THE SWINDON ADVERTISER

Swindon, Wiltshire, England

16 September1905

(page 6)

PERILS OF MOUNTAINEERING.

LIEUTENANT KILLED BY AVALANCHE.

News has been received from Dr. Jacob Guillarmod’s [Jules Jacot Guillarmod] expedition, which went to the Himalayas and endeavoured to scale Kanchanjango, 28,156 feet in height, or at least to beat the record made by Mr. Graham on that mountain. The expedition, which left Darjiling on August 8, was composed of Dr. Jacot Guillarmod, of Neuchatuel; Mr. A. E. Crowley, engineer, of Ireland; Lieutenant Alexis Pache, of Morgres, and Mr. Charles Seymond [Charles-Adolphe Reymond], of Neuchatuel. No Swiss guides accompanied the party and the British Government supplied an escort of Ghorkhas, who are capital mountaineers. The following telegram has been received from Darjiling:—“This is dispatched from our highest camp on September 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 Darjiling where we expect to arrive about September 20.” M. Pache was a lieutenant in the Swiss Cavalry. He was 31 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.