New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
CLIMB By AID OF LENS.
Telescopes Bring Mountains Dozen
and SaCe MGny Liues as Wen.


p-5s-5-s. attention TO the value Of these instru-
-r=--s as al attraction for guests AS result
NAM hotels and railroad companies IN the
-~-,---ai- resorts OF this country have opened
-, -7s--7-7a+ions with the firm of Carl Zeiss, OF
INA he manufacturers Of the telescopes, with
-=a-- - introducing them 10 the American
public.
7 VAS some three years ago that this hrrI OF
outfcia-s we're asked by a mountain ralIroao
r-7r-.e-1r TO design special telescope Tor view
5-r -rz mountains. They fell in with the IDEA
and turned out q particularly powerful lnstru-
r7a7- r7- TINS work At once the innovation
-r4-z--- Or and to-day they are 10 be found
A. over Switzerland, il the grounds OF the
hotels n the mountain railroad stations and ID
either prominent positions for revealing The
beauties and wonders Of the mountains Hun
5-e5s Of American tourists who have visited
The Alps have seen them and Iarvelled at the
glorious scenery they have revealed
Few Of Us have the time or the phFslcdI
strength 10 ascend the highest peaks Ii the
Alps but We can now do our mountaineering
II thls region At least by means Of the great
telescopes. & peep through which brings Iile
solitary and almost inaccessible regions OF ice
and snow 10 our very feet The Instruments
produce a wonderful stereoscopic effect, every
thing Standing out boldly and clearly and ap-
pearing 10 be only q few yards away. 1here'
-5gr- IN front OF rs looms forth in solitary
grandeur some bleak and lofty summit Whlch
only The feet Of the most experienced alplnists
7a-a yer tr0E Below are the gullies, SO treach-
erous 10 The climber, and to the right and leit
greet r{6-es which can be safely crossed only
bv the exercise Of the greatest skill here aIio
there are mighty crevasses and great glaciers
Without the slightest exertion on our part the
whole beauty and grandeur Of the mountain Is
placed before our eyes
The telescopes fulfil other useful purposes 0e
sides gratifying the sigtltseer- II we nave
friends making some dangerous and difficult
assent. We can turn the glass upon them anu
watch their progress step by step Every oai-
ing ascent nowadays IS watched through Ie!e-
scopes IN this way. Il the climbers are Ior'y
OF even sixty miles away they can be detected
and their movements followed almost as easily
as though they were within hailing distance
This watching Of climbers is one Of the 1aVorlle
pas-5nes Of visitors. especially Americans. You
can see them cutting steps in the ice "lleh
scaling some difficult ridge, watch them paying
out r5rs as they skirt along the edge Of some
dangerous crevasse, and, in word snare 'ii'
pleasure and excitement Of their trip
The teIescopes. too, have often been the means
q saving life When aIpiDists are III serious
difficulty the guides at once make signals ana
q relief party IS promptly sent to their aio-
Tie signal Is the repetition Of a SOUND the
Tava Cr fag or the fash Of lantern aI
regular intervals at the rate Of six signals d
minute, followed by 4 pause Of minute Will
a continuation every alternate minute Op-
servers using the telescopes have often detected
these signals before any one else, and given the
alarm. when aid has at once been dispatched
tO those IL distress. Sometimes too leIe-
scope watchers have discovered climbers IN dli-
fcl-t-. and have sent some one to their help.
Were i u0t for the instruments, in fact, many
men and women who have ventured far without
guides would have perished-
Only tie other week q woman tourist WHO
had gone up the mountain alone had narro"
escape from death, and probably owes her he
70 The fact that q guide happened 10 be ld4y
watching her through one OF the telescopes II
endeavo-l1g TO take short cut down 10 the
hOteL she missed her footing, and in an IN
staE- found herself shooting down toward the
edge of Z sheer drop Of hundred and hfty
lee By The nlerest chance she was thrown
into the branches Of q pine tree, some twenty
feet over the edge, and here she hung, unable
10 move. The Mortified observer at once LETT
the telescope and informed the hotel pro-
prlet0r and IN less than hour four guides
with ropes had reached the spot and rescued
her she was little injured, but almost over