Arizona republican., 1903-07-12

without any serious mishaps. Upon arriving at the foot of the glacier, we began our ascent. Our party under went considerable inconvenience in the performance of the ascent. espe- cially the ladies, who were subjected to drenchings from the copious rain that fell, and were also covered from head to foot with the sticky mud that extends from the banks of the glacier a distance of more than two miles.
 Nearly two hours were consumed in making the ascent To many of us glacier was something that existed in our imagination only, but, standing
 in the presence of Brady glacier, the
 coloring and natural formations at Its
 base were a source of wonder and rev.
 elation of grandeur The sound of
 jealous little ripping brooks and rush
 ing waters heard in the distance was
 like music of natures orchestra, and
 the great mountains, hills and pillars
 of transparent ice, scintillating in my
 riads of delicate tints, added a tinge of
 fairyland to the cold perspective. The
 exposed part is rough and travelling
 over it is easy, although it is very steep in some places. We found many
 old crevasses and some deep depres- sions or valleys; also several small creeks, singing along. deep down be- tween blue walls of ice; also wells of unknown depth, of strange and won derful beauty. The waste of Brady glacier is carried off by two large
 streams, which rush from beneath it,
 and is filling the inlet with soft mud
 flats, extending two miles from high
 water mark.
 Tte task of climbing the glacier was comparatively easy. owing to the paths | of ore like rock up the ridge of ice, which looked as though arranged purposely for our benefit. We reached
 a point about five hundred feet above the base. when the lateness of the hour made it imperative that we re-
 turn to the ship. On our return we ! found it necessary to plant our heels | firmly in the ice. for had we lost our | foothold we would have slipped into a
 crevasse one hundred feet deep. This ! glacier is estimated to be 500 feet high, | five miles wide and 35 miles long. It is quite a good sized lump of ice. If one
 had that in Phoenix he would have a
 fortune The fun began when we re-
 turned to where our boats were. After l being packed over the streams again,
 we found the tide had left us about
 half a mile in the mud. After many
 attempts the first boat was loaded by | being carried out through the mud and l water. After going about ten feet, all
 were ordered out, the landing being
 very difficult on account of deep mud. We walked up the beach about half a
 mile of very rugged beach, sometimes
 hanging on the side of the cliff. At this point the captain waded out into
 the mud with a lady on his back and
 other officers assisted him in loading
 the boat again, after which they found
 it impossible to get out into the water deep enough to move the boat; so all ! of the passengers were ordered out
 again, making bridges of their pad dles and poles. Things began to look I serious. Some built fires, expecting to
 camp all night, waiting for the tide. 1 Others went still farther up the beach,
 making a still more difficult landing,
 and a much more difficult place for the
 ladies to get to. By this time the
 ladies began to get restless and anx-
 ious. At the ship the other passengers
 were getting very anxious about our return, and were watching our maneu-
 vers with field glasses. They were more
 worried than we, as we were having a
  one attempt to go out through the mud
 and water to the boat on the back ot
 some of the officers, dropping their load l in the water. As. serious as it was , there was fun mixed in. The officer: ] found at this point they could not get the ladies on board of the boat, so they ? were ordered to another place farther up the beach, still a very much more . difficult place than the one just left I At this point several passengers as sisted the officers. After every one il the party getting wet and muddy iron l head to foot. they loaded two boa T loads and got them into deep water T and on their way. four miles to tn ship. Rescuing parties were sent ou ], by the ship with blankets, wraps { whiskey and something to eat. Whel , we finally landed all of the party, l was 12 o'clock at night, drenched wit s water and mud, there was grea