Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-08-05
IS CLIMBERS SCALE MT. ASHLAND
NIGHT TRIP HAS MANY ENTRIES ALL BUT FOUR OF WHOM REACH
GOAL-SUNRlSE OBSCURED BY HAZE VIEW MAGNIFICENT

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before noon. From that time to late
| in the afternoon stragglers filed into
camp, all more or less tired but glad
of the accomplishment. A number
| spent several hours at the summit
taking pictures and drinking in the
view. To some the predominant i'm
preston growing out of the trip was
that OF extreme weariness, but to the
greater number it was one of the
grandeur of the scenery and the sue
cessful accomplishment of their de-
sire to scale the mount. Everyone
felt amply repaid for the effort de-
spite the weariness, and the next
party will find a number of them in
il.
The trip was a pronounced success.
Other than the breaking of buggy
tongue at narrow place in the road
half mile this side of Longs. no
accidents occurred, and in this case
there was no imminent danger of an
accident. The incident, however.
emphasizes the warning that has fire.
quently been heard that parties
should make the trip to Longs by
! daylight, as the road is in many
places unsafe for travel in the dark.
1t must be said that to the careful
driving of the drivers sent out by the
local livery stables is due the fact
that no serious accidents occurred on
this stretch of road.
Nor were there any injuries on the
long hike of eight miles to the sum-
NIT. For this too much credit can
not be given Messrs. F. c. Routledge
and c. B. Watson, who took upon
themselves the responsibility of get
ting the crowd to the top. Mr..
Routledge states that 81 left Ash
land. BY far the greater number of
these constituted the party that left
Longs with Judge Watson in the
front and Mr.. Routledge in the rear.
The crowd was made up of men.
women and children, of ages that
vary from eight to eighty. To strike
a gait that will conform to the walk
ing proclivities of the weakest and
still guarantee to the strongest ar
rival at the summit at sunrise. re-
qulreS knowledge of mountain
climbing and of human possibilities
together with tact and judgment that
are deserving of commentator. In
this these gentlemen proved their
prowess by getting the entire party
to the top, with the exception of four.
of whom Mr.. and Mrs Du Peau ar
! rived within a half mile of the sum-
init and Mr.. and Mrs. Freeburg
reached Gr1bble's cabin, two miles
from the top. Ihese four might have
reached the summit by extra effort
Dut preferred to take the view from
thelr respective points rather than
tax their strength by farther ascent.
!, NO accidents or failures on account
OF fatigue are reported, everyone re-
turning to Ashland in excellent spir-
Its and well satisfied with the trip.
\ among the party were men and
women who could have made the trim
IN much shorter time than did the
party but who preferred to remain
with the crowd and render what as
slstance they could to those less abe
10 proceed speedily. Instances were
noted where parties with horses gave
up their mounts to tired women and
Wnere men remained behind to see
that weaker ones did not fall by the
waysiIe. These examples of chivalry
deserve commentator. 1t must be
remembered than an ascent of 6 900
feet is made from Ashland, by far
the greater part of which comes in
the last eight miles Many people do
not realize what this means and the
Undertaking could never have been
accomplished by some without the
chlVaIrous attention so noticeable on
the part OF number of the party.
SnoWballing contests were in
dulgeI in by members of the party.
the exercise serving as diversion and
addlng TO the general merriment of
the occasion. When one has once
seen the great drifts packed so hard
as to bear the weight of horse ana
varying in depth from ten to sixty
1eet or perhaps greater, it is easy to
understand the source of Ashland's
matchless water supply. Those who
took the trouble to descend to the
base of these drifts could see the
springs and running water that
courses from beneath and around
them
Those who reached the summit
were William Hunt, Mrs. C. NJ
Hunt Miss Mary Orr, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gillette, Hope Burdic, e. r. Wick,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Moore. Mr.. and
Mrs. f. f. Whittle, David Whittle,
Mrs. Mcneil, Floy Mcneil, Audry
High, Florence Ramsey, Carrie Hub
bard Myrtle Ramsay Sylvia Brown,
F. A. Brown, Walter Scholler, Carl
Cameron, Marie Martin, Ramona
Harrell, j. j.. Zwickey, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. II. Johnson, j. F. Dunbar, r. w.
Shipman, G. j. Hecker, H. Belle Hos
Ter, Lydia Hosler j. j. Murphy,
Thomas Bunker, Earl and Verne
Bunker, Slade Songer, W. B. Smith,
w. II. Smith, Mrs Jennie Faucet,
o. II. Sneed, Glen Simpson, C. B.
watson, O. H. Barnhill, w. e.
Barnes, William Thacker, Mrs. Cas-
sius Miller, W. II. Day, Mrs. e. b. |
Hunt, Mr.. and Mrs H. Dean, Mrs.
Wynne Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E.
Yockey, Mr.. and Mrs H. l.. Norwood,
G. b. Wolf, G. w. Kennard, Mrs.
Noffsinger, Henry Pace, Lawson
Riley, Mrs. Pinkekrton, j. NJ. Brooks,
w. II. Gillis, Bessie Hurst, Miss
York, Leith Abbott, Lea Porter, Mr.. !
and Mrs. Roy Martin, Ivan O'Don-
oughue, T. j. Greer, Don Bassett,
Ared York, Mr.. and Mrs. C. II. |
Veghte, Mr.. and Mrs e. F. Veghte,
Miss Gladys Veghte, Kenneth Strick-
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