Although this American lady has achieved fame as a mountaineer, she has claims to distinction as an archaeologist, as well as a musician, lecturer, and writer. And, incidentally, it might be mentioned she is a keen upholder of the Suffragette movement. Miss Peck confesses that as a child she could never look upon a precipice or mountain without figuring out in her mind how it could best be surmounted, and it was this fascination which led her, early in life, to scale mountains in Mexico and Switzerland. She was amongst the variously estimated at from 21,000 to 25,000 feet in height, and hitherto deemed inaccessible by mountaineering experts. Before this adventure, in 1897 Miss Peck had climbed Mount Orizaba, in Mexico, the height of which is 18,600 feet ; her most noteworthy feat, however, being her ascent of Mount Huas-caran, the loftiest peak in the Andes. A slightly built woman, just above medium height, Miss Peck's powers of endurance are marvellous. She began her career as a lecturer on Greek archaeology, and, in fact, was the first American woman to study at the American School of Archaeology in Athens.

Miss Annie Peck

E.Chickering first women to climb the Matterhorn, and in 1903 astounded everybody by making an ascent of Mount Sorata, in Bolivia - an enormous peak,