Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1926, Page 80

Q. Boyhood Dreams of Cllmbmg the ing Feats—The Lesson of the Graves— A Fight for Every Yard — Hanging || Over Eternity. = THE SUNDAY STAR. Matterhorn Are Turned to Reahty “THE WIND CAUGHT ME. BIBY . . e ME LIKE A PENDULUM AWAY —Spurmng Costly Trlp to Shlp as FROM THE CLIFF WALL AND . . 2 . OVER THE SHEER FIVE-THOU. Seaman——Convmcmg Guides of Climb- SANDFOOT PRECIPICE, ; | “hang-over” as inexperienc pated my w must most hav sublini Young American Collegians Defy Europe@ Mot Murderou Peak o v at the att e dead than alive heen pictures urselves, he an- | the ald dicament and, heav. | and | awar from the cliff wall aver the| Onlv the ex vestrained me fro sheer 5.000-font precipice. My pushing hir went biind: my arms censed to exist The summit my head swam in half-consciousness. | mountain 15 con Once more Adalph had to come 10 | known or the rescue. Hat surmounted the | This is ched line, d to h me Is \],Hnl Hm\ has not beer * % » the jov of being the first to CE Irvine was safe over the WL Al ledge we stretched our breath. | wiU“1 CUY Ihe SIS FRETE e o refreshed. Then only did We | on the hundred | notice that it was b 1| fhe Dt | and vealize tiar in the P assault we had foig attained unt one of th unto an sunrise b burton typilies the did not notice e She does not flire 3 o youth—the de | with ordinary seimen E the Matterhorn Il dreams Hamburg vvas by no means o pre | The last hundeed feet were lik consequences, at tanzed destination. Our adventures | stepladder. rough-surfaced and deey that is would hive begun 't Lisbon or in snow, into which w nk above mposs Seem- | Manik 1 the Ipswich happened 1o - | kles at each step. ling caut , | dock The point of . | il on. looking nowhere but Xper d embariation up o road 1o romance ght ahead, I noticed Adolph sud to last & normal man {was entively unttaportant. We iR b hoisted our sail to cateh whatever | b s e he s A recent Pt and | winds m Woand the winds fr e i Lt reaved in o most i the west had biown us into German Indeed, we wi on top—fourteen | men, ecumstances, he h: life ( thousand, seven hundred and elghty !y which of a vagabond in iho ] = t. with all of Switzerland stretched | 1o yvield Ry b wnd e e b out before us. In the cloudless alr | would 10 a4 heggar found vred our map and - cast | | MERSTINE fsdopineaily c ety monntaiil yead And this was done ) new destination I - \ the Alps. Mount } loomed g IASWIAD Beink th xaam fiee. e S g N Jarge and white to the west, and the | ro ’_,1“5 “ places that had fived his im PSR U e N petually snow-hlank PR iR ‘ vather nohe Sulh S Emeln conspicuous in ograph. inetio | Could be seen to the north Ten o'clock wi & before the conventions of d to the mountain « {utedn neve relniof terva, e WINML Iiuty with her lalten andihase faded ! vy conla deap ¢ o bk warked i tin hlew with incveasing violence as We jntg the south. and the Monte 10sa ihis Alpine th e svaniucoi ¢ Here hea crosaed the 13.000.foot line and struck Jup, rising even above our s homewar Hockaday, a0 i e 4 pleting the reg with enough force to hlow off the Aoniinated the east. Cr . Bad Leen hung in my schoolboy study ed vl we noi elung i e to the AR s Liawrenceville ta dominate and rock face o wind t stimuiate evers one who entered the Beginning the shoulder, ropes | wopr R Ched ot the upper end to em-| e o enate. o \ consuming desire vose within me > lded iron spikee dangled downward, | ik tHy were: westolgaeithe ant my foot upon this most no and only by pulling one's self nd elements fn our exultatior rurderaus mountainin over hat V these teecoverad cnhles hamilEtion ot the Matter-| What if it lad killed move was the ascent possille. However people than any oier? Al the more 3 even with these indispensable atds ¢ ioneAE oSt eason to climl Yo Youth the last 600 feet was not a pleasiare | jjy,ng we felt our blood surge wi v . s ; = Here was 4 magnificent chance to in wiich 1 wonld®eare 1o indulge h The teHFors 1 struggles of the ' < ¢ poounts [ realize it However. if the adventure moniy before bieakfuat felimb were forgotten. The abyss he-{came home t excitin ¢ of |\ to be considered seriously Irvine Thwe rarified air made exertion ex. | neath us, the bewildering panorama A i he world T et Dmust be won over and imbued with i@ ceedingly exhausting wind, whip- | abos cast a speil awed 106 R % UMM IOND I Eee | € ping swirls of snow wur’ faces, | 10 silence. 1 began to it awed 5 N B elove Mo ECT oy S Mo « like needles, Oup i nehed | Iy for I saw him clasp his Old Age vhmhu\ BY RICHARD HALLIBURTON thod of ¢k he spoke from rope climbing and our hearts, | hs Kot At . Hi antic=that Goasiselinn ol e g B9 IE W ima e e R unused (o such a prolonged sivain, | e «m with an expressl I e he | SEStiY 1 suppose iU's out of the palpitated in « Chests assured me he was in tune = ¢ e of fue. | HeS! though-—-ton expensive - ton .o G O saie | ihe Innnite | i < and all that - but itU's some . P R — wanted 1o do ever since you gt that picture in our toom. Tt's s i aHou el he Matterhorn < . e f < e bt de lixe from thel own equipment. | death b 2 ATk Al this time, hecause of continned It was el e <ep. fok. we had not enjoved even ihe ind v ew that the e tmintesi glimpse of our spec elimbing would mountain, but during t irth = g vlosed nfeed it + storm broke upon bidg el torvential vain cleaved : 2 On waking nesi morning tuimed) wi o our window. o i the carly sunshin e i venther and holding t naughtily aloof | oW the ¢ o an i \ tone e could not el us litle o oenjoy | from other Alps, soared in dazz NE grop lon w0 mote nto train AT noon, wi e i ail, G we reached the assanit we fary the sky clondless. Adolph and Andre the, wa . took conrage and. laden with rop i S1y fond and equipment. led Irvine and R I me " Ney from Z ttinto week the Wi i vonching tiger, which | | 1 \' o te 'Y v resembles . 4 ozer seen £ a certain position f IEsanni Shs wway our guides began to of pine-cing of the mountain's evil repu- | an \Vosges ation and 1o relate harrowing storfes we tamped its numerous victims. With more ram! froni | consei tact they took LSl us toot cemetery and AR s puinted « vher of graves of o the base of Interest 1o e climbers 1 ULl ot Jokerin il Standirz before them, we read in steverd heels aml excruciativ uhuBE iUl S w1 inuscies.. Bit nelvher 15 It and 1. 1i Perished on the e romat I was in the least disheartened. Matierhorn. 1565 des were found and negoilations W. K W L o his death from e srhorn, 1870 S uise youshave ciimbe R. R With two guiies, on S et sald Ado of 1he | june 10, 1591, slipped from the shou it pilots. who sy excel | ger of the Matterhorn and fell 3,000 not dare tell him that A The Wwomuseun was equaliy SUSDE. SRS UM BT recom- | encouraging It contained the ice | on to the pine Club, Tc ves and clothes f the immortal RS eha voung Engli climbers, Hudson and we were a 1 he wo Hadow ard Lord Donglas, who, along s M g with a Mr Whymy and three Oh ve admitted mode Siiles i p i Sebs Toel and er ted vanqguighed pinnacies Hing for o conquer. The vhat a the from the alisades Swiss had alv fiing Prince. | Popocatepet oy . : ; i CUBAN RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS AT HAVANA grees under | \Wh, ey had never heard of the | formed th bk e L 5 vl Wan PR See e & sing iy impressed. they ag e Vel Wb ihetEeE S » wevica leagie o that they might devote and is starting 130 more. hoping th o Hce Rt Arioiins the hed the summit, But |RIGHARD HALLIBURTON. AU-( (0 5 Wit ; S LI L e s at s on the heigits Teve JesEaIt Foi THOR i on Tuesi i ending on {to allevis \isery in time of peace | families it will also lead to improv tempe e By Tevenet herent for | THOR. | WHO SOUGHT AND |G P atlically. 1 vad HERIE CIraLER SHEARy sakrenRain s dfkector ve e i hen th rne hat Bh (e ‘wm‘w & FOUND “THE BEAU lll!.l THY Since 1he < A v ied At R e atatlons P a cut, array ves o grer ment consisted of ore toothbrush e e e JOYOUS AND ROMANTIC™ IN | Cross Confore ) \n ami expansion of the Red Cross on. In Panama e Al King s by and a safety raz 2 =teeh Bank. up- WhIGH: ohe 18 GLAMOROUS CORNERS OF THE = \ [y 2 Cuba. with sympathetic vear lovked after nt de .c\ possible AEAL T wo st have cieated meun- | now helped by o seeired chain, Mr. | WORLD. | ment s among the nelghboring 000 mothers. while nurses s of the Ipswich. o sma £ 4 socks. and leggins. | Hadow, a Cambridge undeverfduate | = peop it needed the inspiration of j treated W0 cases. The Chilean i "‘_ P, with the story that this was i nd a wool helmet, and and the youngest member of t cur destination for tir the Buenos Afres conference to give Red Cross has ointed a United States Miss Jean Dunna thne in 21 vears we'd ever baen i ote., ele., ete, You arty, slipped on th 5 a0 ) new impetus to the mavement. | ¥on to medernize i nursing dire Toronto. who will ™ land Mount of Oy seven were roperd od A1 vo Lenrs of sieady « Fvervwhers in Latin Ameriea the headed by Dr. 1> 1 speak on v problems; Presi giie Shiling he bitter cold one afier into the | i hles nenc the Red Cross is at. | minister of health for H McCracken of Vassar. who will But our, halusuts o only A < e i handsbine pernianent head endine the Washington conference | tell what th MG Ll “signed us on ! < wern | > < . < in the varions capitals. The 4% Ied Cross. ot el T e slnce we had a pe erin | s They threw thelr weight in despera 21 | heoples e giving who'e-hearted sup. | As eac R Suiat e i o EUEEDOCKED Tihm L of the | { tion ngainet the drag of their falling | Plete as nieh o port to the obiscts of the League of | depent S i A e £hipping company 12 him to | ke at each other (., \panions the rush was checked, | before the Reil i'ross S tiee, which Mr. | as it pieases. And the Latin organ do <o | ction. 11 we had 10 with the men dang'ing 4 000 feet ahove | Mk heroy TRy p Diacison founded. These are “the im- | lzation is remely fiexible. permit Tl ChoRe ok And ot last on a dul articles we would [ the glacier. For a moment the mar e Brived P of health. the prevention | 1ing fid of Wo aking for | osnective canntel little Ipswich < noth Ioft with which to payv | remained tant. then. un: u our he s, | O 158 and the mitigation better health and bhetter sanitatic A. Win Yalé York harbor for Hamb des. When we explained our | the strain. it hroke and let four of the I the Tted Cross ir coun. | fer indl ' promoting. stintalalini | aven in 5 b 3 sl gratefuliv at Lady Liberty ment they responded with im !soven daring vanquishers of thi; ch Hke n pooidle | tries has hospi 1 teain [ and coordinating rel work in the buths and barber shop % Dr being ie a chain, 1 bark | schnols for nurs g en national and internattona iwide aspect Is given to the headt of the Cut | spanse 1o h's eall, and Jrvine i Ciivss has populatized: (he Red| caiamitles. . O stgh ¢ srence by the attendance of non and Dr. James W. Robertson vesp dre's. The Arst hour hools by dol CAE LR L 2 G L) lelegntes from international nun of the central committee {our ropes gied vselessiy hetween cultivating health | mony al, welfare and ednca e Canadian Red Cross | an hoth fresh, and by us. and_enlarging geographical | Ree reports show that the Red | (jonal ations and foreign Red in the public health discus | onr arms B s from | lnowledee (hrough exchanges of cor. | Cross societies of Latin America are | (‘russ societies. However, they will ex will be led ok to rock sazed with average | respondence and handicraft, which | looking after food suferers in Brazil. | take the discussions as well | Heary M of American Red agility to follow at the heels of our o makes for international amity. | vehabilitating earthquake sufferers in us hserve PP A E RN ered reiptand { guides. A narrow ridge was the gen. [ The idea of the Red Cross devoting Chile, Colombin, Costa Riea and Among the repirsentatives of out | éconstruction i hardreds of | aral course of the climb all the way [ its organized energies to the cause of | dor. A month after the Red side Red Cross societies is the Connt. | disaster g task in T Histance the edge looks | humanity in time of peace originated | { Soriety was estabiished I | mus Stradbroke for the Atctratan Red | the Midwesterr b, nor (dbes proximity disilusion s With (lie late Hehry . Davisoh, chali | cuador, it was called into action in (‘rose and Sir Frederick Whyte for | In addition to luncheons. there will B, O o e alopen ona | man of the War Council of the Amerl. | assisting to rebuild auakestricken | the Indian Rted trose. The Right be many Bttinigitie. ON In 5wl up andidotvn saw-teeth not Jical Red Cross. Hefing that the Red Tulcan: the Feuadorean Red Cross |y, Robert Borden comes hoth | the openir will he ten I bra-than 20 inchesiin witth; with.not ( Gtoss would e needed (o look. after also co-operated with the city in buil n observer for the Rritish Red ed to 1) New Wii | han 3,000 feot to fall in case one | the rehabilitation problems of the de- | ! ! stem, which hrings | < and the president of the ‘amarke Aid moblilizing period and to remedy the | i pure wa nd thus climinates the | dian Red Cross. Dame Rachel! by a sident and (a0 ot icr 1,000 Fest v iiote | ADIect atate ot (h8 Eiviiianiaiofi coun, [ dlsedse TORMEEIY ACHDUGBIERED: ik Crowdytrepresents Lenmtie of | M€ Hons we had to leave the ridge and elimh | tries in the war zone. he cnmw\ml‘ re ISP RIcE Nations, of which she is chief of the j#n evening ihe Koi 4 fup the sheer voc e, Hlere ascent | the plan of preserving the various| The Cofta Rican society recentiy social section International | Miss Mabe n. On May® ey ard. The anow and | Red Cross orgamizations under a | completed 100 homes for workingmen | Labor Ofice. Inter ynal Council of it o B D lice had filled every hollow, makh;i! | “s s hecessary for Adolph to pick tiem AT LAST, | free with hisx axe before we could find | 4 5 footing. il The almost perpendicular cliffs. B i from 6 to 15 feet In height. began CONMINUED: to grow higher and vvnm; nl(\ener‘ a: ‘ we labored upward, so that we ha s Lt to use elbows and knees and teeth 1 CAN and toes as well as hands and feet to gain every vard. i TU s | The guides would see that we were AU | safely ensconced in some e 3 { wherenpon they would scale the rock S e point 20 or 30 feet above. | i { Then. giving us the signal to start At | imbing. they would begin to draw {on the ropes attached to our shoul- | ders, and with the aid of this tugging | from above we were able to raise our- selves from crack to crack with a very satisfactory sense of security. ; In surmounting a particularly diffi- cut cliff. a large stone which T had | seized as a support became loosened from its bed as 1 pulled on it. With nothing else to hold to, 1 immediately lost my footing. and in an avalanche of snow and rocks began to glissade down the nicheless, ice-covered right {wall of the Matterhorn. “Adolph! Adolph!” T cried in des- peration Tmmediately the rope tightened and I was stopped with a jerk. before I| had fallen eight feet, to swing in the | breeze like a sack of cement. until, | . maliniy by the effort of the guide, I | was dragged over the difficulty. From | then on to the “hang-over” the rope | never slacked its tautness. Our pilots soon saw we were not " the chamois goats we had pretended to be in Zermatt, as we dropped on g ,-blind fram aititude, trembling ¢ 4 i 5 BED CROSS WOMEN OF SANTIAGO, CHLLE, . . » 3 St