The Dolores star., 1922-12-08

time in the fftyfour years since man SET MS
'>ot The Summit. And this is feat 10 ser
talking mountaneers all over the world for the
mountain climbers of all the world know Longs
Peak. Many from the ends of the earth nave
climbed 1t. But the challenge Of the Chasm LAKE
(easD front has daunted the boldest-unul fro4-
James w Alexander took 1t up.
have looked upon Longs Peak from every
point of the compass. / have looked up to the
heights above from Chasm Lake. have looked
down from the heights above to Chasm Lake
have seen the crest when the naked gray granite
turned to ruby under the first touch OF the sun
rising behind the Twin Sisters, with the lesser
peaks that rim Tahosa Valley still In the shadow.
I have seen the crest haloed by the crimson glo-
res of the sunset. have seen 1t by sunlight and
oy moonlight when 1t white with new-fallen
snow have seen 1t black with storm-cloud.
And for many an hour have watched the sheer
prccpce of Longs from the front porch OF
my cabin the slope Of the Twin Sisters G1.JcC)
across Tahosa Dwellers-ln- the eMountan-Tops)
Valley 1t Is distant six or seven miles Of eagles
flight Two Of the small pictures .ow Longs
u4255), Meeker left. 1391D and Lady Washing
ton (rIght. l32G9) as seen from my cabin. / gee
but the upper half Of the preciplce. The lower
halr and Chasm Lake are shut off from view by
the great moralne thrown up by the ancient gia-
cIcr that dug East Gorge.
So | have stared and marveIed that Nature
rould produce ns she has tremendous { thing
AZ that giant prccplce. For 1t Is as II some Titan
had split the great peak cleanly In two and had
carried off one OF the halves. No earthquake.
mind youi And no volcanic upheayaL A glaciers
work in the ancient times, supplemented By the
ccnselcss labor through the ages OF sun and frost,
snow water and Ice.
And always have said to myself: Opportunity
knocks but once n mans door and Is gone Here
she takes her stand and beckons- Does she lure
man to fame or deathF
Yet tho "Elng," despite the menactng challenge
of hIa En.t Front, IL benign at times and often
,ytcn,ls II genial welcome to the summer visitor
There ia n trail that winds and twists by Boulder
Field md Ecyholc md The Trough and The Mar
rows and The IIonestrctch to The Summit. And
every foot Of # is granGly scenic, as II the King
Ind mndc this rnl to show of his records Of earth
IN tho mixing. For ancient glaciers have LETT
their IMPRESSIVE records all sides In gigantic
ch,u,s porges and mornInes and In beautiful deep
vnlIcys with, forests, lakes and streams.
The Icgister on The Summit shows that one
,,ort.r Of the successful climbers are women and
III. nomcs Of many boys and girls are there Yet
a.. accent ia only for the ablebodIed and the
level, b,odcd-and when Nature smiles on the
d.nyor One OF the small pictures shows how the
c,,nhcrs nrc perched between heaven and earth
nm Thc Narrows But the view from The Summit.
onc Of the great sights of earth. Is their reward
Longs Peak Ia the crownins scenic feature Of
uockv Mountain National Park. By far the most
,onuiur Of the nineteen national parks with an
attendance In 1921 of 21s, 21s,737-approIimateiy thar
- yellowstone, Yosemite. Mount Rainier and Gia-