Adventures on the Roof of the World

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I SOME TALES OF ALPINE GUIDES

CHAPTER II TWO DAYS ON AN ICE-SLOPE

CHAPTER III SOME AVALANCHE ADVENTURES

CHAPTER IV A MONTH BENEATH AN AVALANCHE

CHAPTER V A MONTH BENEATH AN AVALANCHE ( continued )

CHAPTER VI AN EXCITING CAUCASIAN ASCENT

CHAPTER VII A MELANCHOLY QUEST

CHAPTER VIII SOME NARROW ESCAPES AND FATAL ACCIDENTS

CHAPTER IX A NIGHT ADVENTURE ON THE DENT BLANCHE

CHAPTER X ALONE ON THE DENT BLANCHE

CHAPTER XI A STIRRING DAY ON THE ROSETTA

CHAPTER XII THE ZINAL ROTHHORN TWICE IN ONE DAY

CHAPTER XIII BENIGHTED ON A SNOW PEAK

CHAPTER XIV THE STORY OF A BIG JUMP

CHAPTER XV A PERILOUS FIRST ASCENT

CHAPTER XVI THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ALPS

CHAPTER XVII LANDSLIPS IN THE MOUNTAINS

CHAPTER XVIII SOME TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES

CHAPTER XIX FALLING STONES AND FALLING BODIES

GLOSSARY

INDEX

ADVENTURES ON THE ROOF OF
THE WORLD

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The finding of the last bivouac of Messrs. Donkin and Fox in the Caucasus. (P. 116.) From a drawing by Mr. Willink after a sketch by Captain Powell. Taken, by kind permission of Mr. Douglas Freshfield, from “The Exploration of the Caucasus.” Frontispiece.

The finding of the last bivouac of Messrs. Donkin and Fox in the Caucasus. (P. 116.)
From a drawing by Mr. Willink after a sketch by Captain Powell. Taken, by kind permission of Mr. Douglas Freshfield,
from “The Exploration of the Caucasus.”
Frontispiece.

ADVENTURES ON THE
ROOF OF THE WORLD

BY
MRS AUBREY LE BLOND
(Mrs MAIN)

AUTHOR OF
“MY HOME IN THE ALPS,” “TRUE TALES OF MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE,” ETC.


ILLUSTRATED

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LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1904


(All rights reserved.)

TO

J O S E P H   I M B O D E N

MY GUIDE AND FRIEND FOR TWENTY YEARS,

I dedicate

THESE RECORDS OF A PASTIME IN WHICH I OWE

MY SHARE TO HIS SKILL, COURAGE, AND

HELPFUL COMPANIONSHIP.

 


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