HOTEL AS HIGH AS MOUNT COOK
What is said to be “the world’s highest hotel” will soon be opened at the summit of the Gouter “needle,” a peak in the Mont Blanc chain of the French Alps. It will be at an altitude of 12,758 ft. In the shape of a cube, this hotel is made of spruce planks covered with sheet iron. It includes a dormitory with 40 cubicles, a din-ing-room, a kitchen, and a plant for central heating; also radio receiving sets. The accommodation offered will be clean and comfortable. but there will be no attempt to provide luxury. The meals served will be simple,, substantial, and—hot. Every bit of material had to be hoisted by cable, for there is no pathway up the Gouter "needle.”
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22335, 24 February 1938, Page 8 (Supplement)
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