LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
Some images have been moved from inside paragraphs for ease of reading. (note of the etext transcriber.)
The last bivouac of Messrs Donkin and Fox in the CaucasusFrontispiece
Christian Almer, Joseph Imboden, Jean Antoine Carrel, Alexander BurgenerTo face page 3
The last steep bit near the top—At the end of a hot day—An instant’s halt to choose the best way up a steep wall of rock—The ice-axes are stowed away in a crack, to be brought up by the last man" " 6
Auguste Gentinetta—Auguste Gentinetta on the way to the Matterhorn—The beginning of the climb up the Matterhorn—The spot where was the bergschrund into which Mr Sloggett’s party fell" " 8
Auguste Gentinetta on a mountain-top—The ice-cliffs over which Mr Sloggett’s party would have fallen had they not been dashed into the bergschrund—The ruined chapel by the Schwarzsee—The last resting-place at Zermatt of some English climbers" " 11
On a snow ridge—A halt for lunch above the snow-line—Mrs Aubrey Le Blond" " 51
A cutting through an avalanche—The remains of an avalanche—An avalanche of stones—A mountain chapel " " 59
A mountain path—Peasants of the mountains—A village buried beneath an avalanche—Terraces planted to prevent avalanches " " 65
A typical Caucasian landscape" " 105
Melchior Anderegg, his son and grandchild" " 124
Crevasses and séracs—On the border of a crevasse—A snow bridge—Soft snow in the afternoon" " 133
The Bétemps Hut—Ski-ing—A fall on Skis—A great crevasse" " 137
The balloon “Stella” getting ready to start (p. 301)—A bivouac in the olden days—Boulder practice—The last rocks descending" " 148
Provisions for a mountain hotel—An outlook over rock and snow—Dent Blanche from Schwarzsee (winter)—Dent Blanche from Theodule Glacier (summer)" " 152
Hut on Col de Bértol—Ascending the Aiguilles Rouges—Summit of the Dent Blanche—Cornice on the Dent Blanche" " 156
Ambrose Supersax (p. 209)—View from the Rosetta" " 182
Climbing party leaving Zermatt—The Gandegg Hut—The Trift Hotel—Zinal Rothhorn from Trift Valley" " 195
Zinal Rothhorn—Top of a Chamonix Aiguille—A steep face of rock—“Leading strings”" " 202
A bergschrund—Homewards over the snow-slopes" " 230
The Ecrins—Clouds breaking over a ridge—Summit of the Jungfrau—Wind-blown snow" " 235
The Ecrins from the Glacier Blanc" " 247
Slab climbing—A rock ridge—On the Dent du Géant—The top at last" " 252
The second largest glacier in the Alps—On a ridge in the Oberland" " 259
Thirteen thousand feet above the sea—On the Furggen Grat—A “personally conducted” party on the Breithorn—Packing the knapsack" " 269
Monte Rosa from the Furggen Grat—The Matterhorn from the Wellenkuppe" " 272
A glacier lake—Amongst the séracs—Taking off the rope—Water at last!" " 297
The balloon “Stella” starting from Zermatt—A moment after" " 298
The Matterhorn from the Hörnli Ridge—The Matterhorn from the Furgg Glacier—Joseph Biner—The Matterhorn Hut" " 302
A hot day on a mountain-top—A summit near Saas—Luncheon en route (winter)—Luncheon on a glacier pass (summer)" " 310
A tedious snow-slope—A sitting glissade—A glacier-capped summit—On the frontier" " 312
Unpleasant going—On the crest of an old moraine" " 317
An awkward bit of climbing—Guides at Zermatt—The Boval Hut—Au revoir!" " 322