CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

PREFACEix

I. SOME TALES OF ALPINE GUIDES1

II. TWO DAYS ON AN ICE-SLOPE23

III. SOME AVALANCHE ADVENTURES51

IV. A MONTH BENEATH AN AVALANCHE65

V. A MONTH BENEATH AN AVALANCHE (continued)81

VI. AN EXCITING CAUCASIAN ASCENT99

VII. A MELANCHOLY QUEST116

VIII. SOME NARROW ESCAPES AND FATAL ACCIDENTS124

IX. A NIGHT ADVENTURE ON THE DENT BLANCHE152

X. ALONE ON THE DENT BLANCHE167

XI. A STIRRING DAY ON THE ROSETTA182

XII. THE ZINAL ROTHHORN TWICE IN ONE DAY195

XIII. BENIGHTED ON A SNOW PEAK208

XIV. THE STORY OF A BIG JUMP222

XV. A PERILOUS FIRST ASCENT235

XVI. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ALPS257

XVII. LANDSLIPS IN THE MOUNTAINS275

XVIII. SOME TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES291

XIX. FALLING STONES AND FALLING BODIES310

GLOSSARY327

INDEX: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, Z329