SCALING ACONCAGUA.
A PAINFUL EXPERIENCE. United Press Association — By Electrio " r " *oel<^Ta;ph— Copyright. ? " ~' (Received Dec. 24, 9.12 a.ra.) I>ec : 23, Mr Reginald Rankin- a well-known- Lon,4sffi- barrister and big game hunter, aspepded Aconcagua alone, an*4 spent a night at an altitude of 20,000ft. A sp 0 "^-* I™*-.1 ™*-. "was raging, an4 Mr Rankin's hands and toes were frostbitten. {Aconcagua, a nioyntain in Chili, and pne of l t^p peaks Pf the Anftes, is'one o^ tjie lpftiest mbu^|ain? ! ' in ti}«> WP#4. T£ *jjas an altitude of 22, 422ft." It was formerlysupposed, to be a volcano, but later travefcjers declare that it presents ino indication of a volcanic prig jn.) ••_.••-*.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7589, 24 December 1902, Page 2
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