dropped. For about 20 feet 

 there was a slope of about 70 

 degrees, and then a jump of 

 about 200 feet, after which it 

 would be bump and repeat 

 down to the river. 



''As I shot down the slop- 

 ing surface I reached out and 

 with my right hand grasped a 

 mesquite bush that was grow- 

 ing in a crack about 5 feet 

 above the jump-off. I was 

 going so fast that it jerked 

 my arm up, and, as my body 

 was turning, pulled me from 

 my side to my face; also, the 

 jerk broke the ligaments hold- 

 ing the outer ends of the 

 clavicle and scapula together. 

 The strength left the arm with 

 the tearing loose of the liga- 

 ments, but I had checked 

 enough to give me a chance 

 to get hold of a branch with 

 my left hand. 



"After hanging for a mo- 

 ment or two, so as to look 

 everything over, and be sure 

 that I did nothing wrong, I 

 started to work back up. The 

 hardest part was to get my 

 feet on the trunk of the little 

 tree to which I was holding 

 on. The fact that I was wear- 

 ing moccasins instead of boots 

 helped a great deal here, as 

 they would take hold of the 

 rock. It was distressingly 

 slow work, but after about 

 half an hour I had gotten 

 back to comparatively safe 

 footing. As my right arm was 

 almost useless, I at once made 

 my way down, getting back to 

 camp about 5.30, taking the 

 workmen with me as I went. 



"On this trip I saw no sign 

 of Inca work, except one 

 small ruined wall. . . ." 



succe;ss at the) third 



ATTEMPT 



Five days later Mr. Heald 

 judged that his arm was in 

 sufficiently good shape so that 

 he could continue the work 

 and he very pluckily mad 



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