OCR Text |
Show j A'cendnd the Traunateln. Two gentlemen from Gmunden ascended as-cended tho Traunstein successfully, : though with gieat difficulty. When they left Gmunden, at 8:30 in the morning, morn-ing, the thormoiaeter was 20 degs. below be-low freezing point. When they reached the summit at 1 o'clock it was 40 degs. below freezing. One of the climbers says that the view from the top was the most extensive one ho has yet seen, al-; al-; though he has ascended the Traunstein fifty-one times. The tourists could not remain long at tho summit, as the north, wind was very sharp. The descent took only an hour and a quarter. The Traun-tteiu Traun-tteiu peak is 5,540 feet high. Vienna Cor. London News. |