. My summer in the Alps, 1913 . Europe, and where such people,being led by inferior guides (always plentiful), are overtakenby a furious storm, it need cause no surprise if they come togrief. We spent the night preceding the climb at the usual point,namely, the Grands Mulets, splendidly situated at a height ofover 10,000 feet in the midst of snow and ice, reaching it infive and one-half hours from Chamonix and arriving in time toenjoy the afternoon and evening views from our lofty were very frequent this year and we witnessed twoof the first order. The first, from the Glaci
. My summer in the Alps, 1913 . Europe, and where such people,being led by inferior guides (always plentiful), are overtakenby a furious storm, it need cause no surprise if they come togrief. We spent the night preceding the climb at the usual point,namely, the Grands Mulets, splendidly situated at a height ofover 10,000 feet in the midst of snow and ice, reaching it infive and one-half hours from Chamonix and arriving in time toenjoy the afternoon and evening views from our lofty were very frequent this year and we witnessed twoof the first order. The first, from the Glacier des Bossons,strewed the path below the Pierre Pointue with great blocks ofice, and would have brought death to anyone using it at thattime. The other, lasting several minutes, resembled a splendidwaterfall, about 400 feet high and fifty feet wide. Next morning we left the Grands Mulets at a. m.,and reached the summit seven hours later. Of this time we werewalking about six and one-quarter hours. The condition of the[16]. snow was not particularly good, but neither was it bad. Theprincipal points on the route are: Le Petit Plateau, Le GrandPlateau, La Cote du Dome, Le Col du Dome, Les Bosses, LaMauvaise Arete, La Cote de la Tournette, La Culotte and theSummit. Perhaps the route may be roughly described by sayingthat two-thirds of it (to the Col du Dome) is principally oversteep, broad surfaces of snow, either those leading to the pla-teaus, or the plateaus themselves, while the remaining third isprincipally along ridges of snow or ice. We experienced all sortsof weather. Between and 4 a. m., on the Grand Plateau,we were in a snow storm which threatened at one time to renderfurther progress impossible, but we persisted and obtained ourreward in the shape of clear skies later. At 6 oclock, theweather having changed, it came on to blow strong and cold fromthe north, and the last two hours of the ascent were made in awind with a velocity of 30 to 40 miles an hour and wi
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