Front matter

Climbing the Matterhorn by the Zmutt ridge.

“We had to cut steps across a wide ice slope” (page 187).

Frontispiece

THE MAKING OF A MOUNTAINEER

BY

GEORGE INGLE FINCH

WITH SEVENTY-EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS, ONE DRAWING AND TWO DIAGRAMS

ARROWSMITH :: LONDON :: W.C.1

First published in May, 1924

Printed in Great Britain by J. W. ARROWSMITH LTD. 11 Quay St. & 12 Small St., Bristol

To MY WIFE