The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-28

opportunities. Some people TO be sure. started
their careers as mountain climbers In the United
States and have confined their indulgence in the
sport to the mountain regions OF Yankeedom. but
they are surpassed numerically by the subjects
OF Uncle Sam who first became converts to noun.
tain climbing In Switzerland other foreign
parts ard then came home perhaps to discover
that we have just as difficult peaks under the
Stars and Stripes be found In any part OF
the old world.
Sometimes fate steps in and makes what
might be termed Involuntary convert TO Ameri-
mountain climbing case In point is that
OF Charles E. Hughes governor OF New York. who
has recently been appointed to the United States
Supreme court. Mountain climbing is the pet
hobby OF Governor Hughes and for years he spent
every summer In Switzerland scaling the peaks.
Then came his election 10 the gubernatorial posi-
ton and with IL new responsibilities which in
effect made it impossible for him to engage In
prolonged vacation far from home. Thereupon
Governor Hughes and his son--who is likewise
a mountain climber--turned their attention TO the
Adirondacks and here he found peaks that
aroused his enthusiasm. for they are clad in
dense forest growth that is quite battling in
many respects as glaciers and crevasses and the
governor discovered that a mountain 5000 feet
hish may test the mettle OF a pedestrian quite as
fuzzy rs some more lofty peaks.
Mountain climbing in the Adirondacls. in the
Waite mountains OF New Hampshire and In the
Blue Ridge OF Pennsylvania, Maryland and Vir.
rinia has been an accepted summer sport for
some years rast but 1t has grown tremendously
iu popular q OF late. Some OF the experienced
r,i'-a'ts Who enjoy the sport only when It In
ve'e has1rds that test the steadness OF eve,
I'd. Ross ct head and sureness Of foot in the
t.a .wUm teuee are wont TO regard none too
t.vi s.r tHe assaults OF the amateurs the
,... r i-s east Gt tNa Mississippi but II must
#r.T On defense OF mountain climbing in
te y,.t tsal t has brought color to the cheeks
rt sr-i -a t1' eyes of many a weary city
."t ~ be- ao, few instances It has served
e. r.t1rr school for climbers who have
De ..nrr EXPORTS In more eXacting environ.
r.nf ip tbn vost on tNe other hand, We have
. 1~s .aiH cinAirs tbCt from every consideration
cf lnal.r a1t jrrirg ranks with any similar ac
tf.Ir abroad. at.cugA. 20 be sure. newspaper
readers hc-r much less about a. Perhaps this
lat;er crc4mst1ncy is due IN part 10 the rarity
iu Au1r-a &C t.n-e narrowing accidents which
cost TIE lives az so many mountain climbers I'm
So E.trgr'lUd. IN fle southwest the trip up Mount
Wilson l California has become popular diver.
sion fer both men aal women and the Grand Can
son % Arrona-that great cash In the earth l3
mies E.d, and a mile deep-is affOrding an
equivalent of mountain climbing that is without
a rival or counterpart, sceniealy or otherwise.
or the other side a. tie Atlantic indeed any.
where in the world
The Yosemite valley with its sheer walls Of
rock and other freaks of nature, offers problems
that have commanded the respect and inciden.
tally fired the ambition OF mountain climbers OF
every nationality, while Alaska has In Mount Nc
Kiniey a peak tdat Is generally accounted one OF
the most dificult in the entire world Generally
speaking, mountain climbing in America has
reached It's most pretsntious development In the
Pacific northwest and In the Canadian Rockies
In the latter Segion--the Switzerland OF Amer.
ica-theTe are glaciers formidable and as In,
terestiDg any eXpanses OF snow and ice in Tor.
eign lands and the snow capped peaks OF Mount
Hood and Mount Rainier have afforded to the
people OF Oregon and Washington constant object
lessons that have proven incentive TO noun
tain climbing. Swiss guides have been brought
to the Canadian Rockies for the benefit OF new