The Ascent of the Matterhorn
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. CONTENTS.4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.5. CHAPTER I.6. CHAPTER II. THE ASCENT OF MONT PELVOUX.7. CHAPTER III. MY FIRST SCRAMBLE ON THE MATTERHORN.8. CHAPTER IV. RENEWED ATTEMPTS TO ASCEND THE MATTERHORN.9. CHAPTER V. THE VAL TOURNANCHE—DIRECT PASS FROM BREIL TO ZERMATT (BREUILJOCH)—ZERMATT—FIRST ASCENT OF THE GRAND TOURNALIN.10. CHAPTER VI. OUR SIXTH ATTEMPT TO ASCEND THE MATTERHORN.8111. CHAPTER VII. FROM ST. MICHEL ON THE MONT CENIS ROAD BY THE COL DES AIGUILLES D’ARVE, COL DE MARTIGNARE, AND THE BRÈCHE DE LA MEIJE TO LA BÉRARDE.12. CHAPTER VIII THE FIRST ASCENT OF THE POINTE DES ECRINS.13. CHAPTER IX. FROM VAL LOUISE TO LA BÉRARDE BY THE COL DE PILATTE.11514. CHAPTER X. THE FIRST PASSAGE OF THE COL DE TRIOLET, AND FIRST ASCENTS OF MONT DOLENT, AIGUILLE DE TRÉLATÊTE, AND AIGUILLE D’ARGENTIÈRE.15. CHAPTER XI. THE FIRST PASSAGE OF THE MOMING PASS—ZINAL TO ZERMATT.16. CHAPTER XII. THE FIRST ASCENT OF THE GRAND CORNIER.17. CHAPTER XIII. THE ASCENT OF THE DENT BLANCHE.18. CHAPTER XIV. LOST ON THE COL D’HÉRENS.—MY SEVENTH ATTEMPT TO ASCEND THE MATTERHORN.19. CHAPTER XV. THE FIRST PASSAGE OF THE COL DOLENT.20. CHAPTER XVI. THE FIRST ASCENT OF THE AIGUILLE VERTE.21. CHAPTER XVII. THE FIRST PASSAGE OF THE COL DE TALÈFRE.22. CHAPTER XVIII. THE FIRST ASCENT OF THE RUINETTE—THE MATTERHORN.23. CHAPTER XIX. THE FIRST ASCENT OF THE MATTERHORN.24. CHAPTER XX. DESCENT OF THE MATTERHORN.23325. APPENDIX.26. A. The Death of Bennen.25327. B. Struck by Lightning upon the Matterhorn.25428. C. Note To Chapter VII.29. D. Subsequent History of the Matterhorn.25830. E. TABLE OF ATTEMPTS MADE TO ASCEND THE MATTERHORN PREVIOUS TO THE FIRST ASCENT.31. F. ASCENTS OF THE MATTERHORN.32. G. Courte Note sur la Géologie du Matterhorn. Par Signor F. Giordano, Ingénieur en Chef des Mines d’Italie, etc. etc.33. H. Professor Tyndall and the Matterhorn.34. THE MATTERHORN AND ITS GLACIERS35. THE VALLEY OF ZERMATT36. Footnotes37. Transcriber’s Note