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Albert and Elizabeth, King & Queen of the Belgians, carrying cold lunch in a knapsack, went with other tourists by cogwheel railway from Grindelwald to Jung-frau-joch (11,340 ft.) in the Swiss Alps, explored glaciers, descended unrecognized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 2, 1929 | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

...Finsteraarhorn, 14,026 ft., the highest mountain in the Bernese Alps. Down to the famed Jungfrau Joch Hotel. Up the Schreckhorn, 13,386 ft. Down to Grindelwald. FOOD. A steak as thick as the climber's thong-bound wrist. Such was the Alpine exploit performed in one day last week by Prince Chichibu, second son of the Mikado of Japan, first Alpinist to scale either the Finsteraarhorn or the Schreckhorn this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWITZERLAND: Climbing Jap | 9/6/1926 | See Source »

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