The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-18

mer he will be able to scale the peaks
several times and make a large num-
Der OF pictures and scientific observa-
lions. The expedition will consist of
four men. all OF them Of the 1910
party. Besides Professor Parker. the
members Will be Belmore Brown. of
Tacoma. Wash. a man who has had
years OF Alaskan experience, scient-
list, a big game hunter, and an author
and an illustrator; Arthur Ateu. Of
Valdez, Alaska, an expert with dog
teams and SledgeS, and Merl Lavoy
OF Seattle, Wash, an experienced AL
askan mountain climber. If the plans
OF the party are carried out, Aten will
be left behind on the first trip at the
high camp" which II is proposed TO
pitch at the 1O.O00-foOt level OF the
mountain. If the others reach he
summit, they will return, and Lavoy
will look after the dogs and the camp
while the others make a second as
cent.
Professor Parker and his men will
start out from Seward, at the south
| ern part of the mainland of Alaska.
about February l. and follow the lire
or the Alaskan Central Railroad to
Sunrise, seventy-five miles. The RAIL
road itself is not able to operate i'm
the winter. Their course will be due
north TO Sunrise, and there they will
| turn westward toward the Susitna
! tracks of the country. They will go
up the river over the ice for Sc Ienty-
1ve miles to a point a little 10 the
north of Mt. Mckinley. There they
VIII cross the mountain range and
come i'm on the north side of the
mountain.
The equipment of the party for this
expedition viii be drawn on two sledges
by Eskimo dogs in charge of Aten.
The total weight of the outfit will he
hOnt 4
carry 500 pounds of pemmican Scr
the men and dogs, $50 pounds of
bareback, so pounds of sugar and tea,
90 pounds of erbswurst and raisi IS
and $50 gallons of alcohol for fu y.
These articles are meant for use af-
ter passing the timber line, where
II Will be impossible to get wood for
cooking purposes and where the ord
mary comforts Of camp life will nave
to be given up. The rest of the weight
of the supplies is made up of tents.
portable stoves, climbing ropes, sleep
ing bags, cameras and scientific in
struments
The base camp will be pitched at
the highest point that il is possible
to take the whole of the outfit. The
high camp" will be pitched about
10000 feet above the base of the
mountain, at point where the dogs
and sledges have TO be abandoned.
If the trip to the mountain goes
about March Is. BY April 1, when
the cold winds begin to die and the
temperature to rise to about zero, they
hope to be ready to attack the hard
part of the work. They plan to spend
April at the high camp" II they
can then get out before the ice breaks
they expect TO make fast time back
TO the starting point They will aban-
don large part OF their equipment
for the sake Of speed. and hurry down
hn To- Of he
ma TO Sunrise, the railroad. and beat
en- trails.
II for any reason they cannot ac-
complish this. they may have to camp
in the North good part of the sum-
mer, until the ice is all gone from
the rivers and they are able to float
down in RATS constructed on the spot.
ON the north side of the mountain
they expect to find game enough to
supply them with food and Lavoy's
rifle will be called upon in case OF
need. While there is little or no game
on the south side, the explorers be-
lieVe that caribou will be found plen-
tiful on the other side
Professor Parker believes they will |
have an opportunity or verifying the
report OF Tom Lloyd's party, which |
returned in 1910 and said they had |
reached one OF the three SUBMITS |
Ihere they built monument of stone
which was strong enough TO stand !
lHeS announced. Professor Parker |
expects TO find il. for he believes that |
Lloyd. with his three hardy Alaskans |
McGonigle. Taylor and Anderson. did |
scale one peak.
Mount Mckinley is not the highest /
but is one Of the most difficult noun
tains in the world. The snow line |
begins almost with the mountain it.
self. Mount Everest has only $4,000 |
feet of snow; Mount Mckinley, much /
lower. has about $4,000 feet. The
peaks of the Andes, which are being
scaled readily. by Miss Peck and Pro-
lessor Bingham, of Yale, are higher
than Mount Mckinley by several
Thousand feet, but are far less diff
cult to climb. The feat of reaching
the mountain is a difficult one. 1t
IS impossible to reach the north side
IN summer. and in winter the scaling
or the mountain is made extremely
hazardous by extreme cold and gales
Mrs. Parker, who accompanied her
husband on the two former trips, will
remain at home in Brooklyn this time