Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-06-30
CLIMBS
MOUNT
HOOD
Salem Boy Gets up in the
World Entirely by His
Own Effort
Kingsley, Ore, June 10th.

bA'N hhS W lVNs ohh ANNA
ing fine and dandy at the present time
but am just getting over the effects Of
climbing Mt Hood Friday. In doing
so got my legs stove up some, and my
face burnt in few places, where /
failed to get the paint on. We had
to wear paint and dark eye glasses to
protect up from the sun.
Well, well, see that will have to
tell you about the trip up Hood first
Of all. The guide, Mr.. Yocum, called
myself and Mr.. Shoales, Of Portland,
at three o'clock in the morning. By
four O'Clock we were going up hill
toward Hood. After travelling about
3Ia miles we came to small drifts of
snow and the drifts continued to in
crease until the ground was covered.
The snow was hard and icy and we did
not sink in over our shoe soles going
up. BY nine o'cloek we had reached
Crater rock where we stayed for an
hour and ate our lunch and painted our
faces. There were warm places where
we could melt snow and boil water
had we wanted to. From Crater rock
to the summit it did not look to be
over three hundred feet away, but the
guide said it was a mile or more. IL
took us two hours TO reach it from
Crater. Some places IL was very steep
and the guide cut steps in the snow
with his ak. Some places there were
great crevasses in the snow. These we
had TO go around. We stepped over
one small one. Thus we continued to
climb until We reached the very top.
When we reached there we were sur
prised to find that there had been
thre persons there ahead of us. They
were up Wednesday and registered in
the book which was in a tin box on
top. They said it was the earliest they
had any knowledge Of anybody ever
being TO the summit. We also regis.
tered and had our pictures taken while
standing on the apex. The sights were
very grand, but it was most too cloudy
to see far although we did see the
Columbia river. The clouds surely
looked fine from above. After we had
stayed there for an hour we started
down. This was more dangerous and
we had to place our pike poles ahead
Of each foot as we stepped so we would
not slip. This we did until we were
passed the dangerous places. Then
we sat down on the snow with pike
pole under our arms to serve as a
brake. Then all we had TO do was
wiggle our feet little and we start
ed TO go, and / should say we did go.
The first stretch was about quarter
Of. a mile long. 1 was a little afraid,
because it looked so steep, but after
the first time IL was all kinds of fun.
l suppose we slid a mile or better in
this way and il did not take over two
minutes, or three at most. When we
were half down we were encireled in
a great cloud or fog, and it wasn't
long until we got lost and came near
running into canyon. We were lost
for half hour or better, and what do
you think, had left my compass in
my coat at the house. That was the
only time / had any use for it at all.
Well, we found ourselves after while
and managed to get home at four
o clock. was 80 tired that night that
could not sleep.
The next morning rolled out at
half past four, saddled my horse and
started for the east side of the noun
tains. On the way / met a herd of
horses and four foeks Of sheep which
contained eight thousand head in all.
stopped at the first small village 1
zane to this side of the mountains.
The name of it was Wamic. There was
! show in the burg that night and the
Boys with their bear legs or cowboy
PANTS and saddles came from a radius
# fifteen miles. Some of them came
n carriages with their girls. Quite
lumber stayed at the same hotel did
md remained over to a baseball game
which was to be played between the
Namics and VictOrs. left Wamic
.fter dinner and came TO this place,
which is about Is miles from there.
intend to 60 further north today, and
will probably strike a job. 1t cost me
IS to sec Mt. Hood, and am certainly
citing my moneys worth.
EARL G. EYRE,
Salem High School.