The herald., 1920-09-23

square miles To Yellowstone VA
tioual park on the south; leEiSla-
ton To this effect is now pend
ing IN congress. This enlargement III
cludcS the Teton range near the Idaho
Wyoming line. jackson lake and the
hcaGwatcrS of the Yellowstone river.
II will give Yellowstone National park
magnificent scenery of a kind it needs.
Grand Teton G3Tf7 fccD, highest
peak of the Teton range, has been IA
nous as a landmark since the days Of
the early fur trade. Mount Moran,
HOO, ON the west side of Jackson
lake. has never been assembled, ac-
cordiug to local belief.
Tn Country Life Leroy Jcffcrs. A.
C., +. II. G. s. secretary of the bu-
reau Of Associated Mountain Clubs of
North America, tells Of his ascent Of
Mount Moran. His narrative runs:
NV wife and / entered Yellowstone
park by its scenic eastern approach
through ShoShone canon. climbing
through tunnels in its towering walls
of gray and pink.
After renewing my acquaintance
with the eXquisitcly CoIored Grand
canon Of the Yellowstone. We assembled
Mount Washburn for its comprchcn-
| sive view Of the park. Visiting the
hot springs and gcyserS We finally
left Old Faithful for the hamlet OF
Moran on Jackson lake, 40 miles TO
| the south.
As the Grand TETON had already
been climbed, | was more Interested
in the possibilities Of Mount Moran,
which was said to be unclimbable.
II. NJ. Albright, superintendent OF
Yellowstone park. had just viewed II
from various sides everywhere find
| Ing sheer cliffs. In August. 1917, a
! considerable party assembled as far as
the glacier on its eastern face, which
they named Huntley glacier 1t was
then reported in the Scientific Amer
lean of March 80, 1918. that 1.-THE
summit has never been attained, and
probably never will be, as the last
| O,NDO lt'l VI llA' A4l'hlA''AiAA ~ s'AA'N
perpendicular walls of rock" Ben
Sheffield, who is the local authority
on the mountain, told us that he had
spent many years in hunting sheer
on its cragS, always searching for ;
route to the summit, but Away!
turned back by unscalable cliffs. II,
recpunted thrilling experience II
which he nearly lost his life, and haC
come to the conclusion that the noun
: tain could be assembled only by drivin;
, staples into the cliffs.
Danger From Stones.
These reports made the mountain
seem all the more interesting, and w
left Moran at eight o'clock that eve
ming for the nine-mile trip aCros!
Jackson lake. Impressed with tn,
warning that the walls near tn
D glacier could not be climbed, we de
cided 10 investigate the northern face
and we landed as far to the right o
the central mass Of the mountain a
1t seemed safe for us TO go In IN
boat
1t was after p. III. on hot day,
most unfavOrable time for "A Seriou
climb on any glacial mountain, for tn
sun had long been melting the snON
on the heights. Already the glacie
was Strewn with newly fallen rock!
but l passed on, jumping the Ope
assures and sounding in the snO'
with my ice-ax where there was dan
ger of concealed creviCes. | foun
delicate work In crossing the Der!
Schrund and surmOunting the eli
above 1t, for | had to descend int
the edge of the chasm where thcl
were great pasSagewayS and cavern
of blue and green leading up to III
= fathomed depths into which one migl
slip. The greatest danger, howeve
q was from falling stones, which wei
whizzing with tremendous speed dow
the cliffs to the glacier, and | WI
not eager to intrude on their line
fire.
cn Ascending the grizzly walls of Il
cirque, | reached the summit just
q giant mass of rock, tons in weigh
came bounding and crashing dow
n from unseen heights in a tremendO'
avalanche which passed within a fe
n feet OF the trembling rock on viii,
.ts stood. AS the rocks followed d
route of my ascent and spread Ov
the entire glacier below me, it seem
unwise TO continue my climb, and
a reluctantly retraced my steps. TIL
se Tar my cllmo had involved only SUI
technical difficulties as are in {
I'd days work Of any competent mou
taineer, but it is safe rule never