The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-02-02
CLIMBER
PREPARING To
SCALE EVEREST

est, the Himalayan peak called 9TH,
roof OF the world" which Sir Francis
Younghusband, the British soldier-es
plorer will attempt to climb next
summer. has never yet been scaled by
man.
Towering above the frontiers OF
the hitherto forbidden land OF Tibet
and the remote province OF Nepal,
India. another land OF mystery, the
difficulties In even approaching Mt.
Everest have been sufficient to baf-
file explorers.
The worlds highest peak lies In
Tibet north OF the British Indian
border. yet, so far as known, no Flu
ropean has ever approached nearer
than so miles from Its base and few
travellers have even seen its upper
slopes.
The attempts which have oecn
made to ascend some of Mt Everest +
sister peaks OF the Himalayas have
usually been made through Nepal
because access to them through Tib-
ct was not open. The approach to
Mt. Everest through Tibet is said to
be more accessible and present great
er prospects of success than from the
Nepal side.
Sir Francis Younghusband an
nounced that the Tibetan government
had granted him permission to at
tempt the ascent OF the mountain by
the Tibetan route. II was Sir Francis,
who as Colonel commanding a Brit
ish mission to the Forbidden City OF
Lhasa in 10000 opened Tibet to
civilization.
Mt. Everest named for Sir George
Everest. famous British surveyor
General OF India, Is the highest
known mountain in the world. Its
trigonometrical altitude is $4,000
feet; Its probable height is 2e.ltl
feet. The next known highest OF
the HimaiaeTan peaks are Kinch-
injunga, 2s,225, feet and K-2. or
Bride peak, whose altitude is 2s.lsi
feet.
The intrepid Duke OF the Abruzzi,
who reached the top OF Mt. st, Elias
In Alaska (Is.024 feeo and who at
one time held the record Of "farthest
north In Arctic exploration. tried to
climb K-2 or Bride Peak, in 1909 but
failed because from whatever point
OF the compass he advanced he could
find no way up to attain the summit.
At 24.6o0 feet he and his companions
were in good physical condition al
though progress was slow and labor
ious; a thick mist warned them that
to go on would have been Madness "
This achievement OF the Italian ex-
plorer. however, is the world't record
for mountain climbing, Bride Peak
Is In the Karakoram Himalayas. Be-
sides II and Its two higher sister
peaks, there are In the Himalayas no
less than rs peaks above $4,000 feet,
4s above $4,000 feet, 16 above &c.
900 feet and five about $4,000 feet.
Mountain climbing is one OF the
most ancient as well as fascinating |
forms OF adventure. Its chief dangers
are avalanches. landslides. falling
rocks. billiards, falling Ice, land
slides, falls from preciplces or into
crevasses. falls from ice slopes or
down snow slopes.
Sir Francis announcement OF his
Intention to attempt this mountain
feat recalls the exploits OF
Two American women-Mrs. Fannie
B. Workman and Miss Annie s. Peck,
md their conquest OF some Of the
highest peaks in Asia and South
america.
Mrs. Workman in 1899, 1903, 1906
nd 1908 made ascents In the Himal-
yas. including one OF the Nun Kun
'eaks whose summit is 23.300 feet
Ugh. or more than half mile above
he apex OF that forbidding sentinel
4 the Alaskan silences. Mt. McKin-
ey. Miss Peck In 1908 negotiated the
op OF Mt. Huascaran In the Peruvian
Indes, a height Of 21,S12 feet and
hree years later she climber the two
eaks OF the volcano Coropuna.
Some of the notable mountain
peaks OF history and the {
ear In which the peaks Of the vari- {
US mountains were attained follow ~