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Weisshorn

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Weisshorn (vīs`hôrn'), peak, 14,782 ft (4,506 m) high, Valais canton, S Switzerland, one of the highest in the Pennine Alps.
Weisshorn
a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. Height: 4505 m (14 781 ft.)


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Girdlestone had had his usual summer holiday in the Alps, and had spent it in his usual way, hunting for unique chances to break his neck; his vacation was over, and his luggage packed for England, but all of a sudden a hunger had come upon him to climb the tremendous Weisshorn once more, for he had heard of a new and utterly impossible route up it.
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