Ski-runs in the high Alps . any unskiable places, and in the end getshome more after the style of birds borne through theair than after the fashion of the clod-hopping is, to wind up with, a note of the total verticaldisplacement which we have shown may be attained,with ski, in the course of eight days. From Orsieresto Cabane dOrny, 1,802 metres; to Aiguille du Tour, THE GRAND COMBIN 205 839; to Aiguille Chardonnet, 1,131; from Bourg to Grand St. Bernard hospice, 839; thence toCol de Fenetre, 228; from Lourtier to Panossierehut, 1,613; thence to Grand Combin, 1,617 ; Coldes
Ski-runs in the high Alps . any unskiable places, and in the end getshome more after the style of birds borne through theair than after the fashion of the clod-hopping is, to wind up with, a note of the total verticaldisplacement which we have shown may be attained,with ski, in the course of eight days. From Orsieresto Cabane dOrny, 1,802 metres; to Aiguille du Tour, THE GRAND COMBIN 205 839; to Aiguille Chardonnet, 1,131; from Bourg to Grand St. Bernard hospice, 839; thence toCol de Fenetre, 228; from Lourtier to Panossierehut, 1,613; thence to Grand Combin, 1,617 ; Coldes Avolions, 125 ; metres, 8,194. Of course, themeasurement on the ground would show a still moresignificant total, but I do not really believe thatmore than 600 yards need be added on that the other side the following items may bededucted, as done on foot, climbing: Tour, 270;Chardonnet, 500; Combin, 1,000—metres, 1, leaves, as actually ascended on ski, a minimumof 7,000 metres, a trifle under 23,000 CHAPTEK VIII ACEOSS THE PENNINE ALPS ON SKI BY THEHIGH-LEVEL EOUTE. The high-level route—Previous attempts—My itinerary—Marcel Kurz—The wise old men of Bourg St. Pierre—Maurice Crettex—Guides with bamboos and laupars!—Thesnow-clad cliffs of Sonadon—The Chanrion hut—Sealed-upcrevasses—The nameless pass—Louis Theytaz—The PignedArolla—The Bertol hut—Why the Dent Blanche could beascended—The ladies maids easy job—The dreadfulsummer slabs—We push past two constables —My cane—We bash in her ladyships white bonnet—The Ice-Maidpresses gently my finger-tips—The cornice crashes down—Asecond night in the Bertol hut—The Col dHerens—Animpending tragedy—A milk-pail versus ski—Dr. Koenig andCaptain Meade—The real tragedy of Theytazs death—Eopesand crevasses—Mr. Moores account—My comments—TheMischabel range and Monte Eosa,
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