FOOTNOTES:
[1] Except where it is expressly stated, or is plain from the context, that the word ‘leader’ refers to the ‘first man’ on the rope, it is used of the most experienced mountaineer of a party, the one who exercises the functions of manager in matters of organization or arrangement and of leader or director in the actual business of climbing.
[2] See “Equipment,” pp. [82] and [86].
[3] See “Snow Craft,” p. [332].
CHAPTER II
EQUIPMENT FOR THE ALPS
BY J. P. FARRAR