In reply to UKC Articles:
Another notable early female mountaineer of note was Gertrude Bell. Her nearly successful ascent of the Finsterrarhorn was phenomenal for its time and failing just below the summit resulted in a epic descent. 53 hours on the mountain is a long day. A biography of her alpine achievements, rather than her travels and political life, is sadly overdue. Was it GW Young who stated that her attempt was one of the major alpine pre-war achievements. Very few ascents of the N E face of the Finsterrarhorn on the UKC logbooks even to this day.