Word: ascent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Vagabond in sheer disgust turned back to Memorial Hall. As he climbed the steep ascent to Haven his steps were laggard. And then, on the three hold he stood transfixed. There, staring out of the tower, spy glass in hand, was a wily Oriental peering off to the Charles where Princeton was practicing for the race. As he watched, he muttered to himself, "Oh Tiger, father Tiger...
Washburn climbed over a score of Alpine peaks, and in 1929 he led a party which filmed the ascent of the Grepon, one of Europe's most impressive mountains...
Last summer Washburn and five companions undertook the exploration of the west coast of Fairweather Peninsula in southern Alaska. The trip also included a nearly successful attempt to scale Mount Fairweather, the highest coastal mountain in the world. No previous expeditions have been able to make the ascent...
...Washburn led an expedition to the Alps to film the ascent of the Grepon, and another last summer to Alaska which did important exploration in the Fairweather Range and produced a film of the ascent...
...first time, the ascent of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Western Europe (15,780 feet high) will be filmed. This summer, H. B. Washburn '33, and W. C. Everett '33 will make the arduous ascent. The filming will include scenes in the valley as well as a complete narrative account of the climbing of the famous mountain...