The making of a mountaineer

by George Ingle Finch

WITH SEVENTY-EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS, ONE DRAWING AND TWO DIAGRAMS

ARROWSMITH :: LONDON :: W.C.1

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First published in May, 1924

Printed in Great Britain by
J. W. ARROWSMITH LTD.
11 Quay St. & 12 Small St., Bristol

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To
MY WIFE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
	Preface	[11]
I	Early Days	[13]
II	Climbing in Corsica	[20]
III	The Wetterhorn	[40]
IV	The Jungfrau	[52]
V	The Jungfrau and the Jungfraujoch	[68]
VI	On Skis in the Bernese Oberland	[82]
VII	On Skis in the Bernese Oberland (continued)	[95]
VIII	A Winter’s Night on the Tödi	[107]
IX	The Bifertenstock	[122]
X	Monte Rosa	[140]
XI	The Twins	[153]
XII	The Matterhorn—A Beginner’s Impressions	[164]
XIII	The Matterhorn	[182]
XIV	The Dent d’Hérens	[193]
XV	Mont Blanc	[213]
XVI	Mont Blanc from the South	[227]
XVII	Two Chamonix Aiguilles	[248]
XVIII	The Aiguille du Dru	[269]
XIX	Towards Mount Everest	[283]
XX	Mount Everest	[296]
XXI	Mountaineering Photography	[335]