Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-30

time in the hfty-fOur years since man se' "a
.,ot on The Summit. And this Is leat 70 se'
talking mountaneers all over the worid. foF 'no
nountain-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
(east) front has daunted the boldest-un.i Fr"i'
james W. Alexander took 1t up
1 have looked upon Longs Peak from every
noint of the compass. I have looked up to the
heights above from Chasm Lake. nave lookeo
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 shaoow.
have seen the crest haloed by the crimson eio.
ries Of the sunset. have seen 1t by sunhgnt anu
by moonlight when 1t was white with new-faHen
snow, have seen 1t black with storm-cloud
And for many an hour have watched the sheer
nrecipice of Longs from the front porch OF
my cabin on the slope Of the Twin Sisters l1,6OO)
across Tahosa (Dwellers-n the -Mountain-Top
Valley 1t Is distant six or seven miles OF eagles
flight. Two Of the small pictures SLOW Longs
IA 255), Meeker left. 13,911) and Lady Washing
ton fright, 13269) seen from my cabin. see
but the upper half Of the precipice. The lower
half and Chasm Lake are shut OF from view BY
the great moraine thrown up by the ancient sla.
cier that dug East Gorge.
So 1 have stared and marveled that Nature
could produce as she has tremendous c thing
\. that giant precipice. For It Is 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 glaciers
work in the ancient times, supplemented BY the
ceaseless labor through the ages of sun and FROST
snow, water and Ice.
And always have said to myself: opportunity
knocks but once on a mans door and is gone. Here
she takes her stand and beckons. Does she lure
man to fame or death"
Yet the "King," despite the menacing chalienge
of his East Front, is benign at times and often
extends a genial welcome to the summer Visitor.
There Is a trail that winds and twists BY Boulder
Field and Keyhole and The Trough and The Mar
rows and The Homestretch to The Summit. And
every foot of 1t is grandy scenic, as II the king
had made this trail to show of his records Of earth
IN the making. For ancient glaciers have left
their Impressive records on all sides IN gigantic
chasms gorges and moraines and IN beauuful deep
valleys with forests lakes and streams.
The Register on The Summit shows that one
ouarter of the successful climbers are women and
The names Of many boys and girls are there. Yet
the ascent il only for the ablebodied and the
Ievel.head aded-and when Nature smiles on the en-
deavor. One Of the small pictures shows how the
rIimhers are perched between heaven and earth
On The NarrowA But the view from The Summit.
ona Of the great sights Of earth, IL their reward
Longs Peak 10 the crowning scenic feature of
poctv Mountain National Park. by far the most
,,on,,jar of the nineteen national parks, with an
sttondonce in 1921 Of 278, that
II Yellowstone Yosemite, Mount Rainier ana ais'