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Governor Dan Thornton put out a proclamation, and Denver's Mayor Quigg Newton called for "a pilgrimage in spirit to the Mount of the Holy Cross." On the City Hall carillon, Faith of Our Fathers and other suitable anthems were played. The Rocky Mountain News wrote: "The hand of...
Though no mountaineer, Harr started climbing every one of the peaks. No. 1 was not right, nor was No. 2, nor were any of the others, up through No. 6. Finally, on his wedding day, Harr made one last attempt. When he got to the top, he found that No...
It is disappointing, however, to sweat one's way with the mountaineers up the ice-cliffs and along the ridges of the upper camp, and then not see the final moment of triumph at the very top. Although Hollywood would never have committee this scene, T. R. Stobart, the expedition...
Mountains, when high enough and tough enough, measure men. In three decades, at least 16 men died trying to scale Everest, and eleven expeditions failed to reach its 29,002-foot virgin summit, although at least six men got within the last, breathless 1,000 feet. What was needed to...
The climb was the climax of a weekend of skiing and mountain climbing by the Stanford University Alpine Club. In charge was a young (21) but expert mountaineer, Jon Lindbergh, son of the famed flyer and a marine biology student at Stanford. By 12,200 ft., all except Edgar Hopf...