Word: ascent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Another object of the expedition than the recording of glacial changes, was the studying of possible routes of ascent of the peaks of the Fairweather Range, situated near Glacier Bay. These mountains present a large field for mountaineering, one that will not be exhausted for years to come. The higher peaks culminating in Mr. Fairweather, 15,400 feet in height are without exception very difficult of ascent...
...hacked and clambered upward His Imperial and Royal Highness was shown the sights. From yonder crag, it was pointed out, Lord Francis Douglas and three companions plunged to death while returning from the first ascent ever made to the "hump" (1865). Prince Chichibu, perhaps superstitious, resolved not to return as did Lord Francis Douglas. Daring, the Prince proceeded straight over the hump (the Italo-Swiss frontier) and prepared to descend by the far more dangerous Italian route, necessitating straight drops by means of Alpine ropes of several hundred feet...
...clever boy named Wilbur. "This is monstrous! Encouraging kids like Wilbur to try flying next . . . making them dissatisfied with automobiles, which are dangerous enough, goodness knows. This Society will have them running away from home, bumming around flying fields, hooking rides on the mail planes . . . reckless bravado . . . inexperienced . . . premature ascent . . . broken necks . . . weeping families ... a shameful offer . . . monstrous...
...Drinking Class on Ascent...
...blame this extreme frankness on the ascent of women to equal rights," he went on. "Men have always preserved a certain reticence where women are concerned, but today this is altogether lacking. It is, of course, a certain phase which must be gone through, and after wards the pendulum will undoubtedly swing back in the opposite direction...