Ski-runs in the High Alps

CHAPTER III

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FROM THE COL DU PILLON TO THE GEMMI PASS (DIABLERETS, WILDHORN, WILDSTRUBEL, AND KANDERSTEG) 59

The range--Ski-runners’ logic--Itinerary--The Plan des Roses--Untoward experiences on the Rawyl pass--Death through exposure--The _Daily Mail_ and Mr. Arnold Lunn’s feat--House-breaking--On the Gemmi--Perspective and levels--Relief models of the Alps--My smoking den--Old Egger.