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THE DAILY SHORT STORY

Mountain

Mania

1.

Grimly It began to snow before Lucas ly the temperature dropped. reached the tree se. Looking up, he he thought of the distance that lay could see the wind swept rock ledge between him and the Capitan Ravine There were two ledges where over which he must cliinb before he hut.

hazards made came to the more gently rising slope he would encounter that led to the summit of White Peak: doubly difficult by the snow. Already the ledge was a grey blur of sidered stopping in the shelter of a swirling snow flakes.

ledge and making camp, but decided against it.

.Lucas smiled grimly, remembering the warning they had given him back

He con-

munch

а

By noon he judged he had covered at the base station, Only a fool would less than half the distance. He stop- have attempted to ascend White Peak, ped only long enough to

chocolate and the entire Skyline range was on dried sandwich and eat a his list to be climbed this month, and bar. At 1.30 he encountered the first he didn't intend to be deterred by the of the ledges and negotiated the de- warnings of a bunch of scientific re- scent without mishap, but the experi- search people.

ence left him exhausted.

became He

increasingly aware At the edge of the tree line he paus- ed. Snow whipped about his face, of a numbness in the fingers of his He shifted his ice-pick clung. to the coarse wool of his parka. right hand

against his The wind had a sharp, biting edge. and slapped the hand The smart thing to do, he told him- thigh. Progress was now slower than Every step was an effort, Twice self, was to camp here and continue ever. after the storm abated... Still, that he slipped and fell and lay breathing might delay him a full day, even long- heavily for a few moments. er. If he could reach the summit hut on White Peak he could be warm and' snug to-night. To-morrow, regardless of weather, the descent would be much easier.

Frost formed on his eyelashes and Despite the parka stubble of bears. hood, he guessed that his left was frozen. At three o'clock hé reach- ed the second ledge. He rested, then

ear

Shifting his heavy pack to a more started down. He had descended two comfortable position he took a firm thirds of the distance when his ice-

grip on his ice-pick and started up pick, aimed at an out-cropping, missed over the ledge. The wind shrieked its mark. Plunging downward, he had about his ears. It was

worse than the sickening sensation that this was he expected. He fought ahead by the end.

inches.

A deep drift of snow broke his fall. It was nearly dark by the time he He lay for a long time trying to re- got over the headwall. He unleashed capture his strength, trying to shake

By Karl Grayson

the

his flashlight and started up the slope. the foggy sensation from his brain. Snow covered treacherous holes. Or At last he got up and went stumbling dinarily he could have made the dis- ahead.; Queerly, mingling with tance in thirty minutes. To-day it shriek of wind, he heard a bell ring- the took him more than an hour,

ing. The bell became a siren, siren a roaring of elevated trains and The summit hut was unoccupied, as traffic. Frequently he fell, instinctive- be knew it would be. He went in, ly fighting upward, fighting off the lighted a candle, stuffed wood in the long sleep of the snow country. iron stove, pried open a can of soup

and set coffee on to boil. Warmth, Suddenly he knew that it was dark the savory odor of heating soup and and he had lost his sense of direction, bubbling coffee permeated the cabin. and that he was tired and unnatural-

With a great effort Outside the wind howled and screamed ly warm.

he

in angry chagrin at being cheated of managed to get his flashlight out and its victim. Lucas threw off his press the catch forward. . . .

outer clothing and relaxed. The re- search boys were really pretty soft, when you came right down to it.

Lucas awoke in a bunk. Close by

a sheet iron stove glowed red. A man wearing a ranger's uniform was something on the stove.

The storm abated before dawn, yet cooking the snow was much deeper than' he Through the window at the foot of expected. He had neither snow shoes his bed Lucas could see, that the skies It was morning; nor skis.

He'd have to hurry in or- were clear again. der to reach the Capitan Ravine hut the storm had abated. He struggled before dark.

to sit up. The ranger turned.

* * ***

"Take it easy, old timer. You're safe. This is the ravine hut. We can get down below sometime to-day." Lucas shook his head and grinned. The sun was just coming up and the sky clear when Lucas set off down "Not me. I've still got a schedule to fol- the slope. The deep snow cut down low. Soon's I thaw. out I'm starting his, progress by half, but the view up Sentinel. Then, I'm doing Star- WAS superb, the air exhilarating. crest. Expect to be back in Ashville There was a joy in being alive,

day after to-morrow."

The ranger stared. while Lucas got Below the tree line he expected to into his togs. The ranger's lips form-

He was find no more snow.

dis- ed the words: "Damn fool!" But appointed. It lay here thick and soft. Lucas only grinned. He was a moun- Travelling was worse, for now there tain climber, and birds like the re- were no windswept stretches where search boys and rangers didn't under- he could gain time. An hour after stand mountain climbers.. Neither did he reached the trees, clouds scurried anyone else.

across the sky and let loose a fresh (Copyright 1938) by The Associated deluge of snow particles. Unexpected- Newspapers),