The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-28
BACK FROM RECORD CLIMB.
DR.. COOK REACHED MT. M'KIN-
LEY'S Tor, 2O,3OO FEET Up.
WIN One Companion He Found a Trail Over
GIacie which Comes Down the Side
OF the Mountain Ran short Of FOed
Were without shelte or Cor Five Nights.

q GLACIER which Comes Down the Side
OF the Mountain Ran short Of FOed
Were without shelte r Tor Five Nights.
first man 10 climb Mount Mckinley in Alaska.
the highest peak in North America, returned
to his home, go Bushwick avenue, last
night. He left behind him in a tin box
~, 1900 feet above the sea level, his name and
that Of his compa nion>in the achievement,
Edward Barville. He also left an American
flag. the highest flag on the continent.
Two voyages to the Arctic with Com
mander Peary In 1891 and 1901 furnished
DIR. Cook with valuable experience In max
ing his preparations for the attempt at
Mount Mckinley. When, early last spring,
the plan was formed TO climb the mountain
DIR. Cook planned his supplies to At Arctic
conditions. Everything was in az mail
q compass as possible. His tents were
made Of Shantung silk. They weighed only
three. pounds, and each tent covered two
men. Eiderdown baggs, which could be
converted into overcoats on occasion were
carried, as were canned foods and desio-
Gated fruit.
Those who accompanied DIR. Cook from
this city we're Prof. H. C.. Parker, in the
physics department at Columbia Univer-
sity; Russell W. Porter, a topogrspher,
and Belmore Fl. Brown, a naturalist. After
these members of the party had arrived
M Seattle ,hox, wara ioirad hv Waltar
Nul.. -. Ill. =.
' pnD'ok'aPne, 'Onu
miner, Fred Prlnoe, Ed barvile ana y H.
Beeoher.
The party left Seattle on MAY 10 and
reached Cook,s I,Iat Alasha nm Nav "a
rT%a-. 49, nroanr $500 horsas ard
lent ,han hy Tnd;sn s,,idas across the
- .HS. ~ $780, pi,,ar
y TTny 10 .ne "ouSn oi u Ih $500
aasosna tn,mnh -" taa. Iona and dr;van
80 = oS hnrsnnnvo sns;ns Tn this craft
H. 800 ,bair wav 20 r,,ias north Of
CncL,s Tnio, wh.ra ,bsv war. wi,h;n sioht
~ AZ rnnvnn "' w"
Monr. NoLinisv 10 in thu m;ddIa NJ tina
~ HNnn - nn'ntntr. tn
InJ;ana sSamaaay 90 49, ~ haS r.,,ar
haan nl;nohad Tmnaasahia msrshas ard
,u,naaLnd ueIAarnassas S,-rnrnd I. on
sverv sida
Il SaIIv mos roada 70 tho west aida NJ
tho mo,;rtai1 Thara tbree nssses yer the
wnr rnnSna ~ Ioaa ~ - Daot, ,vara
succass;ue1v sttsmn,ed but in each in
stance n vas found that the going was too
n-recinitous to admit Of fhe nack trains
maLipg any nrogress After several AT
ta1nnts the sxpadition gave m his line Of
attack and crossed over sixty-6ve miles of
tundra 10 the southeastern side Of the
mountain
Here the attempt looked even more hone
less for / 400 feet Of nernendicular cliff
interposed between the highest spur range
and the lowest level of Mount Mckinley.
and !, was believed thar il was too late in
the season 10 20 TO the western side of the
mountain the marty abandoned the effort
TO climb. The expedition split into groups
and explored the s~urroundinp territory Tor
Oeolo0ical and botanical snecimens
DIR Cook and Edward baryelIe in goinp
ABOUT to the east discoye red a series 81
GLACIERS Having down through narrow
gor0es in the side of the main neak Those
sve5ues saamedto hem 10 offer q solnt q
of the nroblem Of ascent. and Though they
nod rartad froTn no ras, 81 their con,Dan;ops
only on a casual iouTnev of expioration
Dr. Cook and his comrade dete rmined To-
have a trv ar the mountain itself
Tbay had viii them about Aftv Mounds
Of e~niIinment each. which included food
enough 70 las, them twelve davs FolIow-
inc aiono The sIdes ~ one Of The gIaciers
September q, Their task was made easier
Inv the Cact that the rains now ceased and
.cLsar and cold weather froze the snow and
made the bridges over the ere vasses in the
GLACIER s,rong
Tba 6rs, Z 900 foo, ~ THAR ascent had
N he made nv nItting footholes in the
icv side of the precipitous clig, No place
level anoigh 10 nermit Of the erection OF
the tent could he found in the first Ave
davs climbin They were forced 10 bur-
row into the ice and take what cold com
for, thew could in their eiderdown s~leopinp
hags AZ IA 200 Feet On the sixth day 81
the ascent they found q suitable place 10
mich the tent and STAYED there for one
comfort able nioht They buiIt a snow
house as a nlane Of refuge in case storms
should drive them down from the higher
levels Of the maintain
A. "a Oco Sect both men felt the effect Of
the altitude and the severe cold Their
hear, action was so violent a. 10 induce
great wsakness DIZZINESS and bleeding nj
the nose and cars The glare of the snow
had brought On snow blindness Their
TOO were running low Though
verv weak ,bev determined 70 nress on
NJ he two UeaIs w6ich sDIit he snmmit