THE HOMEWARD MAIL

FROM INDIA, CHINA AND THE EAST

London, England

18 September 1905

(page 1255)

CLIMBING THE HIMALAYAS.

A SWISS LIEUTENANT KILLED.

News has reached Berne from Dr. Jacot-Guillarmond’s [Jules Jacot Guillarmod] expedition which went to the Himalayas and endeavoured to scale Kanchanjanga (28,156 feet), or at least to beat the record made by Mr. Graham on that mountain. The expedition, which left Darjeeling on August 8, was composed of Dr. Jacot-Guillarmod, of Neuchatel; Mr. A. E. Crowley, engineer, of Ireland; Lieut. 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 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 was in the Transvaal.