FOOTNOTES:[1]These are now known as Mummery nails, and are often used by climbers.[2]True Tales of Mountain Adventure, pp. 42 and 43.[3]Or, in modern phraseology, “avalanches.”[4]Mountain aneroids generally overstate the heights. The height of Gestola is now computed at 15,932 feet, and that of Tetnuld at 15,918 feet.[5]“Good God! The Sleeping-place!”[6]“I am still living.”[7]Above the Snow Line, by Clinton Dent.[8]True Tales of Mountain Adventure, p. 269.[9]True Tales of Mountain Adventure, p. 134.[10]At the moment of going to press, I must note a fatal accident on the mountains due to lightning, namely, the death of the guide, Joseph Simond, on the Dent du Géant. This I had overlooked.[11]SeeTrue Tales of Mountain Adventure.[12]“Ah! That is really wonderfully beautiful!”[13]All details connected with this avalanche were collected on the spot, and shortly afterwards published in a volume,Der Bergsturz von Elm, by E. Buss and A. Heim. Zürich, 1881.
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[1]These are now known as Mummery nails, and are often used by climbers.
[1]These are now known as Mummery nails, and are often used by climbers.
[2]True Tales of Mountain Adventure, pp. 42 and 43.
[2]True Tales of Mountain Adventure, pp. 42 and 43.
[3]Or, in modern phraseology, “avalanches.”
[3]Or, in modern phraseology, “avalanches.”
[4]Mountain aneroids generally overstate the heights. The height of Gestola is now computed at 15,932 feet, and that of Tetnuld at 15,918 feet.
[4]Mountain aneroids generally overstate the heights. The height of Gestola is now computed at 15,932 feet, and that of Tetnuld at 15,918 feet.
[5]“Good God! The Sleeping-place!”
[5]“Good God! The Sleeping-place!”
[6]“I am still living.”
[6]“I am still living.”
[7]Above the Snow Line, by Clinton Dent.
[7]Above the Snow Line, by Clinton Dent.
[8]True Tales of Mountain Adventure, p. 269.
[8]True Tales of Mountain Adventure, p. 269.
[9]True Tales of Mountain Adventure, p. 134.
[9]True Tales of Mountain Adventure, p. 134.
[10]At the moment of going to press, I must note a fatal accident on the mountains due to lightning, namely, the death of the guide, Joseph Simond, on the Dent du Géant. This I had overlooked.
[10]At the moment of going to press, I must note a fatal accident on the mountains due to lightning, namely, the death of the guide, Joseph Simond, on the Dent du Géant. This I had overlooked.
[11]SeeTrue Tales of Mountain Adventure.
[11]SeeTrue Tales of Mountain Adventure.
[12]“Ah! That is really wonderfully beautiful!”
[12]“Ah! That is really wonderfully beautiful!”
[13]All details connected with this avalanche were collected on the spot, and shortly afterwards published in a volume,Der Bergsturz von Elm, by E. Buss and A. Heim. Zürich, 1881.
[13]All details connected with this avalanche were collected on the spot, and shortly afterwards published in a volume,Der Bergsturz von Elm, by E. Buss and A. Heim. Zürich, 1881.