New-York tribune., 1922-10-01
IprNE ropes are coiled and stretched

j yprNT ropes are coiled and stretched
toruse Hobnails In stout boots are
inspected and frightened. Great
.~sa.ers are out and ready for wear.
80 q. coats, featherweigh., but wtndproof
-, are in knapsachs, Snowshoes and
S. arc unlinbered. The famous Girls h'k-
= r,,a ~ the University of Utah Is ready
. al, and winter climbing and exploring
: : i. mountains of the West
rso eo-eas' organization is widely eeie-
$, -. alone for It's exploits of climbing
I .xo,orasion and winter mountain sports 1t
eo. the development OF the out-of-
r;yl supreme, type that braves sun
~, mountain gale and alpine blizzard,
..ose only motto is get there ana get BACK
..s.r,,ne. but which often puts 'he-men"
-. IN tbe;r fents, and which carries
ths skill, aelf-reliance and lessons learned IN
ma contests with Nature to usesus iife later
n, rrnversisY Of Utah at Salt Lake City
..rs.ee;c socation for such club. Rising
.,r,ost directly behind the campus /: the
r..steh range, majestic snow-crowned peaks.
l.., caayons and gorges, wonderful Alpine
,,aes, paradise for those who love outdoors.
r. the south is the region OF Zion National
p,rk t,e rainbow colored wonderland whose
.,,nh,sheaters, canyons, cliff-dwellings and
.shsr spectacles are yet but partly explored,
wthe north lie che Tetons, the seldom climbed
r,rdisrs Of Jackson's Hole and the Yellow
ssne.
And the fall, winter and eprsng progganac
d these adventurous girls includes trips over,
~ and through almost all Of this. Prelim-
mary climbs are under way now. They're
jm. simple ones, it is explained, enough to
lfnber up, harden the wind, test out equip
tasns and break in newer members Of tie
clnb But just follow one Of them, that's all,
It was simple enough from one point Of
dew. It only went in two directions, straight
up and straight down, Imagine q deep gorge
eIsndng straight back into the mountain
range, ending in cul-de-sac, circle Of sheer
rock walls with the only apparent way out
yag backward along the way in Dead
asn's Gulch," someone called IL.
The end? No, the beginning 9or the climb
Ing team Of three, led by Miss Grace Wrinkle
man. captain Of last years club, and ia the lead
until later in the year when she is reelected
or her successor chosen. With her were Miss
chrystal Williams and Miss Margaret Dem,
all Of Salt Lake City, Their goal was up and
over to a peak beyond.
The beauty Ct these adventurous Western
girls is noticeable. Conaplexions and figures.
sucn IS no beauty shop or gymnasium ever
Turned out, are the rule rather than the ex-
cepsion in the co-eds' club Mountain climb
ing IS an aid TO pulchritude is novel theory,
pgt they seem to prove it.
AS they approached the cliff we'll cut
sseehes and boots, loose sweaters, llnapsacks
and climbing ropes set off the sure, graceful
carriage and figure only gained out Of doora
But es they climbed obstructions and the wav
got harder soft curves became sinewy. no4
aesvy or ungainly muscle, but something with
hs effect Of steel under velvet, and over they
rent
outdoors does It, say the girls, and for sheer
physical perfection let 1t be recommended,
lney search for beauty In uature-and they
Ind Il In themselves.
Vel back from the cliff, while almost IFS
eatfe face was yet in view, the climbing team
Md stopped while Captain Grace Winklemar
Oauined the course. To novice in Alpine
wrs the rock face would have appeared un-
Scaiaois, but in g moment Captain Grace had
>p0"ea Practical and easy" route to the
Up Up the point Of sheer rock ridge to a
sase' across to Chimney" up TO another
,ass ana then 7igsag against the facs Of
90 eiin abe pointed 1t out az far az the "col,"