. storm
swept mountain like Koser Gunge, but the con-
seriousness Of being higher in the world than any
woman has ever been before is a full reward for
ali the labors. dangers and privations of a climb
among the Himalayas. When the feat has been
performed there papers 10 be read before Alpine
clubs addresses be delivered before geogra phica
societies. a book TO be written journey IN
India and congratulations TO be received from ad
mlrers OF pluck and energy in what is not always
the softer sex.
HER EARLIEST EXPLOITS
Mrs Workman was born in Worcester. Mass.
and is the daughter of Governor Bullock. Even
before her marriage with Dr. w H. Workman she
had developed a taste for mountain climbing and
her earliest exploits achieved among the more
inaccessible peaks Of the White Mountains Suisse
quently DR.. and Mrs. Workman undertook
Of the most difficult work IN the Alps. ascending
the Matterhorn Mount Blanc. the Doomites and
the mountains Of Tyrol. DR.. Workman retired
from medical practice and entered heartily into his
wife's plans for foreign travel and mountain climb
ing One Of their earliest holiday Journeys
through Italy and Sicily in 1890 They became n
thusiastic cyclists the year, and their wheels
have been constantly in during the last ten
years and have carried them far aield They went
through Algeria their wheels in 1894 and rode
far inland 10 the edge Of the desert. This was
pioneering work for cyclists. and there is pleas
ant record of It IN algerian Memories" During
the following year they travelled 5000 miles on
their bicycles in Spain, visiting many remote VII
lagos, exploring every section Of the peninsula and
crossing the Straits into Africa for glimpse Of
Tetuan and the mountains Of Benz Hosmar.
During the last three years DR.. Workman ard
his wife have been travelling in the Far East, and
everywhere except among the high mountains
they have gone on their bicycles, studying every
country with thoroughness, and not neglecting any
section Of it In Java they had ride Of 1500 miles,
in Ceylon Of 1900 miles and they have ira
versed Sunnatra, Cambodia and portions Of Siam.
In India they have travelled 1900 miles on their
wheels from north TO south and from west to east.
Probably this is the longest bicycle ride made
by
THIRTY MONTHS BICYCLE TRIP.
For thirty months they riding through viii
lagos ana exploring mountain ranges, and during
exposure extremes Of heat and cold they were IN
perfect health DR.. Workman when he comes 10
London, has touches Of asthma and begins TO
wheeze, but on his wheel in the open air he has
neither ache nor pain. He is wiry, sinewy man.
with keen eye and a clear brain; and for noun
tain climbing he has every physical equipment
Mrs. Workman has great reserve Of endurance
and when her strength fails her will takes its
place and carries her through. Courage and grit
are required for altitude Of 20O0 feet above sea
level and she has both qualities. combined with
restless ambition for seeing everything and going
everywhere
The most interesting episodes Of this Indian jour
ney were the pioneer ascensions Of two mountains.
which they named the Siegfriedhorn QS.6OO feeO
and Mount Bullock Workman Q9, $50 feet; an expe-
ouon Of eighteen days on Sir Martin Conway's
rack up the Biafo Glacier to the top OF Hispar
Pass and back TO Askole; and after the two toll
some sscents in the skoro La Range, an excursion
ne sugar Valley and an ascent OF h0seL o5uhEe
In magnificent snowy mountain p goo feet ABOVE sea
.5f.s4 For this hazardous mountain work they MAO
ne assistance Of the famous Alpine gu1de, HuF-
1seel, VINO had been with Sir Martln conway IN
TTI I-a ana with other explorers IN the Ahdes;;
Photographs and sketches Of the mountains
F SIsn they assembled in those pioneering Eek, ex.
Ilhem they give a most thrilling account OF their
,;ty camping places on the ice, their skirInlsnes
80 me umorous coolies who were necessarily
Avalanche Camp GS 200 feeD with six snowy peaks
fsyy@ering above the glaciers and moraines Eur
laeeSSeAs exploits as roadInaker throusn o IGe
Ie MAGNIFICENT prospects from the Siegfriedhorn,
,teif lney left their cards in a strong earn Oh
summit, and the long detour ana olfncult
.lch " which they approached three hlgh peaks
oeleq by them the White Fates and finally as
.led one Of them by e long ladder OF ice steps
PM one by by their intrepid and unerring
ASCENT OF KosER OUNCE.
from this mountain, which had never before been
~ eAoed. the Workmans obtained a complete view
80 great glacier winding its way among high
"a aAc ending in a valley opposite the tlaio,
.ulley were enabled 70 photograph the glaclal
Res Of the hitherto unexplored Skoro La
Vs1isse. The ascent of Koser Gunge from ShigaF
tbsIy vas a much mora difficult enterprise, ana
assa laces light up with a fine glow OF enthusl-
when they describe II and point out their
Nortirs anc stages IN a fine drawing winch Ut
Tbe lsh has made from sketch on the ground
ana 80 summit lay back among domes and ridges
ana ylid only be family seen from the valley,
sIoTeH Was approached from Yuno by meadow
L. and precDitous walls and by carefully Sc
Vsf lamps among precipices, where they had 70
6sys. cay after day for good weather. A single
pistS sun climb carried them 10 wind swept
bea- y 1000 feet above the valley whence II had
&C., eefcried by glass; and after rough rock
gss..pIlng they reached hating place, Where u
The nery cold at 5000 feet. They had not yet seen
Pss,lps YAK nor could they do when they had
gfs ~ another thousand feet after long strus-
out n Htttense cold. Every step had TO be trodden
stortoos me guide, and there was a binding snow.
al - ane the loudest call could barely De heafo
Tar s enc OF 80 feet Of rope. At last they saw
io" cone with blue ice cornice. Out IL WAS