A WOMAN IN THE SOUTHERN ALPS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 406, 15 January 1909, Page 3

A WOMAN IN THE SOUTHERN ALPS.

:■:-. ■■'■■■ ■'. It is .gratifying: to; know that ; at .last .a 5H- '"■"'•'woman.-:has crossed 'the Southern Alps.-■■• A ■ ' 'telegram'.- received;,by, the Tourist Depart- - ment;yesterday;' afternoon;states .that .this ■:' : f . :'feat has been'accomplished by Mr. and Mrs.. ' Lindon, • '.of ■ Geelong, "■' who;. crossed; .over, :. : "- : Graham's Pass in, perfect;; weather,? and/ hy so doings Mrs. Lindbn has established; ■: ; , : - the'-record of l>eing-the first,woman; tptcross.: , ■ -.'-by-':'that route.: ;i lHerlhame: is a familiar, one ■ : ; '■•'. :tb people 1 who .visit;. Mount' Cook Hermitage,', , -:-'l for every';year>:'a r :paHy;-;of .comei : : ' : . oyer for the Reason, 'among, them; being PrqBaldwin" Spencer, j of-.the .Victoria :TJm- - "!:' '■:■ versity, • lilr.' .Lind6n,'.-.Rec,t6r; -of: the. - Geelong •• Grammar 1 School,'and his; wife, all-of swhom .: are very'clever. Alpine climbers. To .the un-i ;-■ the "statement <that: a woman'.has. : : crosseclv|Grabam , s;Sa'ddle : i does;.riot 'convey ..! :..; very, muchi'.;but r mountaineers .are.'. quick-to ■;.'-■ acknowledge - ;'that is ■ is":a'notable feat for - a. '■■■'..woman or for/-a.'man either, as';it; entails a '£~'\ great'deal/'of-''glacier work;-' Graham's Saddle :''.is; : there, is/an-immense! ;iV, -/-'amount; of -'glacier'. work done.'before it; ;' . ■ 'is;.reached,' ; for".t]io.most:part/steps-having to : : /- : .. ;be ; cut "in/the vice. ■'-:.Eighteen/and ,-■ a. half. '.' :Bhburs:is';th'e;.time ! .. , qubt'ed* l as'> havirig'/.been',T/ spent- on 'this last'.trip,-: but this .represents ; -f '■':': only* the-time'bnrthe ice,on theTasmari, and 'f : ■ -Rudolph: Glaciers, up the ice to the Saddle' ': ;: '■''■■^itself^■indyf^omHhere'■ : 'd6wn':.to.''the•■• : Waillo' l '. ? y :; ; ;. ;; yiaHhe:Frahz.:'Josef ;Glacier'.x;;,TheyA;wbuld - '; // ■iosty'at'-the'Waihb,!and "then going;south to V.-.the'Copeland-River-.would,go..up the river, '.■■■■' :cross : :theCopeland;Pass,-go down the-Hooker to the .Hermitage, a. !■'; journey occupying f altogether; several days.'. •V" ', The ; sam«;'trip -wasJmadb'" by Chief; .Guide' /■Graham- early Sin ; ;; last'. December, arid .an account of it was .pub-. .'.' lished.imTHß Dominion' on 1 December'l9. ,;;..•■;-' ;; *' Soniei/women.'/mountaineers dp/all y their : climbing in. bloomer but .the usual "A oostuine; approved by .the .Alpine Club has' a ///■skirt/.eight/or/nine'.inches/from!the!ground,- / which" permits freedom of movement. _ Womenj ; ■■':"as well/as'iheri wear'.tho'-iisefiil: putties .right. ;': ' ; upvto '-the knees,'!'atid ;this'; is very necessary,' ..'/ //!!•;-/as .a- good/deal!; pf: their:., time., they .'are. V;; ; plunged! knee..'deßp. in; snow../■//"!/'/W-/./