KINCHINJUNGA PARTY
NAMED THE MADONNA
LEADER'S CLOSE CALL
(Received 30th May, 1 p.m.)
LONDON, 29th May
The discovery of an unknown mountain about 23,000 feet high converging in a serene stately summit of purest snow, whfch the Kinchenjuuga expedition named Madonna Peak, is recorded.
Alone, presumably owing to tho runners' difficulties in Kang Pass, Dr. Dyrenfurth, leader of the expedition, had a lucky escape. While climbing an ice wall he "fell into a snow-covered crevasse, but was pulled out.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 30 May 1930, Page 9
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