The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-07
HIKING ACROSS THE kOOLAU NOUN A|NS

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from the rocks, that are covered only /
with soil that chngs to the roots of |
these trees. From tree to tree dropped !
the men with their heavy requirements |
on their backs and jests in their !
months concerning their monkey ances- |
tors. Nearly every one expressed a !
wish that he could exchange his rifle |
for the caudal appendage of ring |
tailed ancestor. Descending one drop |
off, the man in front of me carried |
away the tree he was clinging to and |
TO which | was about to drop. He !
went bounding down. rifle and all, for
forty feet and landed up with exple
tives that sounded like the rattle of
musk etry; my tree gave way and ] land,
ed on the back of his neck-feet first.
''No Trail and Mountain Club for
mime was his only protest. Il pay
no man five dollars year for this
And we lodged the rest of the de,
scending Company II.
Other Narrow Escapes.
Another member of the company
made a misstep and went over the side
of the ridge, caught yielding free on
the edge of a precipice, and. as it gave
way, caught the rope that was thrown
to him.
''Yon dern fooI,' exclaimed young
Kentuckian, who helped to pull him
up, "why ddn t you let your rifle go2
| wish | had had your chance
''Wen, IN he -' was the only
comment of the crestfallen soldier as
he resumed his march IN a sure
fool. -
Men threw their rifles ahead of them
over dropoffs and called on high
heaven to send them bounding down
the pals on either side. that they might
never find them again. but on all that
weary march not haveTsack was mis-
placed or a rifle lost. Uncle Sam s
property was taken care of at the risk
of life and limb.
The Last Dropoff.
It was afternoon when the little
army came to the last dropoff before
a great rolling ridge that dipped into
the valley, and what cheer went up,
first from the men in the lead and then
all along the line. What if lunch time
had passed and five weary miles OF
staghorn had to be trampled down, with
streams to be fOrded lenghtwlse lying
between them and the mess tent before
which it could now be seen column
of smoke assembled.
The men of Company II knew now
that the negotiation of the koOlau pass
was possible \ feeling of pride gave
them new strength This spirit extend
ed even to the two men IN the rear
who had threatened TO drop out and
had so far been kept in line by their
comrades cheerful assurance that II
they dropped out it must be only over
the edge, and that they couldn t land
up anywhere this side of hades
Fell by the Wayside.
Even these men took on new life,
and it was not until the column was
within a mile or two of camp that the
first and only man to drop out fell by
the roadside exhausted.
Lieutenant Pardee was so accustomed
bv now to extraordinary hardshIps thar
he took the kahana Stream IongthVlse
and the company followed without a
7nurmur The water was cold at hfst,
and sometimes the swift current ear
ried the men off their feet, but it car
ried them toward the mess tent. an"
after a thirtv-six hour fast trifies doL t
count.
some one suggested that this style Of
+raveI he called Pardee : Path, and the
rail down the ridge and stream Will
probably always he known Is - + A.
dee : PATH while the trail along the
summit ridge where the soldiers SIepF
is fondIv known already aS Mn
Moe, (place where the chiefs slept
Grub at Last.
shall not attempt to describe tn,
emotions of the men Of Company II
Il,