Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-08-13

Id pTOpoSeu 10 duu dDouL l,VVVt
square miles to Yellowstone Ma
tional park on the south; legisla
tion to this effect is now pend
ing in congress. This enlargement in
cludes the Teton range near the Idaho
Wyoming line, Jackson lake and the
headwaters Of the Yellowstone river.
1t will give Yellowstone National park
magnificent scenery of a kind it needs.
Grand Teton (13,747 feet), highest
peak of the Teton rar &c, has been fa-
nous as landmark since the days of
the early fur trade. Mount Moran,
11,1G0, on the west side OF Jackson
lake, HIS never been assembled, ac-
cording to local belief.
In Country Life Leroy letters, A.
O.. F. r. G. S., secretary of the bu-
reau Of Associated Mountain Clubs of
North America, tells of his ascent of
Mount Moran. His narrative runs:
My wife and I entered Yellowstone
park by its scenic eastern approach
through Shoshone canon, climbing
through tunnels in It's towering walls
of gray and pink.
After renewing my acquaintance
with the exquisitely colored Grand
canon OF the Yellowstone, we assembled
Mount Washburn for It's comprehen-
sive view OF the park. Visiting the
hot springs and geysers, we finally
left Old Faithful for the hamlet Of
Moran on Jackson lake, 20 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.
il. M. Albright, superintendent OF
Yellowstone park. had just viewed it
from various sides, everywhere find
ing sheer cliffs. In August. 1917. a
considerable party assembled as far as
the glacier on it's eastern face, which
they named Huntley glacier. 1t was
then reported in the Scientific Amer
ican Of March 30 1918, that "the
summit has never been attained, aud
probably never will be, as the last
5000 feet of the mountain are sheer
perpendicular walls of rock" Ben
Sheffield, who is the local authority
on the mountain, told us that he had
spent many years in hunting sheep
on its crags, always searching for a
route TO the summit, but always
turned back by unscalable cliffs. He
recounted thrilling experience in
which he nearly lost his life, and had
come to the conclusion that the noun
tain could be assembled only by driving
staples into the cliffs.
Danger From Stones.
These reports made the mountain
Eeem all the more interesting, and we
left Moran Mt eight o'clock that eve.
ming for the nine-mlle trip across
Jackson lake. Impressed with the
warning that the walls near the
glacier could not be climbed, we de
cided to investigate the northern face,
and we landed as fur TO the right of
the central mass Of the mountain as
1t seemed safe for us TO go In the
beat.
1t was after I p. m. on a hot day. a
most unfavorable time for Il serious
climb on any glacial mountain. for the
sun had long been melting the snow
on the heights, Already the glacier
was strewn with newly fallen rocks,
but l passed on, jumping the open
assures and sounding In the snow
with my ice-ax where there was dan
ger of concealed crevices. / found
delicate work in crossing the Berg.
Schrund and surrounding the clif
above Il. for ] had to descend into
the edge of the chaSm where there
We're great paSsageways and caverns
of blue ana green leading UP to I'M
fanomed depths into which one NIGH
slip. The greatest danger. however
was from falling stones. which wer,
whizzing with tremendous speed dowr
the cliffs to the glacier. and l wa,
not eag'- 20 intrude on their line o.
fire
Ascending the grizzly walls Of tn,
cirque, | reached the summit Just a,
a giant mass Of rock. tons in weight
came bounding and crashing dowr
from unseen heights in a tremendou,
avalanche which passed within a few
feet OF the trembling rock on which
! stood AS the rocks followed thc
route OF my ascent and spread over
the entire glacier below me. 1t seemed
unwise TO continue my climb, and
reluctantly retraced my steps. Thu,
far my CLIMB had involved only sucl
technical difficulties as are in the
days work of any competent noun
taineer. but it is safe rule never tc