ABOVE THE SNOW LINE
LONDON: PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
AND PARLIAMENT STREET
THE BIETSCHHORN. FROM THE PETERSGRAT
BY
CLINTON DENT
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ALPINE CLUB
“Celui qui n’a jamais ses heures
de folie est moins sage qu’il ne le
pense”—La Bruyère
THESE SKETCHES OF MOUNTAINEERING
I DEDICATE TO
T. I. D.
IN THE HOPE THAT A BOOK WITHOUT A HEROINE
MAY, AT LEAST, ACQUIRE SOME FEMININE INTEREST