Dear Alpine Climb.

Manawatu Standard, Issue 7403, 19 September 1902, Page 2

Dear Alpine Climb.

A party of English tourists hsve had an nnpleajant eiperior.ee 'In the Aips. The party, which consisted of tour gentlemen and two ladies, were sisyin.' at Arolla, whence they determined to make the ascent of the Aiguillies Rouge 3. In order to saTe the expense of engaging guides they followed in the wake of another weil-equipped and guided party, and for a time all went woli; in fact they reached the summit.

When they widied to commence the descent, however, they found that the climbers whom they had followed were nowhero to be seen. They attempted to descend by the route by wkich they had mounted, but found this utterly impossible, and in the end the)-passed a miserable niaht upon the rocks at an altitude of 13,500 ft.

The next day the proprietor of the hotel sent out a search party, and the woebegone climbers were escorted down to Arolla by sis guides at a cost of j£2<i head, or -just £3 more than the oicursion ordinarily costs .vith two guides.

Tho famous young Alpine climber from Berlin, Fraulein Kunze, has succocded in reaching the summit of the Lautonmrhorn (13,000 ft.) by the northeast sid<v \rhich has always been regarded as almost impossible—at anj ruto, for a lady.