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Show M Woman Scales Mountain Peak 20.000 H Feet High. H Lima, Peru. Miss Annlo Peck of Prnvldenco, It. I., tho mountain H climber, hns succeeded on her stcond j attempt within n month, In rcnchlng H the summit or Mount Huascaran. She H calculates that tho height of tho sum- H mlt Is 20 000 feet. A Swiss companion H of Miss Peck hnd a foot and both M hnnds frozen, which caused gangrcno j to set In, nnd nn Indian guldo wns H miraculously saved from death after H (ailing a thousand feet down a ravine. K Tho last attempt of Miss Peck to scalo tho Huascaran was begun on A'ugust H 29. Two weeks prevlouslr sho climb- Q rd tho mountain to a holght of 25.000 MM feet, but wns compelled to return to B tiro lowlands on account ot tho lllnoss HI of one of her guides. |