American Alpine Club Mt. Huascaran Resolution 1909
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American Alpine Club Mt. Huascaran Resolution 1909
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Description
Copy of resolution passed by the American Alpine Club at an Annual Meeting in Baltimore on January 2nd, 1909. The resolution states that an AAC Committee of the Society should be appointed to find out the height of Mt. Huascaran in Peru.
Language
English
Format
Publisher
The American Alpine Club Library
Date
January, 2nd, 1909
Source
The American Alpine Club Library Archives
Text
"Copy of Resolution Passed at the Annual Meeting of the American Alpine Club in Baltimore on January 2nd, 1909.
WHEREAS apparently exaggerated reports have recently been circulated by the press of the country regarding the altitude of Mt. Huascaran in the Peruvian Andes, tending to disseminate erroneous ideas concerning mountain geography.
RESOLVED That in view of this Club's special interest in the subject, a Committee of the Society be appointed to secure what possible information may be attained regarding this great mountain and taking such measures as may seem to them expedient to make public the result of their inquiry."
WHEREAS apparently exaggerated reports have recently been circulated by the press of the country regarding the altitude of Mt. Huascaran in the Peruvian Andes, tending to disseminate erroneous ideas concerning mountain geography.
RESOLVED That in view of this Club's special interest in the subject, a Committee of the Society be appointed to secure what possible information may be attained regarding this great mountain and taking such measures as may seem to them expedient to make public the result of their inquiry."
Original Format
Typed on paper.
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Citation
“American Alpine Club Mt. Huascaran Resolution 1909,” The Collections of the American Alpine Club Library, accessed April 18, 2024, https://library.americanalpineclub.org/items/show/20.