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...camp at the base (pictures by Pathe) was soon abandoned by Fish and his men. We had only ten days to make the trip. And nine of those were occupied in mailing Christmas presents to the little Fishes, for do not think that our ascent was not permeated with the feeling of good fellowship and eternal brotherhood...
...expedition was many times delayed and hampered by violent snow storms, accompanied by dangerous winds. Snow fell almost continually during the ascent. Had it not been for the precaution of planting stakes along the trail the members of the expedition might well have experienced the death they faced on many occasions in the confusing maze of ice fields...
Speaking will begin at 8 o'clock, when A. J. Ostheimer '29 will talk on his experiences in the Canadian Rockies last summer, particularly of his ascent of Mount Forbes and Lyell. He was the first man ever to reach the summit of Mount Lyell...
...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...