"ONE OF THE HARDEST"

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 11, 14 July 1928, Page 17

"ONE OF THE HARDEST"

CANADA'S MOUNT ROBSON NEW ZEALANDER'S SUCCESS Cabled news of sth July advised^ that Mr. H. I. Sinclair, o£ Christehurch, had succeeded iv climbing Mount Bobson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. Mount Robson is situated in Mount Robson National Park, and is 12,972 feet higlr, not 10,780 as cabled. It is understood that Mr. Sinclair has the distinction of being'the second alpinist to officially conquer Mount Robson, and that the first was Mr. Conrad Kain, at one time a guide at Mount Cook. Mount Robson Park' has been called "the region of a thousand waterfalls," and contains some, very fine alpine scenery. The monarch, Mount Robson, is surrounded by. other mighty peaks, such as "Mount Whitehorn, with its four-sided pyramid,-each face bearing "a river of bluo ice; also Mount Resplendent, clad on the west from base to summit in a mantle of snow, and on the east falling in fearful black precipices into a verdant valley; these, and other peaks, form the entourage of Mount Robson, which' lifts its icecrowned head far above every rival." The photograph reproduced'in ]th" 3 issue shows Mount Robson, -with' its "sky-piercing blunt crown," also Berg Glacier tumbling into Berg Lake. This view is familiar to travellers across Canada by the Canadian National Railway Route. The train stopped for five minutes to afford travellers the opportunity of having a-good view. > Mount Edith Cavell (11,033ft)"and The Throne (10,000 ft) are situated in Jasper Park, adjoining Mount Robson Park. They are peaks somewhat similar to Mount Robson, and offer a'very stiff climb when nearing the summit. In Jasper Park there are estimated to be over one hundred peaks above 10,000 feet, and the alpinist who seeks glory in either Mount Robson Park or Jasper Park in the Canadian Rockies 'will find peaks some of which are easy'to master, others almost insurmountable, Mount Robson has been regarded as ouc of the latter. Mr. Samuel Turner, who is well known throughout New Zealand as a mountain climber, having climbed most of the higher peaks in this country, visited Mount Robson about two yeais ago with the idea of making the climb, but owing to the.fact that it. was the middle of winter he could not get anyone to accompany him. It is his intention to again go to Mount Robson with the view of conquering' this mountain. Mr. Turner says it is one of the hardest climbs he knows of.