WASHBURN TO SPEAK AT UNION THIS EVENING

Bradford Washburn '33 youthful explorer and mountain-climber, will speak in the Living Room of the Harvard Union at 8 o'clock tonight on "The Exploration of Mount Fairweather." The story of the unsuccessful attempt to climb this 15,330 foot Alaskan mountain will be illustrated by motion pictures. The speaker will be introduced by H. J. Coolidge '92, assistant curator in charge of mammals at the Zoological Museum.

Washburn climbed over a score of Alpine peaks, and in 1929 he led a party which filmed the ascent of the Grepon, one of Europe's most impressive mountains.

Last summer Washburn and five companions undertook the exploration of the west coast of Fairweather Peninsula in southern Alaska. The trip also included a nearly successful attempt to scale Mount Fairweather, the highest coastal mountain in the world. No previous expeditions have been able to make the ascent.

This enterprise has furnished the material for the lecture. The pictures are especially interesting because they show the details of a climbers' camp, including the tools and equipment necessary for an alpine expedition.