Four of the chapters in this book have appeared before in the pages of the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal (A Chuilionn, Wastdale Head, A Reverie, and the Oromaniacal Quest). They all, however, have been partly rewritten, so the author trusts that he may be excused for offering to the public wares which are not entirely fresh. The Fragment from a Lost MS., and part of the chapter on the Lofoten Islands, were first printed in the Alpine Journal. The author also takes this opportunity of thanking Mr. Colin B. Phillip, first, for allowing photogravure reproductions to be made of two of his pictures (The Coolin and the Macgillicuddy's Reeks), and secondly, for the great trouble Mr. Phillip took in producing the three sketches of the Himalayan mountains which are to be found in the text.
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| | CHAP. | | PAGE | | I. | General History of Mountaineering in the Himalaya, | 1 | | II. | Our Journey out to Nanga Parbat, | 25 | | III. | The Rupal Nullah, | 38 | | IV. | First Journey to Diamirai Nullah and the Diamirai Pass, | 57 | | V. | Second Journey to Diamirai Nullah and Ascent to 21,000 feet, | 70 | | VI. | Ascent of the Diamirai Peak, | 85 | | VII. | Attempt to ascend Nanga Parbat, | 104 | | VIII. | The Indus Valley and Third Journey to Diamirai Nullah | 118 | | The Canadian Rocky Mountains, | | 135 | | The Alps, | | 165 | | The Lofoten Islands, | | 185 | | A Chuilionn, | | 211 | | The Mountains of Ireland, | | 225 | | Prehistoric Climbing near Wastdale Head, | | 245 | | A Reverie, | | 263 | | The Oromaniacal Quest, | | 283 | | Fragment from a Lost MS., | | 299 | | Notes on the Himalayan Mountains, | | 305 | | Index, | | 311 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | A Stormy Sunset, | Frontispiece | | | A Himalayan Camp, | To face page | 2 | | A Himalayan Nullah | "" | 38 | | The Diamirai Pass from the Red Pass, | "" | 62 | | The Mazeno Peaks from the Red Pass, | "" | 74 | | The Diamirai Peak from the Red Pass, | "" | 88 | | View of the Diamirai Peak from the Red Pass, | "" | 90 | | On Nanga Parbat, from Upper Camp, | "" | 104 | | Nanga Parbat from the Diamirai Glacier, | "" | 110 | | Do. Do. Do., | "" | 112 | | View of Diama Glacier from Slopes of Diamirai Peak, | "" | 116 | | The Diama Pass from the Rakiot Nullah, | "" | 120 | | The Chongra Peaks from the Red Pass, | "" | 122 | | The Freshfield Glacier, | "" | 148 | | A Crevasse on Mont Blanc, | "" | 166 | | Lofoten, | "" | 186 | | The Coolin, | "" | 212 | | The Macgillicuddy's Reeks, | "" | 226 |
LIST OF MAPS | Map of Kashmir, | To face page | 28 | | Map of Nanga Parbat, | "" | 40 | | Canadian Rocky Mountains. | | | | Map of the Ice-fields and the Mountains, | "" | 144 |
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