CHAPTER XIX

THE FIRST CROSSING OF MOUNT COOK—_continued_

Testing a Leg—A Moonlight Ride—We start for the Traverse—Avalanches—The Rolling Mists—The Commissariat—The Plateau by Moonlight—Schrunds in the Dusk—A 3000-Feet Slope—On the Main Arête—Snow Ridges and Rocks—Magnificent Views—The Final Slopes—The Summit gained 283