The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
Women Mountain
 Climbers of Note

South America that the mountain climbeR pines to be at work.
 What Is believed to be the loftiesl peak of the western Hemisphere is Mount Aconcagua, the extinct volcano on the boundary line between Chile and Argentina, In the southern part of the Andes chain. Aconcagua's summit has been reached twice. the last time. In 1898, by Sir Martin Conway in 2S.0So foot climb.
 Annie s. Peek, the charming young lady who has climbed the Andean go- rata and Huascan, has had no husband to help her and cheer her up as she crawled along Ice cliffs and waded through snow banks. She has been just an intrepid girl, going 1t alone. She is college girl. graduated from
 teacher of Latin and Greek in Purdue University. Indiana. and in Smith Col lege, Massachusetts. She Is one of
 the girls that want to know everything. | She has studied art and music and can speak three or four languages Besides | th6, she was attracted to the study of
 archaeology. That drew her to
 Athens, Greece, where she was the first woman to enter the American school of Archaeology
 Completing her studies in the east, f | mountain climbing as a vocation. She
 has been at it now ten years, begin ming in 1894 with Mount Shasta, f4,44e
 feet high. Next came her ascent of the Swiss Matterhorn, 14,70s feet, ira
 1895. By that time Miss Peck was an expert, ready for anything. She went to Mexico and climbed three lofty peaks in the spring of 1897. They were ToIuca, 15,000 feet: Popocatepetf. 17,S00 feet, and finally great, old orixa- 1 ba, 1S,600 feet. At that time, 1897, no
 wosnan had before reached so great a l mountain height
 Prom Mexico to South America was
 the next step. Her first attempt was mace on Mount Sorata. Bolivia. last yeahr. It failed. During tha past sum-
 mer her first essay was again on So-
 raea. The great mountain Is estimated | to be 21,500 feet high. Miss Peck reached a height of 20.000 feet; then her
 ssiSe and servants refused. to remain
 longer or go with her, so she was lobliged to give up again the final goal,
 though so near to it.
 l Mount Huascan, 22,050 feet high. fs among the 1oftiest Andes peaks After
 the Sorata trip Miss Peck tried It's as-
 gent. She reached an altitude of 21.0e0
 feet Then the snow and great, gaping ! aAySses prev ,nted further progress. Miss Peck has not, however, yet
 abandoned mountain climbing. and
 there are more years before her Mrs. Bullock Workman, the brave Himalayan climber. Is a daughter of tie late Governor Bullock of Massa- chusetts Mountain climbing in the Himalayas Is particularly exciting from way the rocks have of breaking off in great masses and falling at unex- pected times. The gray old HimalayaH seem to be crumbling away
 England has several notable women imountain acalerA One of the most Ia
 nous is Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond She
 has been mountain climbing for twan- | ty-five years. She was an Invalid, or
 dered to the Alps region for her health The mountain air made new woman
 of her, and presently she began to make
 short excursions on foot. Then the
 mountain climbing fever seized her too.
 She ascended Alpine peaks that no oth-
 CT tourist has attempted. She thinks
 the ascent of Mont Blanc Is mo climb
 at all"
 Mrs. Le Blond's mountain climbing
 has been done largely In the Alps and
 in Norway among peaks of from 1s,00o Ito 15.000 feet high She Is an exceed Iingly skillful photographer of noun
 tain scenery and has written a book loalled Adventures on the Roof of tho
 World" Alice W. Mortimer.