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March 20, 1965

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a reporter at large

ASCENT MOI, JE OPTIMISTE

Gereny Bernstein

REPORTER AT LARGE About mountainclimbing in the Alps. Walter Bonatti, a well-known Genevan guide, and Michel Vaucher, put up a remarkable new route on the …