The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-09
Gilbert Brown, Frederick cramp
and N, l. H. Reynolds Lost On
. Summit of Lanihuli
RESCUE PARTY FINDS
THEM ALMOST FAMlSHED
Trail Blazers Have a Weird Ex-
perience Upon Ridge Where
Retreat Seemed Impossible

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fatigue on the edge of an unseen preci
piee hundreds Of feet high, and there
because they could limp no further
sleeping the sleep of the just in all un
consciousness of their danger, was tn,
experience Sunday night of Gilber
Brown, Frederick Cramp and M. l.. II
Reynolds, who liked to the summit Of
Lanihuli and attempted to make tn,
descent toward the Pail in the dark.
These mixers had set out from tn,
promotion committee rooms early Sun
day morning TO explore HildebranC
Glen, intending to return to the city
by shutdown. They were just twenty
four hours late, however, in doing this
being escorted back to the city yester
day at shutdown by numerous rescue
rartv that found them in a famished
condition. painfully. crawling back ia
the summit of Lanihuli.
Mr.. Brown is the expert trail and
mountain man of the outdoor promotion
committee. But, record mountain
climber that he is, he began the hike
without a canteen and but single
lunch in the party of three. Mr.. Cramp
is one of the best amateur photograph.
ers connected withe navy department
and q seasoned mountain climber. Mr.
Reynolds of the Bishop Museum is
is also well acquainted with the trails
about Honolulu, but the three were out
for adventure and, they got it fun
measure, heaped up and running over.
Brown Leads the Way
Mr.. Brown led the way up Hildebrand
Ill 4
around the Seven Falls, partly over a
route never before essayed. It was 4
clock when he and his party reached
the summit Of Lanihuli and looked
down to the Pail about 1000 feet below.
They determined, as 1t was so late and
there was but one lunch among them,
and that lost on the trail, to attempt a
short cut and reach the Pali. 1t was
one of those glorious hikes along a
razOrbaek ridge where you get thrill
every moment. You could look down
sheer 1000 feet on one side and more
than 1000 on the other. In, places the
ridge was not more than six inches wide
and the three adventurers had to strad
die it. ,...
When the wind became strong and the
ridge rocked ominously they erawled
down on the lee side and hung onto the
ferns. At one place, some distance be-
low the edge Of the ridge, they were al
most blown from their feet by a mys-
FERROUS wind that seemed to come from
the bowels of the mountains. They
Crawled toward it and found that il was
n blOwhole; that is, that there was a hole
entirely through the ridge. Then, as it
grew dark, they attempted to descend
one of the spurs toward Nuuanu Val
ley. 1t was a matter of sliding and
hanging onto ferns.
At last they came to gully and here
they climbed along and felt their way
until 10 o'clock at night, when tired
nature would stand, no more and they
decided to lie down; or at least straddle
tree ferrs to keep from slipping, and
20 to sleep.
Things Pelt Very Strange
Mr.. Reynolds decided to look little
further and see if he could find a more
level spot. After he had walked eight
feet he returned, saying he did not
like the "feel' of things. In the
morning when the tired party awoke
and stood up they could look over the
edge of a drop-off that surrounded
them on three sides, and there was no
part of the drop less than 500 feet.
There was no breakfast, no coffee and
no water with which coffee might have
been made. The last bit of chocolate
had been eaten the day before and there
was nothing now to do but to crawl
back, and crawling back up steep ridges
was no joke. Some of this was what
Is called handwork-that is, the trees
growing out at right angles from the
mountain and you climb up hand over
hand and trust to luck that nothing
will give way. They made one more
attempt to get down to the Pail and
came to trihing drop-off of 100 feet,
but, being nervous from loss of sleep,
they prepared to turn back. They stood
at the edge of this drop-off and could
see labOrers at work on the road below.
Mr.. Reynolds felt everywhere in his
pockets for a pencil and paper that he
might write note. and throw It,
wrapped about a stone, down to the
laborers that they might give it to the
first chauffeur going in town, but he
had no paper. Mr.. Reynolds merely
wanted TO beseech any searching party
that might be looking for them to 90
hack home.
Discovered by Rescuers
Ii took several hours to climb hack
to the peak Of Lanihuli; in fact it was
one o clock when the three tired tramp
ers arrived once more at the summit.
When they got there they were saluted
by whistles from three directions. Miss
Katherine Rand, G. R. Cox and Ed
Sharp were on the Eva ridge, toward
Kalihi, with ropes and provisions. Al
exander Hume Ford, M. C., Forbes and
II. f.. Lambert were toiling up the
Hildebrand Glen trail, having traced
the steps of the wanderers almost to
the summit. On the Nuuanu Ridge
Harry Strange, Joseph Stickney and
Kenneth Alexander had just struck the
trail made by the Brown party when
they climbed ont of Hildebrand Glen
en- tangent and were whistling as
loud as they could. The wanderers de-