. Sierra Club bulletin . OBERGABELHORN, ROTHHORN, AND MATTERHORN. AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 12,500 THE BURGENERS FATHER AND SONS. (ALEXANDER BURGENER, JR., IN THE MIDDLE.)From photographs by the Author, 1905. An Ascent of the Matterhorn. yg Very early on Thursday morning, July 20th, Burgenerwas out sniffing the weather. It still looked was a high wind, and cloud-wracks, driven withgreat velocity, almost combed the ledge on which thecabin stood, then dashed up against the towering massof the mountain, like breakers against cliffs. There wasa chance that the wea
. Sierra Club bulletin . OBERGABELHORN, ROTHHORN, AND MATTERHORN. AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 12,500 THE BURGENERS FATHER AND SONS. (ALEXANDER BURGENER, JR., IN THE MIDDLE.)From photographs by the Author, 1905. An Ascent of the Matterhorn. yg Very early on Thursday morning, July 20th, Burgenerwas out sniffing the weather. It still looked was a high wind, and cloud-wracks, driven withgreat velocity, almost combed the ledge on which thecabin stood, then dashed up against the towering massof the mountain, like breakers against cliffs. There wasa chance that the weather might clear, and we decided totrust to luck and take the risk. David packed up ourlunch, consisting of wine, tea, some meats, and variouscondensed foods usually taken by mountaineers. I tookmy camera, a small flask of rum, and a few small , carrying a new rope and rucksack with somelunch, led the way into the night, for the dawn wasscarcely beginning to break. Not far above the cabin westruck the northeast arete. Here we roped ourselvestogether securely. Cockroft was placed immediately be-hi
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