Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-07
Wo,i1I,,,11,e:n's II, 5 Interests


of course, were very numerous.
Ptarmigan and rabbits both had
their white winter coats yet.
Sheep were roaming ON the hill
sides, the big horned variety, at
which we procured a good look with
our binoculars. Caribou we saw
farther up the canyon grazing near
the very tip-top ridges of the
mountains.
Shooting is prohibited in the
park, of course, so we didn't Get
chance to taste any of these ami
male, but Mr.. Borak and /
climped. one of the mountain peaks
back to our. camp in the hope of
shooting some sheep with our
camera.
We snow-shoed to the foot of the
mountain, taking our snow shoes
off there and packing them on our
backs while going up the noun
tain, to have them ready when we
needed them again. The side of the,
mountain lay a tan angle of almost
nothing, so it seemed to me.
While climbing / dared not look
behind as J. was afraid of getting
dizzy and falling back, nor dared
| look ahead for fear of losing my
courage, so I took each step as it
came, sometimes crawling on hands
and knees. We sealed the outer
edges of Che mountain, avoiding
the CANYONS as they were filled with
snow drifts many feet deep and
were very dangerous at best. The
snow was deep on the ridges and
the moss and stones below it slip
perry. The stones were frozen into
the earth of the mountains but |
couldn't be depended upon to sup !
port any moderate weight Mr.. /
Borak went ahead and cut steps out
for me to follow in and carefully |
l. placed each foot in the track left |
by his. He had me literally crawl
ing at his feet.
Tfuthfully [ can say that that |
"o" the most heart swallowing ex-
petition Z ever experienced. My
80 in nv mouth most of the
lime. Many times 1 gulped it
lown only to have it come right
Up again.
Effort Worth While
But when we finally reached the
op we realized that the climb was
veil worth the effort. Range af-
er range of white, snow covered
Mountains reaching as far as the
ye could see, lay before US. We
aw all three forks of the Savage
iver, upon one fork of which lay
ur camp. We saw where they
oine dtogether. We could preceive
'lainly the trail up which we had
ONE the day before and where we
lad turned from Jenny Creek up
nto Savage Creek to our camp.
We didn't stay on top long as the
Wind was blowing at terrific
peed and we had to hold ourselves
own close to the ground, rather
han i'll an upright position, to pro-
e"t ourselves against it.
Coming down wasn't any better
han going up. We descended on
he other side still looking for those
Iusive sheep which seemed to have
into thin air. In fact I
idn t care if L never saw sheen
gain. l kept wondering if would
yer get down off that mountain
live. But Mr.. Borak has climbed
lany q mountain, also descended
1em, so at last we reached the
bottom safely, sliding down the
st 40 feet of the way by sitting s
Il our now-shOes. ,
We reached camp at $3.50 that ,
ight, just as it was getting dark, #
for one, being very glad and re-
eyed to get back once more.
Other days we went dog-team |
ding, the dogs being tickled near q
to death to be taken out, and t
1ing like the wind over the ice ]
nd snow. il
We went up Savage Creek to an =
d log cabin which served as a
lief station for many n "sour-
,ugh' - prospector going that way, Is
ach man takes with him his own n
DIVISIONS and bedding of course, t
reading a new bed of spruce y
,ughs for himself, using the wood II
ready there and cut for the use Il
any one who happens along, to
art his fire with.
Always Leave Wood il
One of the rules of the north is a
leave wood cut, upon leaving a II
mp, so that if one comes in half CT
ozen and stiff from the cold, he o.
III not need to rummage for wood u
fore fire can be built. A fire, ~
course has to be kept up con
lntly to keep groceries and pro
sions from freezing as well as m
e's self. X
We had wonderful snow storm t'
lile there which loaded down the ~
ees anew and added q few more ~ =,
shes to the white coat already on =.
Q ground.
Summer camping has its attrac- he
ms all right, but for real sport u
We me winter camping, especially pt
nter camping in Alaska with dog ut
I'm riding ,snow-shoeing, skiing, ia
:. Mosquitoes and flies are not m
ard of and the only precautions
have to take are to keep our he