. The encyclopaedia of sport. em-ber, when all thesnow has meltedaway, the self-sameice-falls may be-come very danger-ous indeed, or quiteimpassable. Thereis a fourth kind ofdanger from fallingice, which, however,a climber rarely en-counters. It occursat the edge of someglaciers and at thesnout of a glacier isswelling in width, oradvancing, its out-side edge oftenbreaks away in largelumps and falls out-wards. This is more commonly seen in the Arctic regions than in theAlps or Himalayas. At the snout of everyglacier, where the drainage river flows out froman icy cave, falls of ice fre
. The encyclopaedia of sport. em-ber, when all thesnow has meltedaway, the self-sameice-falls may be-come very danger-ous indeed, or quiteimpassable. Thereis a fourth kind ofdanger from fallingice, which, however,a climber rarely en-counters. It occursat the edge of someglaciers and at thesnout of a glacier isswelling in width, oradvancing, its out-side edge oftenbreaks away in largelumps and falls out-wards. This is more commonly seen in the Arctic regions than in theAlps or Himalayas. At the snout of everyglacier, where the drainage river flows out froman icy cave, falls of ice frequently occur. Once,when I was encamped about 200 yards from theice-cave of a very large glacier, a great mass ofice, weighing many thousands of tons, fell intothe river, and dammed up a great part of itswidth, sending a huge torrent of water suddenlyin a new direction. Our camp had the narrowestpossible escape from being swept away in thisunforeseen manner. It is always necessary tohave foresight and caution when one is near. In- an Ice-fall. what may be called the active parts of amountain or glacier. Snou! Avalanches—^^e must now pass on toconsider the dangers that come from accumu-lations of snow falling upon a climber. Theseare some of the most insidious that the moun-tains present. Such falls, of course, are liableto occur only when snow is in an unstablecondition, that is to say, either early in theyear when the winter snow is rapidly melting,or after recent bad weather when there is aquantity of new snow about. Days when snowis in an unstable condition are very easily re-cognised ; then itbehoves the climberto be wary and keephis eyes about beds of snowthat have accumu-lated on rock ledgesthen fall off, andsuffice to upset aclimber, notwith-standing their rela-tive that has newlyfallen upon slopesof ice is alwaysliable to peel offand come thunder-ing or swishingdown in quantitysufficient to over-whelm or carry awaya man. Couloirsare the n
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