True Tales of Mountain Adventures For Non-Climbers Young and Old
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TRUE TALES OF MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE
PREFACE
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ERRATA
CHAPTER I WHAT IS MOUNTAINEERING?
CHAPTER II A FEW WORDS ABOUT GLACIERS
CHAPTER III AVALANCHES
CHAPTER IV THE GUIDES OF THE ALPS: WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO
CHAPTER V THE GUIDES OF THE ALPS—(continued).
CHAPTER VI AN AVALANCHE ON THE HAUT-DE-CRY
CHAPTER VII CAUGHT IN AN AVALANCHE ON THE MATTERHORN
CHAPTER VIII LOST IN THE ICE FOR FORTY YEARS
CHAPTER IX THE MOST TERRIBLE OF ALL ALPINE TRAGEDIES
CHAPTER X A WONDERFUL SLIDE DOWN A WALL OF ICE
CHAPTER XI AN ADVENTURE ON THE TRIFT PASS
CHAPTER XII AN EXCITING PASSAGE OF THE COL DE PILATTE
CHAPTER XIII AN ADVENTURE ON THE ALETSCH GLACIER
CHAPTER XIV A WONDERFUL FEAT BY TWO LADIES
CHAPTER XV A FINE PERFORMANCE WITHOUT GUIDES
CHAPTER XVI THE PIZ SCERSCEN TWICE IN FOUR DAYS—THE FIRST ASCENT OF MONT BLANC BY A WOMAN.
CHAPTER XVII THE ASCENT OF A WALL OF ICE
CHAPTER XVIII THE AIGUILLE DU DRU
CHAPTER XIX THE MOST FAMOUS MOUNTAIN IN THE ALPS—THE CONQUEST OF THE MATTERHORN
CHAPTER XX SOME TRAGEDIES ON THE MATTERHORN
CHAPTER XXI THE WHOLE DUTY OF THE CLIMBER—ALPINE DISTRESS SIGNALS
GLOSSARY AND INDEX
GLOSSARY.
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