Mile.; Mario Marvingt, aged 23, of' Nancy (Franco), spoilt a week among the "aiguiiIcs" of tho Mont Blanc range, accomplishing a:: remarkable series of first-class climb's. Among the peaks she' asconded (luring tlio week were tho Aiguillo du Moirio, : 11,241 ft.; Cnl du Passon and Col du Tour, about 11,000 ft .: Aiguillo du Tour, 11,535 ft. ;Gol. do Saleinar and Col du, Chardonnct ,ovcr 10,000 ft .; Col.d'Argenticro, 11,535 ft.; and Tour Noir, 12,605 ft. For a. whole'day her party was imprisoned in tho lriit on tho 1 Pavilion do Lognau by a violent snowstorm, and was nearly swept away : by an avalanche on tho Col. do Saleinar, tho mass of snow passing within a few yards of the climbers.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 18, 16 October 1907, Page 4
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