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tI� socks and tee California, July 22 (AP)--Gnly three pairs of
tennis shoes separate a French explorer from ground
"d temperatures as high as 190 degrees as he attempts to hike the
length of this national monument,
,j�''er Park officials offer best wishes, but no hope if he disappears.
re,j Jean Pierre Marquant, 28. who once spent 103 days hiking over
re21c 1,000 mikes of Algerian desert, is the first person officials
know to deliberately attempt crossing of Death Valley In summer,
He started the 100-mile trek at sundown Wednesday wearing
tt14 a 10-gallon hat, three T shirts, gloves,short pants, three pairs
'op of socks and tennis shoes. Marquant also has blue -tinted glasses
s enal e large umbrella,
1:'a.th Valley literally is the hottest spot on earth. Cfficlal-
nt-er_age temperatures in July run from 100-130 degrees in the
-•- D"Ith ground temperatures as high as 190 degrc:r;s,
o ^ this host, a ground search party wi '' -3e stint
L r) ' ' i' A1riYC7L7.37�'`. , he should fail to trun up 3`:' eol po"
" '{ ..,�,ssible in this heat," Chief Hanc,"
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etrLolres r.lt;-�iZers courage," Park Naturalist Dwight T.
Wa ren eai3. o' e het,,'. serious = doubts he will succeed,"
Dent'-: Val-i 3Y, Ju ,y ,^g (AP) --Fonts ore Jean Pierre Marquant
reso ,•;d the half ay L:ArIT Saturday on his 100-mile trek across
th!3 blazing hot national monument, officials reported.
Earlier, concern for the safety of the 28-year-nld adventurer
was relieved when he trudged into a checkpoint more than 1.2 hours
lf,.te at noon. Marquant said rough terrain forced hi�i to reduce liis
pace and spend the night on the slopes of rugged Wild Rose Mt.
Banger John Kirslio said the high at the peak Saturday was a
relatively frigid 80 degrees in comparison to the Valley, where
It was 116 in the shade.
There will be no shade for Marquant Sunday, officials said,
as he heads for what he terms his "moment of truth" down the
sheer slopes of Telescope and onto the desolate valley floor.
=, WORLD: (And some nuts that live in it.)
London, July 21 (AP) --Mrs. Marion Hart, 174-year-old American
Pilot, told Thursday of malting a solo flight across the Atlantic
and complained about being grounded by Britain's weather.
Firs, Hart said she flew from the United States in 11 hours
and landed her single -engine Bevchcraft Bonanza Wednesday at
London aiport among four -engine jet giants,
"I was not thinking of setting any records," she told newsmen,
"I.J#as all set to come on holiday accompanied by a wo�ian friend..,,
when she couldn't matte it. I saw no good reason to sit at home.
"I i:op"; to go to Scandinavia this weekend, then I'
ea;; � right across Europe, �] 11 fly
across l�,uropE. I suppose Russia is out but I may
get as fa_, as Turkey before I turn bac3t, 11
Mrs. Hart said she first flew the Atlantic in 1935 with a woman
cn. pilot and made the return flight in 1954, Back in 1939, she
3dd;ir(, okinpered a 90-foot yacht on a 30,000 mile, world cruise
'V fr` e.l s in New Yor3t tell rye Ifn crazy,,, she said. 11 Fiddb-
tiers• I hope I'm still flying ?,Then I'm a hundred. You don't
've to be a youngster to have an adventurnur spirit,,,