Chapter I: The Lauwinen-Thor 1

II. DISASTER ON THE COL DU GÉANT 18
III. THE MATTERHORN--FIRST ASSAULT, WITH J. J. BENNEN AS GUIDE 27
IV. THERMOMETRIC STATIONS ON MONT BLANC 53
V. A LETTER FROM BÂLE 59
NOTE ON THE SOUND OF AGITATED WATER 65
VI. THE URBACHTHAL AND GAULI GLACIER 66
VII. THE GRIMSEL AND THE ÆGGISCHHORN 75
NOTE ON CLOUDS 82
VIII. THE BEL ALP 86
IX. THE WEISSHORN 91
X. INSPECTION OF THE MATTERHORN WITH BENNEN 114
XI. OVER THE MORO 125
XII. THE OLD WEISSTHOR 130
XIII. RESCUE FROM A CREVASSE 141
XIV. THE MATTERHORN--SECOND ASSAULT, IN COMPANY WITH BENNEN 153
XV. FROM STEIN TO THE GRIMSEL 166
XVI. THE OBERAARJOCH.--ADVENTURE AT THE ÆGGISCHHORN 174
XVII. ASCENT OF THE JUNGFRAU 180
XVIII. DEATH OF BENNEN ON THE HAUT DE CRY 192
XIX. ACCIDENT ON THE PIZ MORTERATSCH 206
XX. ALPINE SCULPTURE 219
XXI. SEARCH ON THE MATTERHORN: A PROJECT 252
XXII. THE TITLIS, FINSTERAARSCHLUCHT, PETERSGRAT, AND
ITALIAN LAKES 255
XXIII. ASCENT OF THE EIGER AND PASSAGE OF THE TRIFT 265
XXIV. THE MATTERHORN--THIRD AND LAST ASSAULT 271
XXV. ASCENT OF THE ALETSCHHORN 295
XXVI. A DAY AMONG THE SÉRACS OF THE GLACIER DU GÉANT
FOURTEEN YEARS AGO 318

_NOTES ON ICE AND GLACIERS, ETC._