True Tales of Mountain Adventures

True Tales of Mountain Adventures

Blond Aubrey le, pioneer of mountaineering (1860-1934)


This ebook presents «True Tales of Mountain Adventures», from Blond Aubrey le. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Dedication

- Preface

- What Is Mountaineering

- A Few Words About Glaciers

- Avalanches

- The Guides Of The Alps What They Are And What They Do

- The Guides Of The Alps Continued

- An Avalanche On The Haut De Cry

- Caught In An Avalanche On The Matterhorn

- Lost In The Ice For Forty Years

- The Most Terrible Of All Alpine Tragedies

- A Wonderful Slide Down A Wall Of Ice

- An Adventure On The Trift Pass

- An Exciting Passage Of The Col De Pilatte

- An Adventure On The Aletsch Glacier

- A Wonderful Feat By Two Ladies

- A Fine Performance Without Guides

- The Piz Scerscen Twice In Four Days The First Ascent Of Mont Blanc By A Woman

- The Ascent Of A Wall Of Ice

- The Aiguille Du Dru

- The Most Famous Mountain In The Alps The Conquest Of The Matterhorn

- Some Tragedies On The Matterhorn

- The Whole Duty Of The Climber Alpine Distress Signals

- Footnotes