The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-21

( mout and ended os an Institution. on
q shining morning iu July over 90
members of the club, some of them in
fun climbing CanOuicals. left Mount
stephen house. The railway com.
uauys hotel at Field, with cXpcctant
faces turned toward the rendezvous,
II miles away in the wilderness
OF two routes a small party chose
the trail leading over Burgess pass
and round the PERCEPTIONS pass Of
Mount Wapta. high above Emerald
lake, straight on TO the Yoho pass.
For the sake of changing views the
infinite movement of mountains. "still
moving with YOU" this route is TO be
recommended strol9ly There ever
| before you en- yon high, narrow path.
way are 'ho distant purple ranges
softly lo!d.2g and unfolding; and
nearer mountains with clipging
glaciers aad cleaning streams de-
scontins the rock sleeps thousands Of
feet; and 1000 feet bo'ow, in rich
green forest setting, lies Emerald
lake These changing sites are worth
the long tramp or ride on the back of
sure-footed broncho.
The other. less difficult. more popu-
lar route by eight miles of wagon
road through a lovely forest avenue
and nine miles of trail. was chosen by
most of the so. Rejecting the wagon.
many walked the excellent driving
| road. swinging on with that gait VIII IN
betokens your vagabond born-a
hopeful omen, for most were city
dwellers The road runs straight
through the tall forest of frs. whose
topmost spikes are softened to
fringe Of green against the narrow
blue roof Of the sky, cathedral aisle
in nature with a gray, white-crested
mountain at either end; or IT winds
gently till It reaches the chalet on
the edge of Emerald lake. said less
difficult trail. but certain elements OF
glacier and sun. and afterwards rain.
were circumvcnting our easy-going
trampers.
Next, day in rain again. the first
official ascent Of the club was made
by "A party roped TO two Swiss guides.
| Although two were ladies, although
II rained from start to finish, although
the ascent involved steep rock climb
ing, glacier, step-cutting, and over a
mile OF soft snowfield. not one funk
ed" and they reached the summit in
shower of sleet and wind. There
were. OF course. no views; but the
party, mostly neophytes, was deter
mined to show what stun plainsfolk
were made of, There was laundering,
! echoing applause upon their return TO
camp.
Every morning parties set out for
different SUBMITS or for the two days
| pilgrimage into the Yoho valley and
up 10 the great Wapta Glacier at its
terminus. Every day recruits arrived
in camp, Every day there was a mail
and fresh supplies from the commits.
sariat Every day kilograms were sent
of the progress Of the climbing.
The pass itself is a lodging place to
| remember. The close wood OF fir and
pine and fragrant balsam opens on
! lovely meadow carpeted with white
and purple heath; and manifold vari.
eeties of gaily colored and rare flowers
abound. Here and there ON the mead
ow trees are grouped in parklake
effect. Under the shadow of Mount
Wapta, gray against the bluest of
skies, in the very heart of this balmy
forest, lies a tarn OF purest emerald.
green, fed by myriads of tiny springs
beneath its shallow bed. No glacial
stream sullies its limpid water II
ought TO be called Emerald rather
than the turbid glacial lake OF that
name 1000 feet below. whose color
is nearer turquoise When Summit
lake.-as IL is called-is calm In early
morning, the fine bubbles are seen
yelling upwards To the surface as IL
Nature had inverted her law, and dew.
drops were rising instead OF falling.
But when once the sun is up and the
surface breeze rufiies its surface. II
flashes like an emerald OF purest wa.
ter.
For the summer OF this year the
meet will be on meadow OF about a
square miles area at the upper end
OF Paradise valley. at the foot Of
Horseshoe glacier on Mount Hunga.
bee (chieftain). the most dificult
mountain In the neighborhood OF fine
glacier mountains. II has only been
once climbed, and that was by an ex.
pert Alpinist aRd two Swiss gudsA