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The Making of a Mountaineer

The Making of a Mountaineer

by George Ingle Finch

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About this eBook

Author
Finch, George Ingle, 1888-1970
Title
The making of a mountaineer
Original Publication
United Kingdom: Arrowsmith,1924.
Credits
Amber Black, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
Subject
Mountaineering
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 69128
Release Date
October 10, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE MAKING OF A MOUNTAINEER
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4.PREFACE
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.CHAPTER I EARLY DAYS
  7. 7.CHAPTER II CLIMBING IN CORSICA
  8. 8.CHAPTER III THE WETTERHORN
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV THE JUNGFRAU
  10. 10.CHAPTER V THE JUNGFRAU AND THE JUNGFRAUJOCH
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI ON SKIS IN THE BERNESE OBERLAND
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII ON SKIS IN THE BERNESE OBERLAND ( continued )
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII A WINTER’S NIGHT ON THE TÖDI
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX THE BIFERTENSTOCK
  15. 15.CHAPTER X MONTE ROSA
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI THE TWINS — Castor — Pollux.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII THE MATTERHORN—A BEGINNER’S IMPRESSIONS
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII THE MATTERHORN
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV THE DENT D’HÉRENS
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV MONT BLANC
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI MONT BLANC FROM THE SOUTH
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII TWO CHAMONIX AIGUILLES — The Requin — The Grépon
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII THE AIGUILLE DU DRU
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX TOWARDS MOUNT EVEREST
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX MOUNT EVEREST
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI MOUNTAINEERING PHOTOGRAPHY — Transcriber’s Note:

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