Category: Adventure
The start at midnight--Ascending the Montees--Arrival at the Petit Plateau--An attempt at breakfast on the Grand Plateau--The expedition jeopardised through mountain sickness--Churlish "foreigners"--The ascent resumed--Repose on the Rochers des Bosses--Climbing the Mauvaise Ar...
On a delightful evening in the month of July, 1881, table d'hote being over, my friend S---- and myself were seated under the verandah of the hotel d'Angleterre at Chamonix; the...
4. CHAPTER IV.The start at midnight--Ascending the Montees--Arrival at the Petit Plateau--An attempt at breakfast on the Grand Plateau--The expedition jeopardised through mountain sickness--C...
5. CHAPTER V.Descending the "back bone"--Approach of clouds--An unfortunate slip--Floundering in the snow--In danger--An awkward descent--In and out of the snow--The "Cabane" at last--Delici...
2. CHAPTER II.3. CHAPTER III.1. CHAPTER I.