DEATH OF A WEILLINGTON ALPINE CLIMBER.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 8150, 4 September 1888, Page 4

DEATH OF A WEILLINGTON ALPINE CLIMBER.

§§£, Visitors to Grindolwald who have beeu pttrthe habit of making the Bear their jfeliead-quarters will bo sorry to hear of the igleath' of Emil. Boss, news of which has pSecn" telegraphed by the Vans corresfSkpondent of The Times. As one of the pro%fjrictors.of the Bear Hotel, Boss came in fe«ontact with many English tourists.aud Bfinountaiaeers, and greatly assisted bis gf.brothers in looking after the wants of their §§ guests. Emil Boss, however, was also a §|; guide of Hie first. rank, though ho did Kr comparatively little climbing in jSvritzerpiland of late years, being otherwise oecu-pf-pied. His most notable exploits wore |j : performed in New Zealand, where he and j§- another Griudelwald guide took the JLiev. % ' \V. S. Green to within a fe\y feet of the i ■ summit of Mount Cook, the highest of the ji; New Zealand Alps. The skill and pluck *h of the whole party_ was tried to the full |vf r duripK this expedition, particularly duriii-; ij'* : the descent, which was made in dreadful Boss also accompanied Mr S-l Graham in A Himalayan expedition a fJi'-fcw years ago, and acquitted himself JJ'i. -well of the task he had undertaken. In 5::; these travels in remote countries Ross '?.-' showed hiinselt to possess qualities which i]'\ even the -best guides qre often without. ;?'. Ho was-anuin of resource, and contrived 3. to overcome salisfactorily , most of the '2: difficullies which beset those wlio journey f iu thinly-populated and only half-civilised - . countries, besides working skilfully on ice 'r* i, ■' -I rock. He was also a good shot — a •• fov. ' accomplisliment for a man who r-'-Hsctfii- l ° bo an explorer as well as a t&iirfrf ~v«. "- He was at one time very ■ iiTou"nta!rff§fev " 'it Africa and shoot . big - 'anxtous itf ■»»>. ' of sport of all kinds ; ' immc, bern;? fosft ->ever gratified. He --" but: this .wish' was ». 'o to Mrs E. P. '■■' acted as leading gsto* Mtions in the Jacksotf- in several - oS>{*»- . e of which --- Beriieso Alps last winter*,- SPk. time of *ero dbeidedly difficult at) m» : year, Oibngh fairly easy in suia»Wg>._