Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I THE LAUWINEN-THOR
- CHAPTER II DISASTER ON THE COL DU GÉANT
- CHAPTER III THE MATTERHORN—FIRST ASSAULT, WITH J. J. BENNEN AS GUIDE
- CHAPTER IV THERMOMETRIC STATIONS ON MONT BLANC
- CHAPTER V A LETTER FROM BȂLE
- CHAPTER VI THE URBACHTHAL AND GAULI GLACIER
- CHAPTER VII THE GRIMSEL AND THE ÆGGISCHHORN
- CHAPTER VIII THE BEL ALP
- CHAPTER IX THE WEISSHORN
- CHAPTER X INSPECTION OF THE MATTERHORN WITH BENNEN
- CHAPTER XI OVER THE MORO
- CHAPTER XII THE OLD WEISSTHOR
- CHAPTER XIII RESCUE FROM A CREVASSE
- CHAPTER XIV THE MATTERHORN—SECOND ASSAULT, IN COMPANY WITH BENNEN
- CHAPTER XV FROM STEIN TO THE GRIMSEL
- CHAPTER XVI THE OBERAARJOCH.—ADVENTURE AT THE ÆGGISCHHORN
- CHAPTER XVII ASCENT OF THE JUNGFRAU
- CHAPTER XVIII DEATH OF BENNEN ON THE HAUT DE CRY
- CHAPTER XIX ACCIDENT ON THE PIZ MORTERATSCH
- CHAPTER XX ALPINE SCULPTURE
- CHAPTER XXI SEARCH ON THE MATTERHORN: A PROJECT
- CHAPTER XXII THE TITLIS, FINSTERAARSCHLUCHT, PETERSGRAT, AND ITALIAN LAKES
- CHAPTER XXIII ASCENT OF THE EIGER AND PASSAGE OF THE TRIFT
- CHAPTER XXIV THE MATTERHORN—THIRD AND LAST ASSAULT
- CHAPTER XXV ASCENT OF THE ALETSCHHORN
- CHAPTER XXVI A DAY AMONG THE SÉRACS OF THE GLACIER DU GÉANT FOURTEEN YEARS AGO
- NOTES AND COMMENTS ON ICE AND GLACIERS AND OTHER SCRAPS
CHAPTER IV - THERMOMETRIC STATIONS ON MONT BLANC
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I THE LAUWINEN-THOR
- CHAPTER II DISASTER ON THE COL DU GÉANT
- CHAPTER III THE MATTERHORN—FIRST ASSAULT, WITH J. J. BENNEN AS GUIDE
- CHAPTER IV THERMOMETRIC STATIONS ON MONT BLANC
- CHAPTER V A LETTER FROM BȂLE
- CHAPTER VI THE URBACHTHAL AND GAULI GLACIER
- CHAPTER VII THE GRIMSEL AND THE ÆGGISCHHORN
- CHAPTER VIII THE BEL ALP
- CHAPTER IX THE WEISSHORN
- CHAPTER X INSPECTION OF THE MATTERHORN WITH BENNEN
- CHAPTER XI OVER THE MORO
- CHAPTER XII THE OLD WEISSTHOR
- CHAPTER XIII RESCUE FROM A CREVASSE
- CHAPTER XIV THE MATTERHORN—SECOND ASSAULT, IN COMPANY WITH BENNEN
- CHAPTER XV FROM STEIN TO THE GRIMSEL
- CHAPTER XVI THE OBERAARJOCH.—ADVENTURE AT THE ÆGGISCHHORN
- CHAPTER XVII ASCENT OF THE JUNGFRAU
- CHAPTER XVIII DEATH OF BENNEN ON THE HAUT DE CRY
- CHAPTER XIX ACCIDENT ON THE PIZ MORTERATSCH
- CHAPTER XX ALPINE SCULPTURE
- CHAPTER XXI SEARCH ON THE MATTERHORN: A PROJECT
- CHAPTER XXII THE TITLIS, FINSTERAARSCHLUCHT, PETERSGRAT, AND ITALIAN LAKES
- CHAPTER XXIII ASCENT OF THE EIGER AND PASSAGE OF THE TRIFT
- CHAPTER XXIV THE MATTERHORN—THIRD AND LAST ASSAULT
- CHAPTER XXV ASCENT OF THE ALETSCHHORN
- CHAPTER XXVI A DAY AMONG THE SÉRACS OF THE GLACIER DU GÉANT FOURTEEN YEARS AGO
- NOTES AND COMMENTS ON ICE AND GLACIERS AND OTHER SCRAPS
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- Hours of Exercise in the Alps , pp. 53 - 58Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1871