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Tales of the Alps – Isabella Straton

In mountaineering history, there are many stories of mountain men – often local guides and their wealthy clients. Stories of talented women climbers are less frequently told, yet numerous women accomplished major ascents in the nineteenth century. One of these was Isabella Straton. Born in 1838. Straton was an upper-class Englishwoman who found herself wealthy…