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'6-iSec I )Statesman, Salera, Ore; Frt- June 8, Ift
Tortuous Climb Up ML Hood Leaves
Writer Wondering Why People Do It
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tfrt ai sua-at apart Ik wannlfc
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to cihak ML Hee4. Tko feat has
Bat tkaaa vba Sara imr trigs
It salfM kaea a twriM la atart
M tkry lata tt's "Jaat aaatker
trfeasaal walk la ikt eaaatryT
At kaat Stateaauui rraartt Cat
Jiiana waa awariaisl kea ka
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Br CALVIN D. JOHNSON
Staff Writer. Tka Stateaaua
. Success m a mounUla caa bo a
Mirvmnui atnifele.
A lifUme caa be spent roadW
talking, ami listening to Kirrinf
first nand accounts about mount 111
climbinf and why people
But the only vay to approach the
full meaning of the "sport" it u
Start dimbtng.
Last Sundax this writer! km
felt urte to "aeally know" moun-
Uinterinf waa satisfied through an
exhaustivo trek op ML Hood, which
showed him what it's like, but Dot
whv people do it
The climb was made with mem-
ben af The Chemeketana-Salem s
biking and climbing club.
Tea FUrf. CUaib '
. SUteea people 'started the climb.
Tea finished K.
Tbey ranged la age from II to
W, refecting a broad cross-section
af Salem, from high schooler to
BTsndma ace.
Willis Caldwell, veteran climber
and ranking member of The Che
meketans and - Portland's Maia-
mas, led the pack. Bringing up the
important tail - end position was
Frances McCarter, Chemeketan
biking chairman. -
Most of the others were either
beginners or just beyond that
stage.- . ' j
Aaaal I a.as. .
They set out for the moonlit
ll.MMoot summit from Timber
line Lodge about 1 a.m. Sunday.
The long line filed forward, each
with a long handed ice axe used
cane-fashion to help support the
weight of . back packs, climbing
boots, cramp-ons, extra "clothing,
anow cossles. water or fruit juice.
food for two meals, ropes, and
other necessary nd unnecessary
paraphernalia.
The setting was Idyllic. The air
trim and clear, with just enough
irons to keep body temperature
normal. Underfoot the snow was
ped for the rest of the climbers to finally reach the ridge that led
to retura from the summit. 1 to an area knowa as the "hot
Two of the group headed back, rocks." This was a small snow-
The 11 remaining started up the! free section of the mountainside
steep face, most of which could
be touched by extending as arm
forward.
Salaaar Oaaes
AH things considered, K was aa
aseaTlable accomplishment
from which sulphur gases seeped
out to further, nauseate the already
giddy climber
Cold and wet. hings raw from
the exersioa and irritated by the
fumes, sick of the never ending
'
1 0 ,t Mll.l p. I. I III,, i,,n ,.1, , ,, (.
fog, with eyes and face stinging
from the driving wind and 'mow
pellets, most of the desperate band
tank behind one of the hot rock
boulders wishing never to rise
again, and silently pledging to
strike the word mountain from
their vocabulary.
Via aad Smw
After a few encouraging phrases
about "job well done?." "worst part
over with," and "only a few more
feet." three of the five were brain
washed into continuing, with two
remaining behind in the company
of clicking teeth and shuddering
frames to await the descent. The
wind-whipped snow was now mov
ing along a horizontal plane.
Nature's final obstacle to the
summit was a sheer snowy wall
about 90 miles straight up and
calkd "The Chute," which un
doubtedly "jtot named because of
its similarity to the thing people
dump laundry into.
Caal Miaa Step
One thing is certain, if a climber
missed a step an The Chute, he
would 'certainly come out in the
wash ... at the base of Hood.
Actually, The .Chute is only a
matter of a few hundred yards.
But every foothold had to be
kicked into ice and snow, making
the trail breaker's job all the
harder.
It seemed hardly more than
three days before the rope-linked
team struggled onto the spine-like
summit ridge that tops The Chute.
But they did. and with a feeling
of indefinable accomplishment.
Indefinable," because no one
could see what was accomplished.
Head far Lodge
By walking a few feet along the
ridge the climbers would have been
on Hood's highest point. But there
was no better view from the top
most few feet than from where
they were, so the leader called a
halt to the day's climb. Within a
few minutes all were headed for
Laeklag a beat eqaal parts lHat. proapeeUr aad space cadet. aan-1 the lodge.
Ulster Cal Jekasoa, Stateimaa reporter, leigas fatigae as ae pases I The climb had taken nine hours,
with asach af tka eaotpmeal that aceompaaied kirn aa a meat climk j Three muscle - weary hours later
of Mt. Haad. (SUtesmaa Paata) I they straggled into Timberline.
Ballots Top
60 Per Cent
In Calif ornia
, SAN FRANCISCO I - Almost
complete unofficial ftatfet-Thtirs-
dav thawed 1 J ner cent of Cali-
weU packed and easy to walk on. I and Democrats voted in last Tues-
Vtoonliiht made flashlights just so
much extra baggage. Off In the
distance Hood's dark hulk blocked
patch of stars. Everything point-
ed to perfect climbing conditions,
. someone said. . , . .
Gasping far Air
Caldwell set conservative pace
-across tho- gently rising expanse
that stretched from-the lodge to
Hood's steeper portions. But oei
pite the slowness, the gentle slope,
and the short but frequent "breath
ers," several were gulping and
gasping before two hours passed.
And by the time there was light
enough to distinguish details among
the forested bills and valleys be
low, some or the romance nfl
Vanished and the bold adventure
was taking on overtones of a day
In the salt mines. Forbodlng clouds
could be seen forming in the west.
About that time two of the high
schoolers threw in the towel (or
wss it the ice ax?) and headed
for the lodge.
Onn la Attltnla '
It Wasn't long before strange1 WNDON isv-Bntam s common
change in attitude began to lake '5"
place-the primary objective be-i" 'fdder, thls
came the periodic pauses, while AH third-class travel on Bnt.sh
Hood, which was only inches
day's important primary
Republicans made the best
showing with a turn out of tt.i
per cent. The Democratic lgure
was SO per cent.
. President Eisenhower running
unopposed, was the top individual
vote getter on the Republican bal
lot with 1J7S.508 votes from 23.556
of the State's M.tao precincts. ,
Adlai Stevenson led the Demo
crats With 1.113,126 votes from
23,942 precincts. Stevenson's mar
gin over Sen. Kefauver (O-Tenn)
for delegates to, the Democratic
national convention was within a
few votes of topping 450,000. Ke
fauver 's total was 663,180.
Third Class'
Abolished on
British Trains
closer, was relegated to a secon
dary position.
Somewhere around a.m. the
The railways narrowed the tra
ditional range of class distinction
here to provide a new second-class
dark, ominous clouds that had been form of travel slongside the more
brewing over the const dropped on
Hood like blanket.: They were
pushed east by a bard, wet wind.
, and visibility was cut to about SO
feeL Cameras, too, became just
so much extra baggage.
Racing forward at about IS paces
per minute, a snowless patch of
boulders snd gravel was found
where climbers downed s hurried
luxurious, more expensive first
class,.,
The change was merely a mat
ter of paper and paint work. The
old third-class signs were painted
out and given new labels. There
have been no second-class com
partments on British trains since
World War II.
The price of a ticket for the
Brith newsnapers aijreed today
it all frit a lot better.
Seventy-three per cent of t h e
United States has been mapped by
the Geological Survey.
breakfast, put on additional sweat- IM.W second-class passenger is the
ers and strapped metal '.spiked '..me in the olrt third-class. But
cramp-ons to dock soles. .
From here on the romantic rem
nants vanished. Nothing was visi
ble but snow, fog, snd the other
person's back pack. Wind break
ers were pulled tight, shutting out
the cold and keeping in the sweat.
And, as they say in mountaineer
ing books, each step became a
1 planned event.
At Base of Wall
Another endless trudge brought
the group to the base of a steep,
snow covered wall that dis
appeared upward into the fog.
Here climbers roped themselves to
gether' while Caldwell reminded
each that beyond this point they
would not be permitted to return
to the lodge unescorted, but would
have to wait wherever they. drop-
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Total Estimated Expenditures
Total Estimated Expenditures. Reserve and Transfers
Amount Necessary to Balance the Budget
Add Estimated Amount of ISSt-57 taxes that will not he
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