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WILMETTE FRIDAY, APRIL 1924 His Holmes, New Trier Grad, Enjoya Tbrillina Experience Ediwr's note: Wi/ltJ,.d HoltJUs, son Fred L. Homes, foNM,. villtJge clerk Glencoe, had a11 iKteresti"g e~periJ'ece..tly iK climbiKg Mt. Rainier tlu accoM"t of which to pass on to OMJ' family of Yotmg Holmes, flOW a teacher MoroK School for Boys at RollBay, Wash., has ma"y f,.UJU{s on north shore. He is a grodWJte of T,.ier High school tJIId No,.thwestuniversity whe,.e he won high ho11-s in both scholarship o11d athletics. · Tell· · ·er Up Mt. RCJtnt beaut y. I wanted to be with them but duties prevented. I shouldn't complain, 1'11 admit , after five days of th_ e most wonderful sport there is. ,I'm not only converted to skiing but am almost "bats" about it. Mr. McCrillis has skied ever since he was a little tad and still finds new stunts to learn and new thrills in the sport. Snow conditions vary so considerably from ftuffy flakes to crusty granular drifts that skiing becomes an art, and the expert knows just how to a_lter his technique for each new conditJon. In our trip Friday, which I will tell about after this introduction, we struck all k:inds of going both in snow conditions, topography, and weather. I was on skis for twelve hours, continuously, Friday, during which time I hadn't had a drink, had eaten only the "trail lu11Ch" of concentrates (nut-meats, hard crackers, prunes, chocolate, etc.) and had been doing some mighty strenuous exercising. You won't believe me when I say that I returned almost as f r~sh as when I ~tarted, _ but with a m·ghty husky appetite. Bebeve me, the old red corpuscles were manufactured w: THRILLS AND SPILLS IN THE LAND OF CLOUDS "As I write this, several hundred fellow mountaineers are passing through school grounds on their return from walk on the island. All are haphealthy and appreciative of nature's I by the million on that trip. Except for pleasant ride to Longmire. I had been skis before dinner. That shows how eodrowsiness I feel fit as a fiddle today, over the road as far as Taooma but be- thusiastic about the aport 1 am. and better than I ever have before. yond there the r~e was new and interWe turned in early Tuesday night so When I have told you about the trip estin1 to me. We gradually left traces of as to be up and makint use of all the you will agree that I certainly must be civilization l)ehind and then hit several day light hours Wednesday. It was cfe. in fine physical trim. togging towns. The last twenty-five cided to spend the forenoon near the I have had such great times that I miles was through beautiful timberland. Inn, getting accustomed to the skis (all don't know where to begin telling about Some of the trees were eight or ten feet the boys took skis). Thole who bad them, I might as well make it chrono- in diameter and the view across some of never been on them before picked up the logical. I'll start with Monday night and the valleys was mighty impressive and art rapidly under our "expert inatrae· end with this morning. beautiful. tion" (I'm now an instructor 100 see.) After the usually uninteresting MenM_.taia Stnuaa and by afternoon we felt able to atday night faculty meeting, I bustled There was only a scant snowfall at tempt the first excursion. We. bumped arcund to accumulate the last minute ar- longmire Springs, three or fou.r feet into a blizzard a mile or so from the 1nn tides before packing up ready for an less than at Chirstmas time so w~ hit and didn't continue the trip as planned early start Tuesday morning. I spent the trail on foot and made the entire but returned to the hotel and practiced no time in sleepless anticipation of the trail to Paradise Valley without using Tellemarks and Christianas until dintrip but tucked away as much sleep as -snow-shoes or skis. The boys stood the ner time. Translated the abo'ft. terms re-o I could before the bugle sounded at 5 trip ~11 and were all good sports. The fer to turns, which are mighty· handy to a. m. Skis and poles, my pack, and view of several of the falls was con- know and be able to do when trees 01' sweater were deposited by the door, and siderably different than at Christmas boys are in your path. I in the dining room, by S :30. We all time and for that reason interesting. ClCMMI Jat_,_. had plenty of time for .a good substan- Mild weather had swelled some of the Thursday we chucked extra ski-bartial breakfast before the boat docked at streams with melted snow and a tremen- ness and straps into our packs, with our 6 :15. Thirty ·one boys, Mr. Sperlin (the dous amount of water was flowing and sweaters and trail lunch and set out on principal) and five of us teachers board- tumbling down some of the rocky slopes. the same route as that taken. the precd Dr. Davidson ( a Seattle physician The day was ideal for hiking-just cold vious day. This time we got farther but and a mighty gQod hiker and comrade) enough for comfortable traveling, sunny, ran into an unpleasant cloud on the top joined us at the dock with a Mr. Cole, but not enough to necessitate our amber Point; several miles fr<.W1l prominent Y. M. C. A. man. Mr. Cole glasses. We made good time £rom Long- of Panorama Inn and 'about two thousand feet took charge of the religious side of the mire to Paradise-about four hours- the trip, (devotional work in tQe evening, and the last of the party was prodded in higher altitude; the Inn is only SSS feet above sea level. We waited for the cloud etc.) Mack and I helped load skis and by the "rear guard" in plenty of time to lift and enable us to see the glorious boys into the two big auto busses, posed to get our rooms assigned and packs un- view of the surrounding country. The with the rest for the and then loaded before dinner. Some of the boys planted ourselves in for a and two of us teachers were out on our (Continued on page 24) ,. · Phone 5023 · s. Rosenbaum Company · FOUNTAIN SQUARE Evanston CHICAGO STORES :::t:o~~~rr A SENSATIONAL REFRIGERATOR SALE THAT WILL BRING PEOPLE HERE IN THRONGS COME BUY SAVE EVERY MODEL A REAL ICE SAVER Every refrigerator in our oast atock ia a guaranteed ice saoer. Constructed to conform with the late·t development· of scientific refrigeration. Not only will they pre·erve food perfectly but they will cut your ice bill thi· aummer. 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