Rod and gun . ROD AND GIX IX CAXADA. Sentinel Pass. easily by the arrete of earth which wascovered by scant grasses and pink andwhite Alpine flowers, and which reachesnearly to the top of the Pa^s. The sum-mit of Sentinel Pass is 8,556 feet. On the one side rose Mount Temple(11,626 feet) with its splendid snow fieldsand massive height, and on the other sideMount Pinnacle (10,062 feet) almost thelast important peak in the neighborhoodto be scaled. Because of its compara-tively low altitude. I suppose, it was notconsidered worthy of the efforts of theAlpinist, ambitious to seek serious
Rod and gun . ROD AND GIX IX CAXADA. Sentinel Pass. easily by the arrete of earth which wascovered by scant grasses and pink andwhite Alpine flowers, and which reachesnearly to the top of the Pa^s. The sum-mit of Sentinel Pass is 8,556 feet. On the one side rose Mount Temple(11,626 feet) with its splendid snow fieldsand massive height, and on the other sideMount Pinnacle (10,062 feet) almost thelast important peak in the neighborhoodto be scaled. Because of its compara-tively low altitude. I suppose, it was notconsidered worthy of the efforts of theAlpinist, ambitious to seek serious when the attempt was made it prov-ed to be one of the most difficult of thewhole range and at least three attemptswere made without success. Eventuallyit was climbed in 1909 by Dr. Hicks, ofjNTontreal. a member of the Alpine Clubof Canada. He had as his Feuz and Rudolf Aemmer andthe thrilling story of his ascent in the Canadian Alpine Journal of 1910 makesmost interesting reading. From the summit of the Pass we hada
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