Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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While the old Marshal pondered Mme. Joffre, sitting beside him in a rocking chair, was observed to rock more vigorously. Her husband, with half closed eyes perhaps fixed on things far away, seemed to reflect as ponderously as had Old Dr. Tuffier over backgammon. Suddenly Mme. Joffre stopped her quick rocking, sat up bristling, spoke: "I wonder-I just wonder-how many people would claim they lost the Battle of Marne, if he had lost...
...Odell, a member of former expeditions to Mt. Everest and at present Lecturer in Harvard University, will accompany the showing of the ascent of Grepon at the Union Sunday night, by an explanation of the technique and skill involved in rock climbing as the picture progresses. Grepon is considered the most difficult ascent in Chamonix and these pictures were taken especially for instruction in the art of mountain climbing...
...film is unusually complete in the views presented because of the fact that another tooth or "gendarme", as it is called, rises in close proximity to the one ascended and the pictures were taken from the first tooth looking toward the second. The peak of Grepon is composed of rock, and though it is relatively small it offers plenty of opportunity for skillful climbing. The second reel of the ascent shows much of the technical difficulties of mountaineering and this one will be run again in slow motion at the end of the showing...
...This cliff has the longest sheer drop on the mountain--perhaps 1,000 feet. The older guide who ranked as the second best in Chamonix led the way while the two less experienced climbers followed. It was the duty of the younger guide to 'belay' the rope to a rock while the older guide ascended to the next ledge or resting place. This he did by taking a turn of the line around a rock. In one instance while the leader was ascending, the rope kept paying out as it should and the guide disappeared out of sight above...
...incident described above took place has received the reputation of being a bad one because of the long drop of the perpendicular cliff. The mountains which will be shown in the moving pictures are two of the best for the experienced climber. The Aiguille du Grepon is a massive rock structure that was not scaled until thirty years after the Matterhorn was conquered...