i.Mi] THK llirr ROOl'lvD IN 35 
TluM C was sonu' Irost sinc^lcc over t lir sra \i C 
viiulrr {\\c Ca^c riilTs and a small shinini; o|hmi lead *)l 
water in tlu^ ollnig. 
Thursdnw July zo, i<;ii. \\c Imiu-il ^^\\\ at a.m. 
in ()ril(M' t() j^'t oiii" luit root lixcJ on aiul inacl<* sair in 
calm weal \\r\\ and we hail iJcJ to make a not her at tempt 
wIhmi (la\- t ame at a.m. to icarli tlic l*,m|>eror rook<"r\* 
ami t^ct the hluhher wliit Ii \ve now icalK* liej;an to iKcil. 
We t;ot till* roof o!i the lull ami maih- it .ill :;ale. | I, it tie 
di J w(* think wlia t that root had in ;;t oi e lor ns a:; w(* 
parkt^l it in with snow l>]o< ks, si retehiii); it over onr 
seeond <S-lt. sledj.!:e which we put at h wartsliips in the 
middh* ol lhe wall. The windwartl (MuI eame riidil down 
to the iMonnd, and we lied it down sei nreU- to rot k.'t 
l^'fore jtaekini; it in. To do this we had a )mhhI two leel 
or more ol sku k all I'ound, and in evcMy ease we tied it 
t<^ roeks l>y lanyards at intervals of every two feet. 'I'he 
ch>or was the dil1i(nlt\\ and lor the picsenl we let I the 
cloth ar( liinj^ ovei' (he saones, lorminj; a kind ol poiiieo. 
The whole was well packed ovei' with slal):; ol hard snow, 
hnl there was no soil snow with whn h lit till np I lie ^>.ip;; 
he I ween I lie hh h ks. | We then hat I l>rea k last ;ind yn{ 
away in j;o(kI time for the pi essnre riil^;e:; |)el(n c day 
broke. We had the same etpiipnienl as ye!:tei da \\ .ind 
crampons of lhe new < anvas pattern whicli Cheiiy .nid 
f found ino;;( reliahle and ( (nnfortahle, I In »Ujdi liowei a 
preferred tin* old pal I ei n trsed a 1 I I n I I *oin I . ( m )inj» 
down today we made (or a difleienl and lalher nairow 
slope leading intuh moie diicctly down to ih<- lo<a of 
lh<* land ice (lilFs. We had missed il yeslcrday in the 
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