ASCENT OF MT. M'KINLEY.
V/ ..; V" ANOTHER FAILURE. ;By Tolegraph—PreEs Association—Copyright I (Roc.. September 25, 5.5 p:m.) V.: ',:Now York, September 241 • : Professor Herschell' Parker failed! in an ascent of Mount M'Kinley,Ala-ska,. recently. ; The professor denies .that' the summit: has v ' ever . been reached, .despite the claims of success. put for-, ward, by Dr. Cook, tho Brooklyn explorer,l and the Floyd party.. DR. COOK'S CLAIM. 'Popular -~faith in,Dr.'.Cook's''-blaiint to have reached ■ the . North - Pole last year' was' considerably' shaken - by, the evidence; adduckl that,; he did not ascend Mount, M'Kinloy oh : September 16, 190G, as- he ■ claimed to-have ; done. . Edward. N.v Barrill, the-guide who 'remained Cook flfter tho. rest of the party left, made an. Affidavit' that he; aad-vCcibk did not ascend the' mountain, and,'that, the narrative; published-in Cook's, book, "To the Top.'of : the .vContinemt," : was' fabricated. Barrill stated that he falsified tho record of . the trip into" his own notebook ill. accordance.;.with; Dr. Cook's instructions, and .'.had kept silence , on ■ the subject' ever: sinceat. his'\,request. . According to his ' testimony;',',tliey did hot come within 'fourteen "miles of , the .summit- of' Mount M'Kinley; and at no time reached an elevation in-.excess; of '10,000, feet.: The ..the' summit: of Mount ['Kinley.Tpublished ,in "To the .' Top of the Continent," ■ • was made of another peak not over! 8000, feet iliighj -Dr: Cook having; placed Barrill idth a .flag on the summit',..and then.retraced .his steps to a lower level,- where.' the .photograph, could bo taken without ' showing,the, higher mountains .surrounding.'.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 931, 26 September 1910, Page 7
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245ASCENT OF MT. M'KINLEY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 931, 26 September 1910, Page 7
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