MOUNTAINEERING.
FEAT BY THE DUKE OF ABRUZZI.
ASCENT OF MOUNT GODWINAUSTEN. *. * : United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, August 10.
The ,■ of Abruzzi dimbed a height of 24,600 ft up Mount GodwinAusten, in the Himalayas. The temperature was 15 degrees below zero. [The Duke of Abruzzi, son of the late Duke of Aosta, is a Prince of the House of Italy. He waS born in 1873, and has' acquired considerable fame as a traveller and explorer. He ascended Mount St. Elias, Alqska, ip 1896; his Arctic expedition in 1900 penetrated nearer any other explorer the North Pole, reaching latitude 86.33 north, and in 1906 he ascended the topmost height of Ruwenzori range. The height of Mount Godwin-Austen is 28,278ft.]
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2578, 12 August 1909, Page 5
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117MOUNTAINEERING. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2578, 12 August 1909, Page 5
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