AGED WOMAN'S FEAT.
CLIMBS THE WETTERHORN. FIRST OF HER SEX TO SUCCEED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 19. The Geneva correspondent of tho Daily Express states that Miss Wheston, aged 70, an Englishwoman, who resides at the village of* Grindolwald, in Switzerland, accomplished the amazing feat of climbing tho Wetterhorn. Miss Wheston is tho first woman to succeed in this feat, although many have tried. One was killed in the attempt. The Wetterhorn is a monntain in the Berneso Oberland, Switzerland, east of the village of Grindelwald. It is about 12 miles east-south-east of Interlaken. Tho Wetterhorn is 12,150 ft. high.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19101, 20 August 1925, Page 9
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106AGED WOMAN'S FEAT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19101, 20 August 1925, Page 9
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