The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-09-27
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TT Is proposed to add about 1000
sqGare miles to Yellowstone Ma
1euai park en- the ssnth iegisia-


TT Is proposed to add about 1000
sqGare miles to Yellowstone Ma
Henal park en- the ssntA legisia
/. ten to this effect II now pend
Ing IA congress. This enlargement In
cls8es the Teton range aear tie Idaho
Wyoming line. Jackson lake and tho
AeadWMteEs Of tho YeliswstaAe river.
II win give Yeile&stona Natieaal PARK
magnificent scenery Of O hanA IL needs.
GraHd Teton <1S.T4T feet). highest
peak Of tho Teton range. has been ia
nous AZ landmark since the days Of
the carly fur trade. Mount Moran.
il, 100, on the west side Of Jackson
lake. has never been assembled. ac-
cording to local belief.
In Country Life Leroy LETTERS, A.
G., 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 its towering walls
Of gray and pink.
. After renewing ing Acquaintance
with ths exquisiteiy eeiered Grand
canen ct tho Yellowsteae, we assembled
Mount Washbsrn for its ceaPFehen-
silva view Of the park. Visiting the
hot springs and geysers. We hnaliy
left Old Faithful for the hamlet of
Moran on Jackson lake, 70 miles to
the south.
As the Grand Teton had already
been climbed. l was more interested
in the possibilities Of Mount Moran,
which was said to be unclimbable.
Fl. d. 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 its eastern face, which
they named Huntley glacier. 1t was
then reported in the Scientific Amer
lean of March 30, 1918, that "the
summit has never been attained, and
probably never will be, as the last
1900 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 a 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 Frem Stones.
These reports made the mountain
seem all the more interesting, end we
left Moran at eight o'clock that eve.
ming for the nins-uile 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 far 30 the right Of
the central mass Of the mountain as
it seemed safe for us to 20 in the
boat.
1t was after p. m. on hot day, a
most unfavorable time for a 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 1 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 surmOunting the cliff
the edge of the chasm where there
were great passageways and caverns
Of blue and green leading up to I'M
fathomed depths into which one might
slip. The greatest danger, however,
was from falling stones, which were
whizzing with tremendous speed down
the cliffs to the glacier. and l was
not eager to intrude on their line of
fire.
Ascending the grizzly walls of the
SI4uc, l. lchSHcu Tic just dS
giant mass of rock, tons In weight,
came bounding and crashing down
from unseen heights in q tremendous
avalanche which passed within a few
feet of the trembling rock on which
/ stood. AS the rocks followed the
route of my ascent and spread over
the entire glacier below me, it seemed
unwise to continue my climb, and |
reluctantly retraced my steps. Thus
far my climb had involved only such
technical difficulties as are In the
days work Of any competent noun
taineer, but 1t is a safe rule never to
trifle with falling stones, for they
are not fair test of anyone's skill.
Where No Foot Had Trod.
A thunderstorm was raging among
the crags, so I hurried back and
retreated across the glacier and de-
cided to climb the aiguille, on the left.
This in itself proved to be consid.
cradle height, and before reaching its
summit had become more interested
in4 the great walls Of the main -pfak.