THE TIMES AND EXPRESS

15 September1905

(page 5)

CLIMBING THE HIMALAYAS.

SWISS OFFICER KILLED.

News has been received from Dr. Jacot-Guillarmod’s [Jules Jacot Guillarmod] expedition, which went to the Himalayas and endeavoured to scale Kinchinjunga (28,155ft.), or, at least, to beat the record made by Mr. Graham on that mountain.

The expedition, which left Darjeeling on Aug. 8, was composed of Dr. Jacot-Guillarmod, of Neuchatel; Mr. A. E. Crowley, engineer, of Ireland; Lieutenant Alexis Pache, of Morgres; and M. Charles Reymond [Charles-Adolphe Reymond] of Neuchatel. No Swiss guides accompanied the party, and the British Government supplied an escort of Goorkhas, who are capital mountaineers. The following telegram has been received from Darjeeling:

“This is despatched from our highest camp on Sept. 1. Pache has been swept away by an avalanche and killed. Insurmountable difficulties, caused by natives, compel us to retrace our steps, and we are returning to Darjeeling, where we expect to arrive about Sept. 20.”

M. Pache was a lieutenant in the Swiss Cavalry; he was thirty-one years of age, and most energetic in character. He joined the expedition chiefly in order to hunt in the Himalayas. His love of adventure led him to fight among the Boers in the late war in the Transvaal.