Morin, Micheline (fl. 1930s)
Morin, Micheline (fl. 1930s)
French mountaineer. Sister of Jean Morin (mountaineer); sister-in-law of Nea Morin.
With Nea Morin and Alice Damesme, traversed the Meije in the Dauphine Alps (the last major peak in the Alps to be climbed) encordée féminine (women-rope only), the 1st all-female traverse of the Meije (1933).
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