[3] Or, in modern phraseology, “avalanches.”
[4] Mountain aneroids generally overstate the heights. The height of Gestola is now computed at 15,932 feet, and that of Tetnuld at 15,918 feet.
[5] “Good God! The Sleeping-place!”
[6] “I am still living.”
[7] Above the Snow Line, by Clinton Dent.
[8] True Tales of Mountain Adventure, p. 269.
[9] True Tales of Mountain Adventure, p. 134.
[10] At the moment of going to press, I must note a fatal accident on the mountains due to lightning, namely, the death of the guide, Joseph Simond, on the Dent du Géant. This I had overlooked.
[11] See True Tales of Mountain Adventure.
[12] “Ah! That is really wonderfully beautiful!”