The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-01-30
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Wild Slide Down the Snow Slope
of a Mountain Peak.
SWEPT INTO AN ICE FuyHNE! FUNNEL.


Who Wss imprisoned Whole Night
In q Treaehsrous crevasss IN Gta
.eisr en- the Brink Of a,GaRins chasm.
Some thrilling experiences once be-
fell Frederick Chamberlin while lie
was exploring the Alps. In the Wide
World Magazine he writes OF an ad-
venture that befelI him ON the after
noon of a September day when he was
descending the snow slope of noun
tain:
Suddenly j found myself In front of
a particularly nasty serac. or ice ridge
that gave very little foothold The
surface was not broken aud crunibly.
but just smooth, tTeacherous ice. How.
ever, was not going to be daunted. SO
1 wormed my way up and VIZ about
to descend the other side VIII with.
out warming my feet shot from under
me. and ] started careering down the
slope at break neck speed.
-"Down slid. straight through a fun.
nei shaped hole into partly formed
crevasse. brought up sharply against
q small bar oT ice that only Just pre-
vented me from continuing my head.
long career into gaping chasm below.
"For few seconds lay hiiif stpn-.
ned; then carefully got on my feet
felt my body all over to see that no
bones had been broken and locked
round for my Ice ak, hut that had dis.
appeared.
u saw q slight crack In the surface,
OF one OF the sides. aud I'tried toldraw
myself up, butA my fingers conId not
get a firm hold In the slippery Ice. and
| was soon forced to give that up.
Then 1 tried lying dat on my back III
the funnel through which had en-!
tered M prison and firmly planting
my knees uguiust its sioping ROOF. en-
deavored TO work myself back. Here,
too, 4 failed. I,
HBeing by this time quite desperate,
took out my little pocket knife to try
TO cut steps fiji the slope. Ny still torn
fingers let the knife slip at the arsf
attempt. and, although / Eroped nbofik
for q long time. j failed 30 recover tt, I:
Ny last chance had gone with the
knife. The darkness creening on ana
enyeloping everything. the dead ia.
lence. the hitter cold, ygere tall sbegin.!
ming to take eject and l groaned sf:
! the prospect OF tho long night In sront
OF me. l dared not lean too far fback.
ssaT that slender bar OF Ice n1igit eire
way. ] called nut loudly at intasyn,e.
but the sound was stiiIed by the over.
:: ts::s:s:sS;:;=:<s walls. walls n .s
Soon 1t yyns pitch dark, and TO while
H away the time anu keep my spirits 1n
lsioudly sang q popular American song.
But Soon my thoughts became gloomy
again. H,ere was n0Bound but an eefic
drip drip. down below, and sometimes
tho grinding, tearing. booming collapse
{ or whole scrac would set my nerves
+ qniS9fillfsg j sliYered insessansiy, FOR
was wet through assm constant con.
tact with the ice. md the night SEEM
ed interminable. 'a'1f,
When was on thepoint OF utter col.
lapae the fFst gray daylight friercifuiiy
began &C silteT .iito ny prison. SSuw i
must make by last desperate attenpt
!. toigseape.
/ ''As a forloFn hope looked about
|; again for my knife. Ny eyes caught 3
Z CLINT on q fan shaped piece OF ice, and
there, Just ever the dark chasni. where
identlalIY it had fallen the MIGHT
ltefore, ] spied 1t. Detertntned not TO
B lose :. agatn. attached It TO my wrist
sby = piece or string and started dIe.
: ging Mt the steep ice slope.
fhree and d half hours / sIayed In
the Ice cavern, and then was ai1la TO
crawl up, digging my toes In af every
step. till | could draw myself MP into
ypnp npnvatiYe safety on ths ie1ge above,
{ 4 lay there. Rasping. for q few aannrlfla.
then. taking the greatest precautions
mi the while, passed between the re-
manning cregasses and at last descend.
esi safely 70 the firm ,Tocks.,