. The Rockies of Canada; . N—ATTEMPTS TO CLIMB MT. ASSINIBOINE — REACHES THE SUMMIT AND DESCENDS BY THENORTH ARETE —HIS ASCENT OF MT. BRYCE — SCALING APRECIPITOUS CLIFF —A THRILLING DESCENT IN THE NIGHT— DR. EGGERS ACCOUNT OF THE ASCENT OF MT. DELTA-FORM — CHRISTIAN FINDS HIMSELF IN A BAD POSITION —THE SUMMIT REACHED AFTER TEN HOURS CLIMBING —BRIGHT FUTURE FOR MOUNTAINEERING IN THE ROCKIES. THE time has gone by when even a brief resumeof climbing in the Canadian Rockies can becompressed into the limits of a moderate-sized volume. I shall therefore make no attempt towrite a history of
. The Rockies of Canada; . N—ATTEMPTS TO CLIMB MT. ASSINIBOINE — REACHES THE SUMMIT AND DESCENDS BY THENORTH ARETE —HIS ASCENT OF MT. BRYCE — SCALING APRECIPITOUS CLIFF —A THRILLING DESCENT IN THE NIGHT— DR. EGGERS ACCOUNT OF THE ASCENT OF MT. DELTA-FORM — CHRISTIAN FINDS HIMSELF IN A BAD POSITION —THE SUMMIT REACHED AFTER TEN HOURS CLIMBING —BRIGHT FUTURE FOR MOUNTAINEERING IN THE ROCKIES. THE time has gone by when even a brief resumeof climbing in the Canadian Rockies can becompressed into the limits of a moderate-sized volume. I shall therefore make no attempt towrite a history of what has been done, but aim in-stead to give an idea of what mountaineering is likein this range. It is becoming more and more apparent every yearthat this part of the Rockies is not only a great fieldfor Alpine climbing in its strictest meaning, but un-doubtedly the most extensive and interesting fieldpresented by any readily accessible range in the world. That such men as Collie, Stutfield, Woolley, 234.
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