The north peak of Mount Huascaran in Peru was names after the professor who conquered it, Annie Smith Peck(1850-1935). No American woman in this hemisphere had climbed higher: nearly 22, 000 feet.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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Wow, look at the thickness of the rope and the cunbersomeness of the clothing that she had to wear back then just to climb a mountain. It's no wonder that many women didn't try to do it.
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