Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-09

bliss to turn the skis loose. to let them run.
fly over the endless slopes, with no rocks nor
trees to narrow your path.
You can waste altitude until the air whistles
around your and the world consists only
of blurred streaks Way down in the low crouch
squatting, weight thrown forward until you
seem to hang over your ski tips-thus the steep
est slope seems level the skis don't run away
from under you-a relaxed clump fused to your
skis you whiz into infnity.
But suddenly the bottom seems to drop out
of the world, your stomach has the same queer
sensation as in express elevator going down
the slope has grown sleeper, over 40 degrees
perhaps.
\A/ITH q shift Of your weight your body
w still crouching low you gradually turn
your skis in "Christiana swing" from the d.
rection Of the straight downhill run into the
transverse; the great momentum Of your run
naturally makes you skid, sideslip way
Soon you slow down sufficiently to start that
delightful swinging that can give you the feel
ing Of loss of weight and perfect unbounded
physical ease OF dancer
Tail wagging' it is popularity called In AUS
tria, that rhythmic movement, in which the
"Mountaineers" now came shooting down on
Paradise Glacier in Washington q. s. A
tianias.
They we're all using the "Arlberg method"
of skiing which had been first developed and
taught on the Arlberg in Western Austria by
Hannes Schneider the skiing god" and since
then has conquered the world, including New
Zealand And Hans Grage even spoke good
German and yoded like a native OF Tyroi-1
felt thoroughly at home
We returned to Seattle only to leave the
oh member of
the "Mountaineers,' took us to his favor1te
stamping ground, the region of Mount Baker
and Mount Shuksan.
Bob Hayes and his mountaineer companion.
Ben Thompson, know that country better than
anybody else 1t was they in whose company
Miss Milana Jank made her ski climb of Mount
Baker.
In the morn ing Bob displayed "the
lay Of the n land" from the viewpoint
of Table Mountain with the pride
of king showing his beloved king
dom His pride IS juStified-the sur
roundings of Mount Baker more
closely resembles the grandeur of
the high Alps than any other
mountains of the Pacific Coast.
Many of the major peaks Of Wash
ington and Oregon are isolated volcanic
cones, towering far above rather tnsfg-
nifcant foothill country.
In the Alps there IS variety Of peaks of almost
equal altitude creating world OF ice and
snow, where every climb affords a panorama OF
majestic towers and pinnacles. This Is also
true of Mount Baker.
From Table Mountain one has the magnth-
cent view to the two neighboring mountains
which are 50 vastly different Municipalities:
Mount Baker a sublime cone of blush white.
ethereal and pure-on the other side the ragged,
precipitous rock walls of Mount Shuksan, on
which the glaciers break in huge ice falls. And
between the two and all around spreads
multitude of snow-covered ranges slopes and
peaks, a Wintry landscape in June
NET on the spots bare Of snow blossom the
] first delicate alpine flowers, timidly an
nouncing the advent of Spring. forecasting the
fragrant carpets Of later months. The pic
turesque mountain cedars send out their crisp
smell into the crystalline air, warmed by the
burning mountain sun.
Our skis well waxed to insure speedy run,
we started down the mighty slope on the face
of Table Mountain.
Missing the gulley between two rock cleav-
ers which affords q safe descent, found myself
on snow slope of about SIS degrees inclina-
ton Traversing it to reach more level terri
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