The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-11-30
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Ger combined This park II perched ON the Con-
unental Divide and contains 81 named mountains
over 10000 feet Of which Is over $4,000 feet.
fikes Peak (14l66). q hundred mics to the
south OF Longs. IL probably the best-known noun
tain In the world. inasmuch more than three
million people have ascended Il by cog-road and
automobile highway. On some days more people
stand on its summit than ascsad Longs all sum
nsr. That b part Of the glory Of Lonss-to the
e0d 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 10 q shapeless
bulk Of -ock!
Professor Alexander 10 sure Of immortal fame
among out-of-doofs people. He u assistant pro
fessor OF mathematics In Princeton university. He
y fcsty jean Of asa ax-footse Of 106 pounds.
Professor Alexander started alone from Chasm
Lake In the morning. He surmounted the ~
mains oe the ancient glacier By cutting 70 steps in
ne Ice. This brought him to the foot Of the prec
pics at eleven O'Clock The dotted line shows
apptoximateay bis way up He worked to the
south. making his way up wherever he could ind
breaks In the rocks and could utilize chimnsys
HIS Devious course led him under The Notch.
Many tmes farther prosress seemed impossible
Twice hs was In danger from falling rocks. And
. mistake at any stage would have meant death.
He gained The Summit to the right Of The Notch
at 2 40 .. m, wrots bis name In the register and
Descended By the regular trail.
The dinculty Of the ascent may b judged By
ths fact that pretty much everybody thought
Professor Alexander was romancins OF had besa
overcome By "altitude"-which In the Rockies
Govern more aims than charity.
Professor Alexander made answer the nszt day
By taking with him Jack AoomaW, the Hswso-
Kifkwood ranch guide, and repeating the feat.
And still the doubtins 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 7. Smith. Frank schir.
mes. Herbert Whitman. Hermann Buhl-and Mira
Bull. They found Alexander's little cairns and
followed his route almost exactly. Biaurock and
Buhl headed and ended the party, which used q
stout rope. Tho 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-0uides (Nesot-tayah) IL what the Arapanoss
called Longs Peak before the coming of the white
man-frosm the Plains Longs and Neeker appear
. double peak. Lieut.. z N. Pike. U. 8. A., for
whom Pixies Peak In named. put Longs on the
map In 1900 the Great Peak COL g. H. Long
U. y. A.. next saw II In 1919 and gave II his name
William N. Byers. founder Of the Rocky Noun.
tain News Of Denver, made the first attempt to
ascend Longs In 1884. He published prediction
that no man would ever stand Its summit
Four years later he proved himself a better noun.
tainccr thnn prophet by leading q party Of seven
to TIE summit. Former Judge L. w. Kepllnger-
one Of Sherman's "Bummers' the march from
Atlanta to the sea" and practicing law In
Kansas City. Kan.-was the who found q
dihicult and dangerous way up TO The Summit
from Wild Basin Con the south) through the gorge
that runs up to The Notch. Fifty years later
looking up at Longs frssn Tahosa Valley, be said
Il am the last survivor Of the seven that made
the hrrt nscent Of Longs on the morning Of Au
gust .. 1893 And sometimes feel ~ lonesome
- I did the afternoon before when chung to the
wall Of The Notch. looking fearfully Up At The
summit just above me and no LEES fesrfully down
over the way had climbed. full mile below
me lay Tahosa Valley and Estes Park. Something
like Zoo feet Of preciplcs ran almost straight
down to Chasm Lake II WAS late IL the AFTER.
noon I couldn't 20 ahead and Il didn't seem Dos
sahls to 90 back Wen. Il WAS Q long and tough
NJ was - late tn RVttiaR down that IN hoys