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World Service,25 Aug 1998,27 mins

First Tourists in the Alps

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Recreating William Windham's journey up the Mer de Glace near Chamonix in the Alps. His walk was made at a time when locals never went up the glacier, believeing it to be populated by monsters. The expedition led to the development of mountain hiking and skiing tourism .

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