The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-02
TO TRY TO SCALE
MOUNT M KINLEY
Prof. Parker, of Columbia, and r. H.
Browne, of Seattle, Will
Attempt the Feat.

SEATTLE. Wash, Feb. 2.-The
ascent OF Mt. Mckinley, In Alaska, yet
unscaled. according to the findings Of
the Explorers club. IL TO be attempted
IN April by Prof Herschel G. Parker,
OF Columbia university, and Belmore
ii. Browne, OF Seattle, artist ana
mountain climber. Prof. Parker has
just declared his intention to try to
reach the summit of the peak. He
will seek neither TO uphold not to dis
credit Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who was
expelled from the Explorers club on
the finding that his claim TO having
climbed Mount Mckinley in 1906 was
false Prof. Parker never did place
the slightest credence in Cooks claim;
he openly discredited IL at the time Il
was made, and lie simply purposes to
make the attempt ION his own hook, ="
utterly and scornfully ignoring all that
Las been said by and about his brother
Brooklynite as To the alleged achieve
ment.
Prof. Parker was partner with DR.
Cook In the 1906 attempt He helped
TO finance the expedition. Mr.. Browne
also went along. but both he and the
Columbia professor were sent on Wild
goose chases while Cook and his guide,
Edward n. Barrill. who since has dis
credited him, were supposed to nave
achieved the ascent
Prof Parker is modest as to his
statements regarding his forthcoming
effort. He believes there Is chance
for him and Mr.. Browne to reach the
summit, but he evinces no disposition
10 trumpet his intention TO the four
winds. He will head a modest expe-
clifton as 10 equipment
I'm my opinion" said Prof. Parker
10 the writer tine duke OF the AbruzZi
could climb Mount Mckinley beyond
reasonable doubt Of failure, for he
would go up there with an expedition
financed at something like $4,000.
Americans OF ordinary means cannot
hope TO compete with such an explorer,
but we do hope that by selecting our
OUTFIT AMI instruments with good con'
mon sense and scientific acumen we
may be able to climb TO the top OF the
continent.
The latter phrase. by the way, is
the title OF the book published by DR..
Cook. in which he claimed that he had
climbed the peak. Cooks effort was
made from the southern or southeast
ern side. Prof. Parker proposes 20
attempt the peak from the northern
angle. He holds the theory that there
is better promise of success from that
approach than from any other.
Another interesting .heory enter
tanned by the Columbia professor of
,bvaics IL that he will find the tenn
rerature at the summit OF Mckinley
practically the same as that at the top
OF peaks OF corresponding, height IN
equatorial regions, though the Alaskan
emperor of mountains holds sway in
the far north, only ESQ miles from the
Arctic circle. II is by faf the highest
peak in the world at such northern
latitude
Notwithstanding it's frozen head,
there is a tradition among the natives
of the Aleutian ISLANDS in that general
neighborhood that centuries ago the
mountain was volcano, belching
smoke and flame. The Indians called
the mountain Traleika. The present
name. in honor OF the late President
Mckinley. was bestowed by an intre'
pid American prospector. w. A.
Dickey. VINO went 60 Alaska in the gold
rush of 1898 and was the first white
man to see the mountain. which was
known to the Whites by the name OF
Bolshoy. Dickey floated past the foot
of the Alaskan range in frail craft on
the Sushitna river and beheld the mag
nificent mountain at close view.
Both Parker and Browne are noun