The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13
Government Dictionary of Alti-
tudes Gives Interesting Infor-
nation About Peaks.
CHANCE FOR SCIENTISTS
TO CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS
Party Making Physiological
Tests Would Find Fruitful
Field Here.

II the bunch of scientists, now making
altitude tests in Colorado will come TO
Utah they will find some very classy
mountains awaiting them to climb and
can make some interesting tests These
scientists are making observations of the
effects Of the attitudes on the human
system of a rather interesting nature.
They can proftably round out these OBJ
servatlons by making their tests among
the high spots OF the finest climate in the
world where sickness as result OF the al
titude is practically unknown
At least one Of the party. a Mr.. Fuller.
went under and required attention during
trip up Pixies peak. Such a thing IS
unknown in the baln1y though bracing air
of the Bee Hive state.
The party at work In Colorado COM
prses DR.. ]. S. Haldane OF oxford, In
charge of the expedition; Dr. Yandell
Prot. E, c. Cchneider, professor Of bi.
ology at Colorado college; Miss Mabel
T. Fitzgerald of Oxford. and DR., P. Cor
don Douglas of 81. Johns college, Oxford
Experiments at Heights.
These have been making their testg
chiefly on themselves to find out the
physiological reactions OF the altitude
but TO do their work properly II has been
necessary to find victims They have had
susceptible subject named Fuller under
observation. and have been closely study
Ing his symptoms,
''The object OF our experiments" said
DR.. Haldane. rs not TO determine the ef-
feet Of high altitude upon tuberculosis.
as some OF the papers have said but TO
find out the entire reaction; to find out
what kind OF people can live In high al
t!tudes: how long II wilI take them to
ffheir blood, the increase in the red and and
white corpusc)es, in short, every effect Of
altitude
"One result OF our experiments WILL be
a more scientific knowledge OF mountain
climbing. Mount Everest, the highest
mountain in the world, 2a.OO2 feet high.
has never, been climbed because men have
fects OF me altitude. Now Il We de-
term!ne what can be done to remove
these effects or TO accustom a man TO
them IT may be possible to scale this
The effect of altitude upon the lungs.
upon the entire body. is one side. but It's
effect upon the individuals disposition
will he another equally as interesting.
believe IL would be possible TO deter
mine whether high altitude makes people
nervous, cross. good natured lazy or
energetic, 1t probably affects each type
Of person In a different way
Utah has some fairly high spots II the
scientists In question should choose 10
leave the Jess salubrious climate OF Colo
possible that their victim, Fuller. could
be taken up almost any OF them without
any serious results.
There are In this state at least sew
enty-seven peaks which are more than
10000 feet above sea level. or these
seventeen are more than 10000 feet and
several OF them we'll above 1900 feet.
One OF these. Gilbert Peak. is 1887 feet
high.
are; Agassiz Mount In Wasatch and
Summit counties, 1886; Beaver noun
a snr4o ses9sP %oan pe5o l22oo
1920; ,Emmous Peak. Uintah mountains