Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-30

cier combined. This park is perched the Con-
tinental Divide and contains 81 named mountains
over 10000 feet. Of which 13 are over $4,000 feet
Pixies Peak Q4.155), a hundred miles to the
south of Longs. Is probably the best-known noun
tain In the world. inasmuch as more thnn three
million people have ascended 1t by cog.road and
automobile highway. On some days more people
stand on its summit than ascend Longs all sum-
mer That Is part Of the glory Of Longs-to the
end OF time man will have to climb with hand and
foot to gain Its summit. And compared with the
"king of the Rockies" Pixies Peak is a shapeless
bulk Of -ocki
Professor Alexander is sure Of immortal fame
among outofdoors people. He is assistant pro-
fessor Of mathematics in Princeton university. He
Is forty years Of age. q sx-footer Of 1875 poundA
Professor Alexander started alone from Chasm
Lake In the morning. He surmounted the re-
mains Of the ancient glacier by cutting 76 steps In
the Ice. This brought him to the foot Of the prec
pice at eleven O'Clock. The dotted line shows
approximately his way up. He worked to the
south. making his way up wherever he could find
breaks In the rocks and could utilize chimneys.
His devious course led him under The Notch.
Many times farther progress seemed impossible.
Twice he was in danger from falling rocks. And
a mistake at any stage would have meant death.
He gained The Summit to the right of The Notch
at 20 D. M, wrote his name In the register and
descended by the regular trail
The difficulty of the ascent may be Judged by
the fact that pretty much everybody thought
Professor Alexander was romancing or had been
overcome by "alttude"-which in the Rockies
covers more sins than charity.
Professor Alexander made answer the next day
by taking with him Jack Moomaw. the Hewes-
Kirkwood ranch guide. and repeating the feat.
And still the doubling Thomases were many.
In the meantime news Of the feat had spread
and seven members Of the Colorado Mountain club
were ON hand to attempt the ascent the third day:
Carl A. Blaurock. Dudley T. Smith. Frank Schir-
mer Herbert Whitman, Hermann Buhl-and Mrs.
nuhI NshovF F0sIn md
followed his route almost exactly Blaurock and
Buhl headed and ended the party. which used
stout rope. The ascent took nine hours and the
party did not reach The Summit till seven o'clock
and dusk. And the skeptics were all converted.
Two-Guides (Nesot-tayah) IL what the Arapanoes
called Longs Peak before the coming of the white
man-from the Plains Longs and Meeker appear
a double peak Lieut.. 2. N. Pike. q. 8. A., for
whom Pixies Peak is named put Longs on the
map in 1906 as the Great Peak. COL 8. d. Long
U. 8. A., next saw 1t in 1919 and gave 1t his name
william N Byers founder of the Rocky Noun
tain News Of Denver, made the first attempt to
ascend Longs In 1854. He published a prediction
that NO man would ever stand its summit
Four years later he proved himself a better noun
taneer than prophet by leading party Of seven
to Tie Summit Former Judge L. W. Keplinger-
one Of Shermans "Bummers" on the march "from
Atlanta to the sea" and now practicing law In
Kansas City. Kan.-was the man who found
dif3cut and dangerous way up to The Summit
from wild Basin .(on the south) through the gorge
that runs up to The Notch. Fifty years later,
looking up at Longs from Tahosa Valley. he said
Il am the last survivor of the seven that made
the first ascent Of Longs on the morning Of Au-
gust 23 1868. And sometimes feel a. lonesome
as did the afternoon before when clung to the
wall Of The Notch, looking fearfully up at The
Summit Just above me and no less fearfully down
over the way had climbed full mile below
me lay Tahosa Valley and Estes Park. Something
like 24Oo feet Of precipics ran almost straight
down to Chasm Lake. It was late In the after
noon. couldn't 60 ahead and It didn't seem pos.
sibls to 70 back Well, II was q long and tough
job. was 70 late In getting down that the boya