The sun., 1905-11-12

His fall was hardly interrupted by the
rope, which snapped as though 1t were
wrapping twlne. The others saw his body
disappear and then reappear 1 900 feet
below. CLAM cling from preoipioe to precipice
in the awful plunge The body was found
the next day, nearly 5000 feet under the
ledge
Among other well known mountaineers
who have added few notches to their al
psnstocks this season Is the Rev. DR.. Park
hurst who however, attempted only
few minor peaks. DR.. Parkhurst already
has to his credit view from the summit
Of the Matterhorn and also from the Dome,
1854 foot giant. which he succeeded in
topping in u twelve hour climb. This
season the doctor focused his energy upon
Ben Nevis In Scotland. which he declares
Is an even harder nut to crack than the
veteran Matterhorn.
Among other women who have won their
spurs this season IL MLss Edith Baker, also
Of Chicago. who succeeded IN mounting
the Dome aud several other obstinate
peaks. Mile Marie Msrvingt Of Nancy.
France, also has place on the roll Of honor
as having conquered the Matterhorn and
one of the minor aiguilles.
Many new routes up the ancient slopes
have been found this year, Accompanied
by the guide Lockmatter OF Zermatt-one
Of the most celebrated In Switzerland-a
young Londoner named Ryan set out re-
Gently from Chamounix and by new
route assembled the Aigullle Verte, 1880
feet up u peak considered by many as the
most stubborn and dangerous In the Mont
Blanc region. In the same week he scaled
the Aigulle de Grepon and also the Char
moz and Baitiere, all upward OF II 900 feet,
and In each case he chose pioneer path.
In the Bernese Oberland new way was
found up the Junyfrau by Herr Hasler,
Swiss while NJ. Banchet of Lusanne, with
a team Of guides, overcame one OF the per-
pendicular peaks Of the Pont de Tame
verge which frown upon the Valley OF
Chamounix This Ia the first time the pont,
a 1900 foot scarp has ever been assembled.
Heretofore 1t has been regarded a. in
accessible.
The number Of virgin peaks In the Mont
Blanc range has dwtndled to bare
qrhtette, owing to the novel device Of
Frenchman, NJ Beaujard, who has used
snaA cannon with signal success in con-
querlng the aguilles around Chamounix.
His record has been the most extraor-
dinary OF the season in many respects,
though his feats have been slurred over
by some Of the hardy guides as being merely
a phase Of jugglery. NJ. Beaujard has
patiently lugged his howitzer within shoot
ing range Of peak after peak, firing over
each needlelike tip line by which he has
excessively pulled himself and his guide
to the top
Perhaps the most difficult of these aigllilles
has been the Dame Anglais, before or
under which NJ. Beaujard slept for week
in the open before he finally succeeded
in casting a line over the summit at the
necessary angle After getting line over
the Dame Anglais and hauling themselves
upward hand over hand the acrobatic /
mountaineer and his guide found barely |
space enough to stand together on the !
perlous apex where no human being had
ever been before.
Proba bly, when Chamounix and Zermatt
are blanketed with snow between now and
the next mountaineering season, one story
III particular will be frequently repeated
by the hardy guides. 1t has to do with the |
serio-comc experience of party headed !
by George D. Abraham OF the English and
also the Swiss and German Alpine clubs.
This party had scaled the Rothorn and was
rejoicing over safe descent from the sum
nit to the cloud line when u sudden yell
from three of the climbers who had gone
ahead caused the others TO look down.
Two of the advance trio were porters
and they were sliding or glissading down |
the slope at express speed. They had |
jokingy pulled the third mountaineer |
off his feet and he was protestingly skid !
ding down the steep snow after them. |
Remembering the deep crevice at the bot
tom, the gazing gaeryltes megaphoned !
to them to stop at once, but too late!
Away went the two porters at terrific |
speed straight for the yawning bergschrund.
pulling the third after them. Faster and ,
faster, with legs and arms flying like sema-
phores, went the trio, till suddenly with |
dreadful velocity their bodies vanished
over the edge of the crevioe. Half dazed |
the upper party looked on. Then came
the climax when Abraham and his COM
panions on the upper slope were astounded .
on seeing the three bodies reappear on the ,
snow below The supposed victims had
luckily shot straight across the bersschrund |
and as the slope eased off, had gradually
stopped quite uninj jured.