Show MAD mountaineering miraculous escape of young russian lady geneva aug 8 A narrow escape from death on the mountains has been experienced perien ced by a young russian jadv ibue gar she was staying at Chern cx switzerland and a fey days ago started off abone to attempt the accent of the sal one of the alpine peaks nose by she had neither alpenstock nor nailed boots and after attaining a considerable height found to her dismay that nho neither advance nor ascend for bours he clung to a narrow ledge of rock a few inches wide until at last helpless with fatigue and vertigo her grasp weakened and she fell by a miracle her dreas caught on some sharp rocks a short distance below and when she recovered consciousness she managed to wedge her body into a comparatively ively safe position hero she remained exposed to a furious storm shouting for help late at night a search party attracted by her crieg was able to her and carry her half frozen and almost dead with terror to shelter the conduct of lio seven cerman students from ane geneva university whose recent adventures on mont blaha nearly cost them lives has incurred severe censure from the swiss press as well as from all classes of alpinists it appears that the whole expedition was discreditable in the extreme tho leader was a young man who having made an ascent of mont illana last season persuaded the others that if they would pay him 2 pounds each he would lead them easily and easely to the summit instead of proper provision bottler of absinthe and other spirits were taken alio students ara reported to have broken open and damaged various mountain fh elters at which they stopped en route and to have abstracted and other articles j 5 |