PERILOUS TREK
DRAMATIC STORY OF THE ALPS,
A dramatic sttoly of a youth’s attempt to cross -the Alps on foot and alone to join whom lie had never seen, liyas to.d in Rome lately. \
lienveniito Serene, Waged about 20, was found lying ha!f\ dead in. the snow in a vnliev neaV the French frontier. Rescued by a ! piilitary patrol, he was carried on \mulo back down the valley. \
In the hospital he related how, .abandoned by his parents Shortly alter iiis birth, he had spent ycar s \ in trying to discover who they were. \ "ben lie was called up to tlo his military Service lie gained the, of his captain, with whose help he traced his'parents to an address in Francis. Correspondence ensued and finally"', there came an invitation to go and live with them All efforts to obtain a passport proved no avail, and nnally the youth set out on his desperate ! journey through the snow. For three days and night he battled against the cold, and dazed by snowstorms, wandered fa-i from the direct path until he fell exhausted at the lonely spot \vliere he was found.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1933, Page 8
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189PERILOUS TREK Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1933, Page 8
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