The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-11-30

lad started rescue party and had toted wooo
up from Timbef.Line and had lighted relay Ores
"But had found 4 way to The Summit. The
next morning We angied to the left a. We ap
preached The Notch and finally came out on Tha
Homestretch Of the present trail All seven Of
% were then soon on The Summit After the
ufst thrills were over, We searched for signs Of
previous human visitation and found none We
built = cairn and left q record. Maj. ]. W. Powell
later OF Grand Canyon fame. made a little speech
I climbed Longs the second time eight years aga
over the present tratl-and had to smile at the
difference"
The late Edna Louise Smith Of Aurora. nj.
whose life Of philanthropic accomplishment was
pssnaturely cut short last spring In automobile
crossing accident. was an ardent End able noun
talneer. She ascended Longs Peak many tines
One ascent was made at night In August Of 1918
under such unusual conditions that the National
Park Service requested her to write an account
for use In it, booklets Her story 10 . Rocky
Mountain National Park classic She and three
started from Tahosa Valley (0000) At II .. n. Ia
q heavy fog and halfrain. Her story includes the
following:
after . short climb We were In another world
The fog was Q 80 Of silvery clouds belox NJ and
from II the mountains rose like islanda The
moon and stars were bright in the hsavena Thsrs
was the sparkle In the air that suggests enchanted
I80OD 0oO 01n WY 10 xlI0UeSsAl0o VI
came upon ground white with snow, which made
II seem all the more likely that Christmas pixies
Just within the shadows Of the pines might dance
forth on q mooubeam.
"Above Tfmbee.Line there was NO snow but the
moonlight was brilliant that the clouds far b.
low were shining like misty lakes and even the
bare mountainside about NJ looked almost a.
white a. II snow-covered.
AT the western edge Of Boulder Field there va,
A. ~h>AD -A-n-
In the center OF that curious nick In the rim Of
Boulder Field shone the great golden mooo. The
vast shadow Of the peak. made doubly dark By
The contrast. made us very silent. Whea Ne
emerged from Keyhoe and looked down Into the
Glacier Gorge beyond II was hard to breathe b.
cause Of the wonder Of II all. The moon was
shining down Into the great gorge thousand feet
below and II was nlled with Q silvery glow. The
lakes giimmered In the moonlight.
"Climblng along the narrow ledge. high above
this tremendous gorge. was like a dream. Not q
breath Of air stirred. and the only sound was the
crunch Of hobnails on rock There was q supreme
hush In the air. a. II something tremendous were
about to happen
"suddcnly the sky. which had been the far.of,
blue Of moonlit night, flushed with the softes,
amethyst and rose. and the stars doomed large
and Intimately near burning like lamps with
lavender. emerald. sapphire and topaz lights The
moon had set and the stars were supreme
AS we made our way along The Nsrrows the
drama OF that days dawn proceeded with kalei.
doscopIc speed Over the plains. apparently with.
out end, was a sea Of billowy clouds. sh,mmerIna
with golden and pearly lights. One mountain
range after another was revealed and BROUGHT
close BY the rosy glow that now filled all the ~.
Every peak. far and near. bore fresh crown Of
new snow and each stood out distinct and iudl.
vidual. Arapahoe Peak held the eye long. Tosrsy,
Peak and Grays Peak were especially beaussul.
And far away. . hundred miles to the south.
loomed up tho summit Of Pixies Peak.
ssuch scene could last but q short tina AM
Il was we'll for u.s. for the moments wer, too
crowded with sensations to BE- long borne Sooe
the sun burst up from the ocean Of clouds below.
On The summit all was bright and warm And
In the bright sunlisht Of The new day We wondered
whether ~ had eco reality OF Q visioo"