The Alps . ty valley,a little bluff near Randa, and the Matterhornsoars once more into a stainless sky. Thereare no clouds, and probably not anotherstranger in the valley. The hotels are closedthe sardine tins are buried, and the Matterhornrenews like the immortals an undying great mountain remained unconqueredmainly because it inspired in the hearts ofthe bravest guides a despairing belief in itsinaccessibility. There seemed, writes , to be a cordon drawn round itup to which one might go, but no that line gins and efreets were sup-posed to exist—the wanderin
The Alps . ty valley,a little bluff near Randa, and the Matterhornsoars once more into a stainless sky. Thereare no clouds, and probably not anotherstranger in the valley. The hotels are closedthe sardine tins are buried, and the Matterhornrenews like the immortals an undying great mountain remained unconqueredmainly because it inspired in the hearts ofthe bravest guides a despairing belief in itsinaccessibility. There seemed, writes , to be a cordon drawn round itup to which one might go, but no that line gins and efreets were sup-posed to exist—the wandering Jew and thespirits of the damned. The superstitiousnatives in the surrounding valleys (many ofwhom firmly believed it to be not only thehighest mountain in the Alps, but in the world)spoke of a ruined city on the summit wherein STORY OF THE MATTERHORN 149 the spirits dwelt; and if you laughed theygravely shook their heads, told you to lookyourself to see the castle and walls, and SPOT WHERE HADOW SUPPEO. WHERE BODIESWERE POUND I. THE MATTERHORN FROM THE NORTH-EAST (ZERMAT). The left-hand ridge in the Furgg Grat and the shoulder () is theFurgg shoulder from which Mummery traversed across to the Swiss faceon his attempt on the Furgg Grat. The central ridge is the Xorth-east ridge. , is the point wherethe climb begins. S is the Swiss shoulder, A the Swiss summit,B the Italian summit. The route of the first ascent is marked. Now-adays it is usual to keep closer to the ridge in the early part of theclimb and to climb from the shoulder S to the summit A. Fixedropes hang tiiroughout this section. T is the group of rocky teeth onthe Zmutt ridge. warned one against a rash approach, lestthe infuriated demons from their impregnableheights might hurl down vengeance for onesderision. Those who have a sense for the dramatic 150 THE ALPS unities will feel that, for once in a way, Lifelived up to the conventions of Art, andthat even a great dramatist could scarcelyhave bettered the
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