314 THE UPPER YUKON 



be found who would be fitted by reason of her 

 physical condition, experience, determination, 

 and courage even to make an attempt to climb 

 Mount Blackburn, let alone accomplish it, 

 without the help of some companion in whom 

 she might put her trust, and whose society and 

 encouragement would give her additional 

 mental strength. Miss Dora Keen has done 

 what very few men could do and what none 

 have even attempted to do. 



