Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1895 — Lonely Mont Blanc. [ARTICLE]

Lonely Mont Blanc.

The highest peak in Europe, Mont Blanc, has been ascended thirty-nine times in 1894. Fifty-eight persons reached the summit. Among them were eighteen French, fourteen Americans, fourteen English, eight Germans, two Russians, one Austri-

an, and one Swiss. Three ladies braved the cold, the hardships and difficulties, so as to be numbered among the successful tourists. The last ascension in 1894 was made on November 4 by Guide Payot and three carriers, who carried up the scientific instruments for the observatory on the summit. They remained at the building three days to arrange everything in the rooms that are to be turned over to public use next summer.