The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . od deal toknock off the old romance of mountaineering, andto foster the gymnastic at the expense of theadventurous element. Mountaineering as a sport has the merit of beinginexpensive, so far as the necessary outfit , rope, stout boots, closely nailed round theedge of the sole and sparsely elsewhere, and a rucksack (originally the game-bag of theTyrolese hunter, which has now gradually super-seded the old knapsack), will leave change out of afive pound note. Shirts (flannel) and stockingsshould be fairly new ;
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . od deal toknock off the old romance of mountaineering, andto foster the gymnastic at the expense of theadventurous element. Mountaineering as a sport has the merit of beinginexpensive, so far as the necessary outfit , rope, stout boots, closely nailed round theedge of the sole and sparsely elsewhere, and a rucksack (originally the game-bag of theTyrolese hunter, which has now gradually super-seded the old knapsack), will leave change out of afive pound note. Shirts (flannel) and stockingsshould be fairly new ; other clothes can hardlybe too old, provided they are still strong. Thewriter has found a light mackintosh bag con-venient, to be slipped into the rucksack. Articles of1 I thing, toilet, and such like can be packed in thisand kept dry, leaving the top of the sack for provi-sions or miscellaneous articles like gaiters or gloves,which are occasionally required at short notice. Ifa leather handle be attached, it can be used as ahandbag on the railway. Guides are, of course,. FULLY EQUIPPED.(P/iofo : G. P. Abraham, Keswicft.) an expense, particularly if engaged for single ex-peditions. The regular climber, however, usuallyretains his guide beforehand for the whole periodof his proposed tour, in which case the terms aremore moderate. Generally it may be said that thecost of a guide in Switzerland is about doublewhat it is in the German Alps. Against this maybe set the fact that the mountains are bigger,and many expeditions more arduous. For English-men, at any rate, the Alps of Switzerland andSavoy will always remain the classical ground ofmountaineering. MOUNTAINEERING FROM A WOMANSPOINT OF VIEW. By MRS. AUBREY LE BLOND. THOUGH the first climbers of the Alps weremen, it was not long before women beganto claim a share in the pastime. It isstrange that, while the women who mountaineernowadays belong exclusively to the upper classes,the pioneers of female enterprise on the Alps werepe
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