| CHAP. | PAGE |
| | PREFACE | [vii.] |
| I. | WHAT IS MOUNTAINEERING? | [1] |
| II. | A FEW WORDS ABOUT GLACIERS | [7] |
| III. | AVALANCHES | [15] |
| IV. | THE GUIDES OF THE ALPS | [22] |
| V. | THE GUIDES OF THE ALPS (Continued) | [50] |
| VI. | AN AVALANCHE ON THE HAUT-DE-CRY—A RACEFOR LIFE | [59] |
| VII. | CAUGHT IN AN AVALANCHE ON THE MATTERHORN—THEICE-AVALANCHE OF THE ALTELS—ANAVALANCHE WHICH ROBBED A LADY OF A GARMENT | [72] |
| VIII. | LOST IN THE ICE FOR FORTY YEARS | [92] |
| IX. | THE MOST TERRIBLE OF ALL ALPINE TRAGEDIES | [107] |
| X. | A WONDERFUL SLIDE DOWN A WALL OF ICE | [113] |
| XI. | AN ADVENTURE ON THE TRIFT PASS—THEPERILS OF THE MOMING PASS | [122] |
| XII. | AN EXCITING PASSAGE OF THE COL DE PILATTE | [134] |
| XIII. | AN ADVENTURE ON THE ALETSCH GLACIER—ALOYAL COMPANION—A BRAVE GUIDE | [142] |
| XIV. | A WONDERFUL FEAT BY TWO LADIES—A PERILOUS CLIMB | [153] |
| XV. | A FINE PERFORMANCE WITHOUT GUIDES | [170] |
| XVI. | THE PIZ SCERSCEN TWICE IN FOURDAYS—THE FIRST ASCENT BY A WOMAN OF MONT BLANC | [194] |
| XVII. | THE ASCENT OF A WALL OF ICE | [208] |
| XVIII. | THE AIGUILLE DU DRU | [221] |
| XIX. | THE MOST FAMOUS MOUNTAIN IN THE ALPS—THECONQUEST OF THE MATTERHORN | [250] |
| XX. | SOME TRAGEDIES ON THE MATTERHORN | [268] |
| XXI. | THE WHOLE DUTY OF THE CLIMBER—ALPINE DISTRESS SIGNALS | [289] |
| | GLOSSARY | [293] |
| | INDEX | [295] |