True Tales of Mountain Adventures
- Subtitle
- For Non-Climbers Young and Old
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1. Front matter2. TRUE TALES OF MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE3. PREFACE4. ERRATA5. CHAPTER I WHAT IS MOUNTAINEERING?6. CHAPTER II A FEW WORDS ABOUT GLACIERS7. CHAPTER III AVALANCHES8. CHAPTER IV THE GUIDES OF THE ALPS: WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO9. CHAPTER V THE GUIDES OF THE ALPS—(continued).10. CHAPTER VI AN AVALANCHE ON THE HAUT-DE-CRY11. CHAPTER VII CAUGHT IN AN AVALANCHE ON THE MATTERHORN12. CHAPTER VIII LOST IN THE ICE FOR FORTY YEARS13. CHAPTER IX THE MOST TERRIBLE OF ALL ALPINE TRAGEDIES14. CHAPTER X A WONDERFUL SLIDE DOWN A WALL OF ICE15. CHAPTER XI AN ADVENTURE ON THE TRIFT PASS16. CHAPTER XII AN EXCITING PASSAGE OF THE COL DE PILATTE17. CHAPTER XIII AN ADVENTURE ON THE ALETSCH GLACIER18. CHAPTER XIV A WONDERFUL FEAT BY TWO LADIES19. CHAPTER XV A FINE PERFORMANCE WITHOUT GUIDES20. CHAPTER XVI THE PIZ SCERSCEN TWICE IN FOUR DAYS—THE FIRST ASCENT OF MONT BLANC BY A WOMAN.21. CHAPTER XVII THE ASCENT OF A WALL OF ICE22. CHAPTER XVIII THE AIGUILLE DU DRU23. CHAPTER XIX THE MOST FAMOUS MOUNTAIN IN THE ALPS—THE CONQUEST OF THE MATTERHORN24. CHAPTER XX SOME TRAGEDIES ON THE MATTERHORN25. CHAPTER XXI THE WHOLE DUTY OF THE CLIMBER—ALPINE DISTRESS SIGNALS26. GLOSSARY.