The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-18
STORMS BALK
ASCENT OF PEAK
Mountaineers Make Daring At
tempt to Climb Giant of
the HimaIayas.
WILL RENEW ATTACK LATER
British Explorers Get $1,000 Feet UP
Mount kinchinjunoa and Are Conn.,
PEELED to Stop by Bad Weather.
Encounter Difficulties.

Manchester, England.-A Manches-
ter Guardian correspondent at Calcut-
Ia remarks that great interest has
been aroused by an attempt to climb
Mount Kinchinjunga, one of the giants
Of the Himalayas.
taineering Art, and G. G. Crawford of
the Assam civil sevice, both MEM
bers OF the Alpine club, were known
to be conducting preliminary explora-
lions in the hope of finding an easy
access to the summit.
More han one skirmish in the
vicinity Of Kinchinjunga was made,
though the rains at the time were
heavy and the ever-shifting ice fields
In the mountains were likely to come
down in terrific ~avalanches, making
all climbing impossible without seri-
GUS risk to- nfe.
Their explorations led the climbers
along the curse of the Talung river,
which takes its rise in the Talung
glacier. Here they crossed streams,
the bridges of which had been washed
away, and passed impenetrable for
ests, through which they had to hew
their way for several days. I'm
daunted by the rainy weather, they
Travelled almost straight north to
Pamionghi, across the Giuchu Pass,
16,430 feet, TO the Talung glacier,
which is almost Immediately TO the
south of Kinchinjunga, and there OBJ
taiped a glorious view of the noun.
fains. { ~3~,ssar~.
Encounter Great Difficulties.
The party returned to Darjeeling
and mnde their final preparations, en-
ga ging coolies and large quantities of
stores. The rains, however, were so
severe that it was not until September
get away. Travelling out by the Sin
galila ridge, they attacked Kfnchin-
iunga on the southwest side and ex-
plored the glaciers. Access to he
by that direction was found
difficult, but the party persevered and
camped out at a level Of
10000 feet.
Here more difficulties were. met and
,ad weather was experienced. Snow
began to fall and the expedition be
increasingly hazardous. A fur
her thousand fee was overcome, but
1t this point the attempt had to he
baudOned.
The return was made by a new
NOW pass about $4,000 feet high. The
Weather was at first exceedingly bad
tut conditions became better later
There was no rain on lower level, al
hough occasional snow showers were
net higher up. Considerable difficulty
experienced when returning, ow-
.g to the depth of new SHOWS on the
side, which were probably due
0 the bad weather experienced in the
alter part of September. Finally the
arty reached Darjeeling in h mid
lie of October, having been away
yer n month. Both the explorers
ere greatly impressed by the peaks.
ut confident that, given good wealth
r. the summit could be attained.
Attempt Made In 1899.
1t Is interesting to recall that a
.milar attempt was made by Douglas
7. F~Ieshtield in 1899. Mr.. F~reshfield
rs led to undertake the exploration
' the fact that owing. as he says,
artly to cost and the difficulty of
avel in Sikkllim and partly to the |
presented by the Nepalese
no European had up to the =
I'd of the nineteenth century gone :.
'ound the mountain. Even Sir :
Hooker did not approach near y
Iough TO explore the glaciers of the .
ant. AS for official surveys, these. 4
cording to Mr.. Freshfield. have al r
ignored and caricatured the :
aciers.
Mr.. Freshfield did not think much \,
his tour from a climbing point of 81
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ST is, Of course impossible he U
"to go up and down 10000 IN
It without some climbing in the pop 81
II sense of the word, but in the III
.hnicalIy Alpine sense we had far u
, little mountaineering for my taste. ~
pc and ice-ax played but a very ~
coordinate part in our journey" 81
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