Evening journal., 1905-07-20
LAD
WENT UP MT. HOOD
Henry White, a High School
Pupil, Made an Enviahle
Record
CLIMBED UP, THEN SLID DOWN

CLIMBED UP, Then SLID DOWN
An article in the Morning News to
day dated Portland, Ore. July "a. Gays
Henry White, a pupil of the VIII
mington High School, and only 10
years Of age, has achieved for one so
young the distinction Of climbing the
famous snow covered mountain. Mt.
Hood. The feat Is considered remark
able for a lad to accomplish. AS this
youth registered his name in the book
lat the summit OF the mountain. he is
entitled to be ranked among the Ma
Izamas, the distinguished mountain
climbing organization of the Pacific
coast. The performance Of White was
so remarkable that it called forth the
praise Of Gus Freilenhausen. the Swles
guide who pilots parties over this great
peak, which rears its head $4,000 feet
in the air.
Master White, who is a son Of j.
Frank White. with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvan Allen, Of Will
mingtOn, arrived in Portland several
weeks ago to visit Mr.. and Mrs. w. J.
! Hofmann formerly of Wilmington.
When the youth got his first glimpse
of Mt. Hood from Portland Heights
he was apparently seized with the
mountain climbing fever, which pos
sesses so many persons when they get
their first glimpse Of this snow w-capped
mountain. SO great was his deteImi-
nation TO scale the peak that he an
nounced that if he could get no one to
go with him he would go himself. He
was saved this trouble. for on last Sat-
urday he learned that about fifty mem-
bers of the Sierras Club, of California
and about twenty members Of the APP
alachian Club, Of Boston, with a party
Of Mazamas, would climb the peak on
Tuesday.
without letting his friends know Of
his determination or that he had ap-
lparently found a way TO climb he
peak. he enrolled with the party and
on Sunday notified his relatives that
he was 10 become mountain climber.
on Monday he started out with the
party for Hood river, about 100 miles
from Portland. From there the party
went TO Cloud Gap Inn, at the base OF
Mt. Hood The hotel was so filled with
guests that the party camped the best
they could and on Tuesday morning
commenced the climb Of Mt Hood.
The ascent lasted eight hours, and il
was a constant climb. Rugged In his
Notwithstanding togs, consisting OF
"a suit Of rough cloth. a sweater. gloves
spiked shoes, a muffler, and handling
an Alpine stock and his camera on his
back, young White did not look much
like a Wilmington schoolboy yet his
youth was noticeable among the party
who were old campaigners in noun
tain climbing, some of them having
scaled difficult peaks of the Rockies
land Sierras. to say nothing Of severa
who had climbed the mountains O
Switzerland It was with such a par
= ~ of veterans that Master White founl
himself, and that he made good AM
= reached the summit when others fe
by the wayside, is a distinction tina
E has come 10 few boys Of his age.
The ascent was so difficult that tn
? entire party had to be roped togethe
to prevent them slipping and slidinl
down into orevices, which would pos
! sibly have meant death. With tn
guide in the lead. the party safel.
3 passed the spur which is one of tn
= most difficult places on the mountain
as it is some 1000 feet high and onl
= wide enough for one person to pas
r at a time. The snow on the mountain
was packed 20 hard that il made walk
= ing difhcult, but Master White kept u
- with the procession. In fact, his foot
hold was much more sure than other
r in the party and not once did the rop
e laround his waist become taut.
When the summit was reached tn
guide uncovered the iron box in whic
the Mazamas keep their record boo
land, with the rest of the party, Mas
tier White inscribed his name on
lpage After he had signed he wa
d warmly complimented on his grit an
Endurance in making the climb, no
lonly by the guides, but also by tn
J. veterans in the party. During III
N climb a physician kept a record of th
Is pulse Of each one. Naturally that {
= 1.-THE guide was the lowest. White
-e pulse registered 124, which was on
4 of the eight lowest in the party SON
n of them registering as high as 1876.
a When the descent commenced-an
sr this is always a difficult part of tt
ltrip-Master White again distinguishe
= himself He had never before seen
In descent on a snow covered mountai
Il and was totally unacquainted with Il
,e peculiar method of sliding adopted t
a lmountain-climb After he ha
watched two start, he grasped his A
le pine stock and throwing his Gamer
Ut across his back, he started TO slid
m After the first 100 feet he was slidir
Id like a veteran and he showed so muc
nv skill that he was among the first
reach the base. Again he was compl
mented by the members Of the part
q After spending another evening
. Cloud Gap Inn the party returned
Portland to take part in Mazamas Da
n at the Lewis and Clark Exposltio
on Friday the party with Mast
= White in it. took a trip up the Colun
Up bia river and scaled the face Of q
C. Multonomah Falls, which is s64 fe
er high.
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