The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-10-31
A TASK SUGGESTED.
oHANoE FOR Those WHO DESIRE
SOMETHING NEW.
so Ensursloniss IA. Yea Reached ne
Top Of Mount Everett. SAD the
Reader May Be the FIRST Person 10
Climb to Its summit


II you thirst FOR something really
new. II you want 10 do something
which has never been done before.
here Is a chance for you. Climb Mount
Everest. It's height is 2s0o2 feet. and
fou viii not hnd anything ia the na-
ture Of a paper bag on its snow-capped
summit ior the excursionist has not
reached there yet. The highest point
TO which man has 50 far climbed is 2s-
1893 feet. This Is the height Of Aeon
cagua. the loftiest summit Of the main
cordillera Of the Andes. This point
was reached by the guide Mattias Eur
briggen and Mr. Vines. two member
OF the expedition that went cut IN 1897
under Mr. r. "A. Fitzgerald. Before this
the record was held by Sir William
Martin Conways expedition. which in
1892 climbed a mountain in the Kara
koran Himalayas Just on q. 500 feet
high. Man having ascended 20 height
OF 2S.39s feet, the question t. Sc now
considered Is whether he win ever be
able 10 reach $4,000 feet. We live at
The bottom Of an ocean Of air. and our
bodies are specially adapted for life
at low levels; consequently when we
are placed in unusual conditions such
as exist at great heights. we are affect
ed in various ways Respiration be-
comes difficult. the circulation Of the
blood Is altered. the heart is faugued.
mountain sickness" is experienced,
lassitude and exhaustion follow. IN
spite OF al this It is the opinion Of all
those who have given the subject care
fui consideration that the ascent OF
Mount Everest Is possible As wit.
ness we shall call signor Angelo Mos
so, one Of the greatest authorities on
human physiology. who has devoted
years Of research to the effects Of high
attitudes on the human frame, and
who has beon instrumental IN secur-
ing the erection OF new observatory
and Alpine station on Monte Rosa for
the special study OF the life Of man on
the high Alps. signor Mosso's evil
dence Is summed up In his remark: Il
am convinced that man may reach the
summit Of Everest without serious suf-
ferlngs. Even this does not seem 70
presage a pleasure trip. but then the
ambitious climber must be prepared
for discomfort and difficulty. The rea-
son, signor Mosso tells Us. why SO few
have attempted the ascent OF the high
est peaks on the face OF the earth, is
the conviction that man cannot with
stand the rareded air OF these alti-
.udes 'Heroism shrinks from such
prolonged sufferings as those due to
lack Of health His own experiments
and observations. however. give us the
Assurance that man win be able slow
ly. 20 accustom himself 70 the dimin-
ished barometric pressure OF the Him
alayas- III birds" he says. fly to
the height OF 20 900 feet man ought to
be able to reach the same altitude at
slow rate Of progress" The Fabian
policy-festina lente seems to be Sig
nor Mosso's rlaxim for the mountain
climber An individual would have to
be found who would accllmatize him
self during a slow rate OF progress. in
order TO reach the top In conditions OF
health and strength. His victualing ar
rangements must be generously but
prudently mode. more especially as the
last stages Would have to he performed
very slowly Mountain expeditions
have hitherto been proved to adopt too
rapid a rate Of ascent The nervous
system consequently has not time to
accustom itself TO the action OF the
rarehed air. nor the organisms to the
cold; the fatigue Of the ascent con-
sumes the strength OF the climber. and
leaves him no time 20 regain it. On
this subject Sir Martin Conway OBJ
serves -On the two occasions when /
have been at $4,000 feet hare felt that
could have climbed further, and that
II could have slept there. I might
have climbed much further. The prob
lem Of climbing Mount Everest will be /
conhicted BY two main difficulties
politics and finance. n the govern
ment o. India would persuade the Gov
eminent or Nepal to let the Alpine I
Club try. and If about $4,000 were
and a good party. with /
an ample supply Of porters could de-
vote two or three consecutive years to
The attempt. there would be some
chance u conquering the peak. ~
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