New-York tribune., 1912-02-05
SUFFRAGE FLAG FLOATS
10000 FEET ABOVE SEA
Miss Annie Peck Climbs Andean
Peak to Plant Joan of Arc
Leagues Standard.
HER WELCOME IS HEARTY
Latest Exploit of Woman Who
Holds American Record, Not
Excepting Mere Man, Well
Sauced with Peril.

Sauced with Peril.
Somewhere on the summit OF one of the
Eve frigid peaks Of Mount Coropuna, 2o.no
feet above sea level I'm the Peruvian Andes.
floats the flag Of woman suffrage. This
banner with the strange device Joan Of
Arc Suffrage League" was carried through
snow and ice and planted on the mountain
top bv Miss Annie s. Peck, a well known
mountain climber. who arrived here yester-
day from Brazil on the Lamport g. Holt
liner Vasari.
For fully an hour score Of women. car
rying the black and yellow banners Of the
league shlvered on Pier u in Brooklyn
waiting for Miss Peck TO arrive When the
Vasari came within speaking distance one
Of the. women, sighting Miss Peck on deck
shouted to her: Did you plant it?'
Hard and fast" yelled Miss Peck. '!t
is there TO stay
Good for youi'' shouted the woman. IT
is a symbol of the emancipation Of the
women of the Western Hemisphere"
Miss Peck tried to respond. but her voice
was drowned I'm cheers from the pier. As
soon as the gangplsnk was made fast the
spry and attenuated climber rushed ashore
into the arms OF Mrs. Nellie p. Van Sling
erland, president of the Joan OF Arc Suf-
frage League.
The sister suffragists focked about her
and there was general handshaking
Women smothere6 In furs shivered as they
congratulated the returning traveller. but
the chill OF the raw day did not bother
Miss Peck.
She wore no coat and on her head was a
straw hat. sucn as is worn here I'm August
She had been Injured to the glacial slopes
OF the Andes. so the extreme cold OF yester-
DAY was nothing 10 her.
When the babble was at It's height curl
GUS male observer approaching one OF th'
" omen. asked politely who might be th'
lady receiving such ovation.
Within Miss Pecks hearing the woman
repiled: This is Annie Peck. the mountain
climber. who has ascended higher than an,
woman I'm the Western Hemisphere. Am
right. Miss Peck "
"Hiaher Than Any Man."
Il would not put 1t that way" she said
with n smile. Better say ! have climbed
higher than any man In the Western Hemi
sphere"
This caused a ripple OF laughter amoni
the suffrage folk. and pleased them greatly
II have climbed higher in the Western
Hemisphere than any man in the unite'
States" she continued. but there Is az
American who has gone higher in Europe
than 7 have in South America is II pu
clearly?"
While the vassri was steaming up tn
BAY from Quarantine Miss Peck sat IN th
dining saloon and talked OF her trip whici
began on June , OF last year. when sh'
sailed for the Isthmus on the Prinz Angus
wilhelm. She went down the west coas
Of South America 10 Lima. ana Their
moved eastward over the Andes 10 tn
mountain she elected 10 ascend.
II went down to Peru" she said. 'in thu
hone Of finding mountain higher thar
Aconcagua, which is 23co feet above sea
level / had been to the summit Of thi'
peak. and on my last trip ] went 10 th'
TOP OF Mount Huascaran, which Is H.sl
feet high You see these mountains are de-
ceptive as 10 height. and ] fancied tina
there were peaks in the Andes higher thar
either OF these. and in the hope OF ascer
tanning this / selected Coropuna as test
Did you have any exciting or hazardous
experiences during the trip?'
no. am sorry 10 say | had not. ! an
a rather careful climber and don't take th'
risks that some persons might be inclined
70 make. When / started up Coropuna
thought / might he able TO prove II th'
highest peak in the Western Hemisphere
hut I was mistaken. AS far as ! was able
TO observe. IL is not more than 1000 fee
above the sea.
II journeyed eastward from Lima abou
one hundred miles to village called vi
raco. and there began my climb with
German guide by the name Of Karl Nock
mar. five halfbreeds and a native caballero
The height OF this village above the se'
has never been ascertained, and this lacI
of knowledge was a handicap in ascertain
ing the actual height of Coropuna."
How long did II take you to make th'
| ascent?'
Seven Days to the Summit.
I'VE we're seven days getting 10 the sum
NIT. We left on n Monday morning. ant
hit snow Oh the second day. We reached
the summit. which is plateau. on the fol
lowing Sunday. / had trouble with IN!
halfbreeds. They became frightened wher
we were half way up and wanted to return
They are superstitious persons, and ha'
TO cxhort them. as well as resort to nat
terry TO get them TO forge ahead.
Poor fellows! one could hardly blame
them. for they feared that sooner or late
after they had passed the midway place
they would be turned to stone. The noun
tain Is a volcano and they became fright
ened when they smelled the sulphur.
"Tbey we're frightened also when we go
near the top, for they feared some mys-
terious monster would destroy them as soor
as they got there. / told the half-breedS
that neither / nor my guide could go or
alone. | assured them that the success oil
the climb depended entirely upon them
This talk appealed to their vanity and over
shadowed their fears
cit was a hard climb; not so hard as
Huarascan. but much more dihicuit than
Aconcagua. which is comparatively easy
ascent. on Coropuna found bad Ice and
snow varying. by estimate, from 100 TO zoo
feet deep. The top was plateau, but
there were five distinct peaks. We ascend
ed two of them, and then started our de-
scent to the eastward.
IT took some observations on the summit
with my hypsometer. but could get no ac-
curate figures Of the actual height above
sea level. Once on the way up one of our
packs went over a gorge and delayed us.
We had 10 go back for 1t. as it contained
food and clothing.
"Was the cold intense during the climb?
eyes. It was cold. but not as bad as on
uuascaran. I did not have TO wear a
woo,len mask this time. but kept strip
:. III, oro.s NV face TO shield IL from the