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BEFORE STARTING DOWN THE GLACIER DU DOME (MONT BLANC) WE STOPPED TO 
ENJOY THE VIEW OF ITALY, AND TO DISCARD WRAPS 
We had already been descending from the summit for three hours. 
rises the beautiful and difficult Aiguille de Trélatéte, 12,830 feet. 
Over the standing guide 
Photo by Dora Keen 
ON THE FINAL “EASY” GRADE OF THE STEEP SNOW CORNICE (MONT BLANC) WE 
HAD TO PASS TWO EXHAUSTED GERMANS 
It is such guideless climbers as these that get into trouble. They had about two hours 
more to climb to the fireless Refuge Vallot. From here we went straight down. Photo by 
Dora Keen, 
