E. LE BLOND.
67, The Drive,
Brighton, Oct. 30th, 1902.
CONTENTS.
| 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] | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| Melchior Anderegg, 1894 | [Frontispiece] |
| Climbers Descending the Ortler | [2] |
| The Aletsch Glacier from Bel Alp | [7] |
| General View of a Glacier | [8] |
| A Glacier Table: after a Storm | [11] |
| A Crevassed Glacier | [13] |
| An Avalanche near Bouveret: a Tunnel through anAvalanche | [17] |
| Edouard Cupelin | [22] |
| Descending a Rock Peak near Zermatt | [31] |
| A Big Crevasse: the Gentle Persuasion of the Rope | [37] |
| A Typical Couloir: the Ober Gabelhorn: the WrongWay to Descend: Very Soft Snow | [42] |
| Piz Palü: Hans and Christian Grass | [44] |
| Christian Almer, 1894 | [54] |
| An Avalanche Falling | [59] |
| Eiger and Mönch from Lauberhorn | [66] |
| Avalanche Falling from the Wetterhorn | [79] |
| On Monte Rosa | [83] |
| Mr Whymper: Mrs Aubrey Le Blond: Group on aHigh Peak in Winter | [85] |
| Mrs Aubrey Le Blond and Joseph Imboden: Crossinga Snow Couloir | [89] |
| Mont Blanc: Nicolas Winhart: a Banker of Geneva:the Relics of the Arkwright Accident | [92] |
| Alpine Snow-Fields | [108] |
| A Start by Moonlight: Shadows at Sunrise: a StandingGlissade: a Sitting Glissade | [136] |
| On a Snow-Covered Glacier | [148] |
| Martin Schocher and Schnitzler | [150] |
| Exterior of a Climber's Hut: Interior | [157] |
| The Meije: Ascending a Snowy Wall | [171] |
| Top of Piz Scerscen: Party Descending Piz Bernina:On a Mountain Top: Descent of a Snow-Ridge | [194] |
| Hard Work: Setting Out in a Long Skirt | [204] |
| A Steep Icy Slope: On the Top of a Pass | [216] |
| A Slab of Rock: Negotiating a Steep Passage | [225] |
| The Family of Herr Seiler, Zermatt: Going to Zermattin the Olden Days | [250] |
| The Guides' Wall, Zermatt | [259] |
| The Zermatt Side of the Matterhorn: Rising Mists | [260] |
| A Bitterly Cold Day: The Matterhorn from the Zmutt Side | [265] |
| Jost, Porter of Hotel Monte Rosa, Zermatt | [268] |
| Hoar Frost in the Alps | [274] |