The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-08-18
MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS WORK.
PLENTY or IT YET TO M DONE
Ov RMS CONTINENT.


Edward Mhympcr, conqueror OF The famous
Matterhorn. and eyewitness 70 ono OF the
greatest ira gedie- of mountain climbing IN
that historic region. Is In the Canadian Rockies
NJ IN. present moment. bent upon a three
years exploration Of that almost unknown
iccbound chain OF peaks II wa almost forty
years ago that whynpeT. With true British
persistency. camped upon the steep deeiivi-
ties of the Matierhorn. climbing when he could
and rec.dins only when ne had 80 do 50 Tor
fear Of his life. finally reached It's bleak Icy
summit on July 10. isss A. his time In life.
when most men are content In an easy chair
with slippered feet. tho figure OF this old man
with alpenstock In HE hand and ic--axe Ia his
belt. turning to the blue glaciers Of the frozen
north il a grand one Grisried. sturdy and
indomitAhl~ ~ his old age. he turns with all
the earnsstne-s 81 youth to those Icy heights
Ia which 80 long ago he won EXCELSIOR
Whatever may be within tho reach OF the
mountain climber In the canadian Northwest
Whymper purposes to explore and the pos-'-
bilitics Of the neld are 40 vast that he has
reason 10 look forward to II with the keenest
rest No Baker or Stanley In darkest Africa
has had a NOR. uniracked wilderness In front
Of him than has Whymper
Future generations will envy the present
mountaine-r his glorious opportunities. Any
man whose tastes lie IN that direction. who
has tho health. strength and courage. may
win a name for himself a. an explorer and
a mountaineer A. an instance OF the op-
portunities for discovery which abound
IN The Canadian Rockies. last autumn D y
Duchesnay ~ Ra vclstoke took a three days
jaunt east Of the magnificent Van Horne
Range and north q the main Napta River
Although the trip was 80 short. 10" found
himself IN The presence Of marVel~ Of nature
OF which no one had ever heard lie had
10 MEASURE sirS'i Il. g sr"s, YaS%ss"w. Fall 200
feet IN depth. and To h. the pioneer explorer
Of a valley which would broVo a fortune
to any Swiss mountsih resort
'Afier following the bride path from Field
10 Emerald Lake he said Of the trip u
camPsd % ihe cvsnlns o. sd tsny = sssrm-
,ho.e Of the north fork Of tho kicking Horse.
above the sea and az the foot OF one Of the
spurs Of the rugged, snow-capped WApta
range and directly facing u he highssl
point OF that range towers almost n mile higher
Making an early start the pes, mornin..
along the crr-, OF a ridge bordering a pict.
ur~squs and peaceful valley For ten miles
wa. almost, constantly above timber line,
10! !coo fs., above the -ss I do not think I have
Eve, sSs y 70 ssA %SisS .'S Grs. a s-sciam nsIea
is guarded BY Mounts collie ana Bal
four. forming a sst.way through which
20 tbe batinm Of The valley Her~ the north
fork of the kicking Horse River has its sourcr
Fast. I found myself facing a scene terrible
IN it, Wild grandeur range ot. grim sentl-
n.ls formed a barrier bet ween Yoho Valley
and the watershed of Bow Lake al the head oi
i 6S" a s,Tsr Of ,no ciin. Sorsefin s"a the Valley
and n. the slantinR rays Of the autumn sun
M un those great snow fields and icc SLOPES
~. .c,n. vas one 20 impress Itself upon the
mind and imagination OF the most -tolid
Had I time :" hunt could hav. .hot wild
could have Alled my herbarium With plants
so are ~ yet In the museums that hey would
he worth their weight In gold Had ] been
in view upon whose submits no human foo,
has ever rested But was merely out Tor
a little, quiet exploration and somerns,
things. We, I am simply rewarded BY dts
covering two cataract-. the Ike Of which do
one point twin falls come down from the
eternal ice fields In = drop Of 200 feet In
another = magnincent arch is~nos-Sht"
nsrent glacier 10 the bed Of the Kicking Horse
Css1r Morsoysr: sSd me- eS ocas5 roS or
"a5ri.d m. over every foot Of the road. and
ws- absent from Field only thre" days
Mr. whymper,, will arst eNplor" this won
tenn, the ascent Of Mount Assinihoine. a
Giant peak about twenty mile- south ~ hann,
4 IN" Canadian Natioral Pnrh ihls l.eak
mountsln lake the Mattsrhorn. Mount
Assiuihoine il a neNdle-ShHped mass Of ro"k
s,''r.s tno,l and. 't iise IT, Nnttsrhorn. !, has
hsrf - every msn who hiss tired Ia scale u,
steep tanks But Nhympet i UNDERTOOK
no, unlikely that ~. nr-t year Of the. pre-
ent century will $40 the ascent oi MOUNT
Is-iniboine hy this dauntle~s nountaineer
One advantage which &C. tn" adNen'urer
the Rookie and the S~lkirks possess ~ com
mon over tn" Alps II their wild solitude
Not one In ten even Of the higher peaks has
ka.t anon ny n white man. nnd nNf one IN
5000 WIS ever climbed The lovely NaheN-
are never trod 10y y human foot ana IN"
lakes and streams abound IN trout Tor when
no fisherman has ever cast a ny WOW that
the StoneYs the old indian .trib" Nhlch
hunted brt,s-cn the plains ana the h9o,e-
nay ace almost extinct. gam" :, as ahnn-
dant a. the checks which nature alray- puts
unon the Wild thing Of the wood, and ranges
are. for rNnl0yntlnn and for nature Will md
more 10 satisfy him IN Alberta ana brtl-h
Columbia than h" can hope t1f AZ ths i"'"
IA =, IN the Aln- ~ IN" tnrn9f'hA"N
last wear Mr. whvmp~r made the .pr~Irni-
nary observations for tht-- trip, ana "mN =
few days agg he iei, hann wv 'I ,hs HsHns
Perhaps only the Himslnyas. oner, = NOR"
adventurou, field than that which thl@ rai,y.
has entered whymper - = member OF we
london Alpine In and his rcpnrts IRON
thcSe northern range viii have, Hnn'lsl ve,en,,
and sisnincanc~ The s,ory ., az, ur scn.ro ~
the Matierhorn viii he ever nov '" s'h''"-
ton- ~ adventures
For loon year. tho sharp Maitethorn hAd
looked down IN sfnFNlhA iINNF hs'' -
matt Valley No man had over Sucrecn"d
In reaching iis pinnacle TIM" hhh hshln VIC
hardy native climhsrs had started oul '"
conuner A.. hu, 10 had always been the same
tale thev had returned worn out, dispirti"d
and humblcd tho Nattrrh"rn was N'o'"r
always
Then whvmp~r appeared season a't-r
season thi- Quiet. r~~oluts Young tngtshinHn
mad. annual attsmpt- To reach the summit,
and At length his dogg-d reF-ist"no" "a- re-
wardrd
The Matrerhorn attracted me simply hv
IT, grandeur he said " " " WA-ooi-
sider~d ~ h. the most completely ihacceSs!n'e
Of all mountains. even a. those who nught 70
have knoNn better stimulated 90 make fI~~h
ex~rtton. b, one r~pul-r after another, re
turned wear after wear A. .hNd opi'l'uhnN
more aud more determined Va tnd awaN
upward or ~ prove u really ioh" lnA',t.~luh
At length In isGi. ga July ~, NhNhllFt
stood on the summit 81 IN" Ns'.eIhoih,
There wrre eight tn tho marty, which tn.rlnd"d
Lord y douglas. TIE Rev 'harl"' hnn-"h
aud Mr. HsdoW -
The Natt~rhorn had been, conquered hut
n VA shru ., take - l"rttni" rrtens"
On the whv down HadoN .shpp-d ~ = DOW
wh.rc there Wa ~ po--ibiltN "l W r'san,-
ing his footing The m~iut-t- 81 w" philN
we're roted together aud had not W" fop~
hrokep not one would have -uiNlN"l.
q % w. Lord Douglas. nad"s hudson
and ,ror ~. -fuiuf gufd~- len a"' iTr' 70
~. N,tt.,hr-p ri.tscAer. Whymp~r aud she
TO r.matntns guide heing let c~lin.ihe
10 IN. h.rr p.ok face and not AnoNihr bow
sr,n thsV might share the ia'" Which had
ov~ftak.u thew cowrades
Th.n the iron het'" t"f N.ich NhN'.F-r
ha. alsaNs b.~n - r~msfAahl, shnsed "
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