50 The Mountaineer 
only by those who have experienced the satisfaction and inspiration 
of gaining such high elevations—but chiefly happy and grateful for 
the privilege and honor of having accompanied Professor Meany on 
his first ascent of “his mountain”, a memorable event for himself as 
well as for his fellow climbers. 
A bitter cold wind was encountered at the top, with the air filled 
with a flurry of snow, the fine particles cutting faces and eyes. 
A brief stay of twenty minutes sufficed for hurriedly inseribing 
signatures to be placed in the record tube left by the Mountaineers in 
1907, and for taking a few photographs, then all were glad to beat a 
hasty retreat to lower and warmer levels. 
The descent of the rock wall was necessarily more difficult than the 
ascent, but using the same methods as on the upward trip it was soon 
accomplished without mishap. 
One interesting feature of the ascent was the quick time made. 
In the first two hours 2000 feet were made and in the next hour 1500 
feet, and then after a stop of fifteen minutes for luncheon the remaining 
500 feet were made in 55 minutes, including the slow passage over the 
difficult sections near the summit. Deducting the luncheon time, a 
little less than four hours were required in making the climb of 4000 
feet 
two hours. 
largely “rock work, ’—the descent being safely accomplished in 
An aneroid barometer read 7150 feet at the summit, weather 
conditions making it read probably 100 feet in excess of the actual 
altitude. 
THE SHADOWY QUENIULT C.S.' Gs 
