The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-08

time in the nfty-four years since man set MS
''ot on The Summit. And this Is n feat TO ser
talking mountaineers all over the world. For the
Observation-Disclosures of all the world know Longs
Peak. Many from the ends Of the earth have
climbed 1t. But the challenge Of the Chasm Lake
teast) front has daunted the boldest-until Prof.
James w. Alexander took II up.
| have looked upon Longs Peak from every
point of the compass. l have looked up to the
heights above from Chasm Lake l have looked
down from the heights above TO Chasm Lake. I
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
have seen the crest haoed by the crimson glo-
res of the sunset. l have seen II by sunlight and
by moonlight when II was white with new-fallen
snow. have seen II black with storm-cloud.
And for many hour have watched the sheer
precpce OF Longs from the front porch OF
my cabin on the slope Of the Twin Sisters 5OO)
across Tahosn Dwelers-in- the Mountain Tops)
valley. IL Is distant six or seven miles OF eagles
flight. Two OF the small pictures $ low Longs
ua2So). Meeker left. 13,9l1) and Lady Washing
ton fright. l3.2G9) from my cabin | see
but the upper half OF the precipice The lower
half and Chasm Lake shut Off from view by
the great moraine thrown up by the ancient Ola
eier that dug East Gorge.
SO have stared and marveled that Nature
l.
as that giant precipce For Il Is as II some Titan
had split the great peak cleanly In two and had
carried OF one OF the halves. No earthquake
mind you! And no volcanic upheavaL A glaciers
work In the ancient times supplemented by the
eeaseless labor through the ages OF sun and frost
snow. water and Ice.
And always have l said to myself: "Opportunitv
knocks but once on a mans door aud Is gone Here
she takes her stand and beckons Does she lure
man To fame or deathf"
Yet the King" despite the menacInr chon.nrs
OF his Fast Front. is benign at times and often
extends genial welcome to the summer visitor
There Is a trail that winds and twists hy Houder
Field and Keyhole and The Trough and The Mar
COWS ana The Homestretch TO The Summit And
every foot OF II Is grandy scenic as II the king"
aad made this trail to show OF his records of earth
u the making. For ancient glaciers have lett
helr impressive records all sides In gigantic
,AasnS. gorges and moraines and In heautIf,I dasn
'alleys with forests lakes and streams
The Register The Summit shows ,ha, o,,
quarter or the successful climbers are women ,na
the names OF many boys and girls are there ys,
the ascent Is only for the ie-hodied and tho
northumberland when Nature smiles on the on
u'aNor. one OF the small pictures shows how tha
climbers are perched between heaven and eartb
IN The Narrows. But the view from The Summit
me Of the great sights of earth, is their reward
Longs Peak Is the browning scenic feature of
Rocky Mountain National Park. by far the most
popular Of the nineteen national parks with an
attendance In 1927 of 273. T3I-approximatelv that
Vel! '1't"n" Yosemite, Mount Rainier and Gla-