MOUNTAINEERING
A London girl, Miss Sheila Mac- ' donald aged 22, is the first woman to climb the East African mountain, Kilimanjaro, which towers to a height of 19,700 feet. When 19,000 feet was reached, one of her companions, Major Lennox Browne, an experienced mountaineer, became exhausted, and was unable to proceed, But Miss Macdonald and th e third member of the party, Mr William West, Of the Alpine Club, continued their perilous climb, and succeeded in reaching the summit. Miss Macdonald began mountaineering with her father at the early age of 11. ,
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Shannon News, 29 November 1927, Page 4
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92MOUNTAINEERING Shannon News, 29 November 1927, Page 4
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