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BARRETT, OVER THE ICE TO WILSON GLACIER 



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tipping ability than other members of the party, the honorable position 

 of anchor fell to my lot. 



At one of the points, when a flying leap was the only way over, the 

 man next ahead of me on the rope temporarily lost his nerve and for 

 a few moments did not risk the jump. Suddenly, without warning, he 

 catapulted himself through the air and landed fairly, with all spikes 



Fig. 52. — Filming one of the great crevasses of Nisqually 

 Glacier at a point near the foot of Wilson Glacier. 



firmly set in the ice of the opposite side. I had not been watching him 

 closely and had not anticipated his sudden action. Imagine my sur- 

 prise, therefore, when I found myself flying toward the brink of the 

 crevasse. Fortunately, there was a little ridge down a few feet on its 

 edge and I righted myself on this. The crevasse was not a deep one, 

 at least it appeared to be not over seventy-five feet or so. This would 



