THE FROZEN ROPE.
DEATH TOLL OF THE ALPS. ‘The Alps have been taking their toll .ft lives this year, often through sudden gales springing up and blinding the climbers with driving. - snow A tragic happening came about in such circumstances 'a little time ago, a brave guide from Valtoumanche losing his life on one of the crags of Monte Rosa, the second highest Alpine peak. Three Frenchmen, with two guides, were descending the mountain ia>a storm, when thev lost their way in the mist and snow. Suddenly the leading guide disappeared over a precipice, but, being roped to his com panions, he hung suspended in the air. They heard him call to his brother, the other guide, to pull, and then the frozen rope snapped like glass, and the suspended man tell hundreds of feet below. Awestruck, the rest of the party struggled on through the blizzard, finally being-lucky enough to come upon a refuge in a hut.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19616, 21 October 1925, Page 8
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158THE FROZEN ROPE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19616, 21 October 1925, Page 8
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