The Dolores star., 1922-12-08

cier combined. This park Is perched on the Con
tinental Divide and contains 81 named mountains
over 10000 feet. Of which l3 are over 1900 feet.
Pixies Peak G4155). a hundred miles to the
south OF Longs. Is probably the best-known noun
tain In the world, inasmuch more than three
million people have assembled 1t by cog-road and
automobile highway. On some days more people
stand on Its summit than ascend Longs all gum
mer. That is part of the glory Of LUngs-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 rock!
Professor Alexander Is of immortal fame
among out-of-dOors people He Is assistant pro-
fessor Of mathematics in Princeton university. He
!s forty years Of age s!x-footer of 1e5 pounds-
Professor Alexander started alone from Chasm
Lake In the morning He surmounted the re-
mains Of the ancient glacier By cutting 10 steps In
the Ice This brought him to the foot Of the preci
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 chInneya.
His devious course led him under The Notch.
Many times farther progress seemed impossible.
Twice he 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 2:20 p. 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
overcome By "altitufe"-uhich In the Rockies
covers more sins than charity.
Professor Alexander made answer the next day
By taking with him Jack MoOmau. the Hexes-
Kirkwood ranch guide. and repeating the feat.
And still the doubling Thornases 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. BlaErocE, Dudley T. Smith Frank schir-
mer. Herbert Whitman Hermann BuhI-and Mrs.
Buhl. Trey found Ale1ander's little cairns and
followed his route almost exactly. Blaurock and
Buh headed and ended the party, which used
stout rope. The ascent took nine ho1rs and the
party did not reach The Summit TIL seven O'Clock
and dusk And the skeptics were all converted
Two-GuItes tSesot'ayah) Is what the Arapa.oes
called Longs Peak before the coming Of the white
nan-fron the Plains Longs and Meeker appear
q double peak Lieut.. T. " Pike. L.. s. A. for
whom Pixies Peak is named, pCt Lon-s on the
map In 1906 as the Great Peak. Col S. n Long
Z. s. A., it in 1919 and gave 1t his name
william Y. Byers, founder Of the Rocky Noun
tain News Of Denver. made the first attempt IN
ascend Longs In 1874 He published prediction
that would ever stand ics summit
-Four years later be proved himself better noun
taineer than prophe, By leading party Of seven
To The Summit Former Judge l. ". Eeplln ger
one Of sherTnan's -Burnmers" on the march from
Atlanta 10 the sea- and prscticfnz law in
Kansas City. Ean--yas the man who found
difficult end dangerous way up to The Summit
from "iif Basi1 Ton tne sontfl) through the gorge
that up to The Notch Fifty years Later
Looking up at Lor>-s frsra Tsho@a Valley he .aid
7 am the last survivor Of the seven that made
the first ascent Of Lon-s On the morning n Au-
gust q. 1sEa And sometimes feel lonesome
a. did the afternoon before whel 1 ci1nz to the
wall Of The Notch, looking fearfriiy up at The
Summit Just above and less fearfuIly down
over the way I had climbed A full mile below
me lay Tahosa VALLEY and Estes PARK Something
Ike 240o feet Of prectpice ran slrnos, straight
down to Chasn Lake. I; was late In the after
noon 1 couldn't 90 ahead and It didn't seem pos-
sble 60 back Well, II was long and tough
Job was late IN getting down tha, tie boys