| Summary: | (38) Many of us who are accustomed to mountains and mountain climbing would regard it an exciting and exhilarating exercise to cross the Chilkoot Pass unencumbered on a bright day; but when the storm threatens and the clouds gather and the darkness lowers and the tempest shrieks and the snow blinds and the frosts sear, then the bravest and the hardiest hasten to find secure shelter. The pass was not so formidable for the Yukoner to cross in person, but many have endured untold hardships in packing their supplies between Dyea and Lake Linder- man. Such penance is no longer necessary to the Yukoner. Since the completion of the railroad from Skagway to Lake Bennett the Dyea trail has been almost entirely abandoned for the more comfortable and less expensive route via the White Pass. John P. Clum, IT. S. P. O. Inspector and Lecturer. Copyright, 1900, by B. L. Singley.
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