Scrambles Amongst the Alps
In the years 1860-69

By Edward Whymper

London
J. Murray
1871

Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection.—LIVY.

Contents

[PREFACE]
[CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY]
[CHAPTER II. THE ASCENT OF MONT PELVOUX.]
[CHAPTER III. THE MONT CENIS—THE FELL RAILWAY]
[CHAPTER IV. MY FIRST SCRAMBLE ON THE MATTERHORN]
[CHAPTER V. RENEWED ATTEMPTS TO ASCEND THE MATTERHORN]
[CHAPTER VI. THE VAL TOURNANCHE—THE BREUILJOCH—ZERMATT—ASCENT OF THE GRAND TOURNALIN]
[CHAPTER VII. OUR SIXTH ATTEMPT TO ASCEND THE MATTERHORN]
[CHAPTER VIII. FROM ST. MICHEL TO LA BÉRARDE ON THE MONT CENIS ROAD, BY THE COL DES AIGUILLES, D’ARVE, COL DE MARTIGNARE AND THE BRÈCHE DE LA MEIJE]
[CHAPTER IX. THE ASCENT OF THE POINTE DES ÉCRINS]
[CHAPTER X. FROM VAL LOUISE TO LA BÉRARDE BY THE COL DE PILATTE]
[CHAPTER XI. PASSAGE OF THE COL DE TRIOLET, AND ASCENTS OF MONT DOLENT, AIGUILLE DE TRÉLATÊTE AND AIGUILLE D’ARGENTIÈRE]
[CHAPTER XII. THE MOMING PASS—ZERMATT]
[CHAPTER XIII. THE ASCENT OF THE GRAND CORNIER]
[CHAPTER XIV. THE ASCENT OF THE DENT BLANCHE]
[CHAPTER XV. LOST ON THE COL D’HÉRENS—MY SEVENTH ATTEMPT TO ASCEND THE MATTERHORN]
[CHAPTER XVI. VALLEY OF AOSTA, AND ASCENT OF THE GRANDES JORASSES]
[CHAPTER XVII. THE COL DOLENT]
[CHAPTER XVIII. ASCENT OF THE AIGUILLE VERTE]
[CHAPTER XIX. THE COL DE TALÈFRE]
[CHAPTER XX. ASCENT OF THE RUINETTE—THE MATTERHORN]
[CHAPTER XXI. THE ASCENT OF THE MATTERHORN]
[CHAPTER XXII. DESCENT OF THE MATTERHORN]
[APPENDIX]

List of Illustrations

Full Page Illustrations

[1. FOG-BOW SEEN FROM THE MATTERHORN ON JULY 14, 1885]
[2. MONT PELVOUX AND THE ALÉFROIDE, FROM NEAR MONT DAUPHIN]
[3. THE MONT CENIS ROAD AND THE FELL RAILWAY NEAR THE SUMMIT OF THE PASS, ON THE ITALIAN SIDE]
[4. THE MATTERHORN FROM NEAR THE SUMMIT OF THE THEODULE PASS]
[5. “THE CHIMNEY”]
[6. “IN ATTEMPTING TO PASS THE CORNER I SLIPPED AND FELL”]
[7. A CANNONADE ON THE MATTERHORN (1862)]
[8. THE CRAGS OF THE MATTERHORN, DURING THE STORM, MIDNIGHT, AUGUST 10, 1863]
[9. DESCENDING THE WESTERN ARÊTE OF THE POINTE DES ÉCRINS]
[10. “WE SAW A TOE—IT SEEMED TO BELONG TO MOORE—WE SAW REYNAULD A FLYING BODY.”]
[11. THE SUMMIT OF THE MOMING PASS IN 1861]
[12. THE CLUB-ROOM OF ZERMATT IN 1864]
[13. THE BERGSCHRUND ON THE DENT BLANCHE IN 1865]
[14. THE MATTERHORN FROM THE RIFFELBERG]
[15. THE GRANDES JORASSES AND THE DOIRE TORRENT, VAL FERRET (D’ITALIE)]
[16. THE SUMMIT OF THE COL DOLENT]
[17. PINNACLES NEAR SACHAS IN THE VALLEY OF THE DURANCE, FORMED FROM AN OLD MORAINE]