''■ — I^ookmg- baclnvard to tho Half Wav 

 House from the Horn. The first hard work 

 was on this sloije where thp cruet was 

 fairly bard and the descent ^harp Here 

 the wind began to have free plav On Ilie 

 day before, when the first attempt fail<Ml 

 il was estimated that tho wind M^v -"v- 

 enty miles an hour hifrher nn fiv- i .r um 4 Ui 

 and prelty nearlv that in ,1,1. i,, ,,f 



the Hurn. Tiie Half Wav i,, 

 background Is just beloiv tho four-mile 

 mark and is chained to the ro,-ks to pre- 

 vent Its being blown away. 



B. — Joe Dodge, the walking thermometer. 



Sr.t^* ff'-'iPPed the thennometer^t^ hi;" 

 pack When he left the Half Way House 



and IV ore a heavy woolen shirt which did 



Zz.nZT I'h" ''^^•'"^ -"^^^ 



re«^tL ^'"'''^ ^"'^'^ before h* 



reached the Summit Hr,u<ie it was ten 



rfj'ur,? ^■'"'^ *'"«™on,eter when h" 

 reached the (op. Wh^n the rest of the party 

 got ms^de the hut the fire in the stove had 



tTeyTeft t "had"' ^■^"^''^ 



they left it had gone up to 70 degrees. 



