The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07

1897 by members of the expedition led
by young American cragsman, f.. \.
Fitzgerald, TO explore Mount Aconca-
| qua, a giant Of the Andes. which rises
| to 23,0s2 feet in Argentina. Fitzgcr-
aid was born IN Connecticut thirty-eight
years ago, and nj the time OF this cx-
podition was but twcnty-six Two
years previously he had explored some
of the snowy mountains Of New Ica-
land. But as III luck would have 10
he fell Ill before reaching this Andean
summit, which was conquered BY two
members of his party. :. Vines, an
| Englishman, and Matfias 2urbri~ceu.
an Alpine guide who lad made his dc.
but with Conway,
Two Women Head Our List.
IT is 4 remarkable fact that two
women would have to pass on Dr.
Cook g Mount Mckinley claims if that
exploit of his shoud have 10 be sifted
ont by his American peers in the fine
art of alpinism. For The two most
successful mountain climbers of the
United States belong 30 shat has hilE
crto been called The weaker sex.
Bat whether our ranking apinis; is
MISS Peek or noi remains 10 be dcte-.
mined. III the previous measurement Of
22,01l feet must stand as The altitude
! OF Mount Huascaran, then Miss Peek
| must be content with second place, and
the American laurcls must remain with
| her sister cragswomau. Mrs Fanny Eul-
lock Workman, Of Worcester. Mass.
who gained them by reaching 23.30c
feet up Pinnacle peak OF tho Him
| alayas.
Mrs. Workman is The daughter of ex-
! Governor Bullock OF Massachusetts. an!
! after having been educated IN France
! and Germany she married Dr. WilligEi
! Hunter Workman OF Worcester. who,
after taking degrees at Yale aud lIar-
|, ward. had also studied abroad NJ Wen.
ma Heidelberg aud Munich. Tho ex
tcnslye travels OF this interesting cuu-
pie commenced in 1892 when they set
out upon bicycle tour OF Europe and
| Algeria. lasting four years. Then theg
cyclcd 1900 miles in Ccy-lon. 800 miles
in Java and 1900 in India. In the
! Himalaya country alone they covered
1900 miles in 1898. and, remaining uu
I'll the following year. climbed tho
Sicgfried Horn (ls,GG0 fcctl. Koscr
Gungc (21.000 fcct)- and another great
peak. which they named Mount Bui-
lock- Workman (l9.350 feeD In the
koser Gunge climb Mrs. Workman made
| the woman s record for first asceuts.
After exploring some of the great
Himalayan glaciers III 1902 and 1908.
this indefatigable couple made First
ascents' Of Mount Cbogo (2l.50n
feet), Mount Lungma (22,56s fect), and
gave the world the first knowledge of
the Nun Kun range of the Himalayas
Workman made her great climb of 23.-
800 feet TO The summit Of Pinnacle
peak.
For those exploits 'shc has been deco.
rated bY rhe French government and
by the italian king, who has given hcr
the Order OF the Golden Eagle. Dr.
Workman, who now holds the America 5
l-1- l. sol
a grand medal from France, and h.
and Mrs, Workman together have writ
ten a number of books.
Dr. Cook will rank next after tho
Workmans and Miss Pack on the lis.
of American nlpInlsts if his claims To
having won the North American ''higb
est up be substantiated.
After the Mount Mckinley and
Mount St Elins climbs rsnk-upon tha
list of American "frst ascents tho
conquest Of the summit of Mount
golc. Lucas and Johnson: of Mount
Rainier (14,39l feet) by General EIaz-
ard Stevens. in 1876: of Pike s Peak
(l4147 fcct) by L. James. III 1920; OF
the Grand Teuion (lS,S0o fcet) by
I.angford and Stevenson, IN 1872; OF
Mount Abbott l3,700 feetl by j. \,
lie Conte, only last year, and of Mount
Ritter. IN the early ScVeuueS- py Soon
Muir the sage Of Martinez Cal, who
discovered the Muir glacier in Alaska,
and who recently piloted President Taft
through the Yosemite valley.
Our initial 1hrst ascent record was
made when Darby Field climbed Mount
Washington in 16a2. He reached 6293
feet. or scarcely moro than a quarter
| Of Abruzzi s new farthcst up.
JOHN ELFTdSTH WATKINS.