The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-24

required eight hours. Four hours wore consumed in the return trip to she camp.
 Find No Markers
 No markers were found on either cf the peaks. The Stuck party erected a pole carrying flag on the south peak, and the Sour dough- expedition that climbed the north peak year earlier had left one there. Their wasn't much chance that either would have survived the elements so long, but we were greatly disap- pointed when we found no traces Of them, particularly of the latter, . declared MT. Lindley.
 Thermometer Is Found Fifteen thousand feet up, MT. Strcm said they found 3 minimum temperature thermometer as it was loft ty Archdeacon Stuck 20 years ago. It had been carefully placed with 2 view to it's future recovery and the scientific value of the lowest temperature it might re- cord. It was standard United States Weather Bureau instrument and the lowest graduation was 95 de- grees below zero.
 Even this had not been suffi- cient to record the cold of Mt Mckinley. The arrow had been forced along the tube distance that would represent five de- grees more than graduated and then jammed into the bulb. Thus, no cne knows yet just how cold it can get on the upper reaches of Denali, but it must be more than 100 degrees below zero if the thermometer did it's registration accurately. The coldest ever be- fore recorded anywhere was 90 de- grees below zero.
 Dangerous Return Trip
 On the day after it had climbed the north peak, the party began its descent. Although ic required but 40 hours in time, and most of it was spent in traveling, it was the most trying and most dangerous of the entire trip.
 With a storm brewing, it broke camp just before noon, expecting to cover the 5000 feet to the former camp at 11,ooO feet and 5pend the night. There was little delay until Karsten ridge wds reached and there where so much breaking labor had been ex- pended in cutting footholds in the ascent, all this work had to be done again.
 Ut was some task to bend forward with 607pound pack on your back, down a slope that in places had 40 per cent pitch and cut out niches for your feet, " both men declared. At 6 a. m. on the following morning the party made It safely back to the Il 900 foot level.
 Find Empty Camp
 There they found an empty camp From indications, they were reasonably sure those who had pitched it must have gone back down the glacier, but uneasy over what might have happened to them, they decided to push on after eating and taking short rest, and without any sleep.
 After having gone about two miles they found the body Of Koven lying short distance from where he had succeeded in climb ing out of a deep crevasse. Trail signs showed another man had gone over, but efforts to find him were futile. They learned later it was Allen Carpe, Koven's exped- ition leader.
 Deciding to try to bring out Koven's body at least to where a plane could pick it up, some of the party returned to the camp they had just left and got sled and the rope used to tie members together in the ascent. Koven's body was then placed on the sled and roped fast.
 Pearson Breaks Through
 It was afternoon before they get under way again. AS the group proceeded slowly, picking it's way