Ski-runs in the high Alps . ternal snow are still visitedby the court of the Ice Queen. To tell the truth, I rather hope that the femininesection of that court leave the Aletsch severely alone,for our remarks that morning would have stood trim-ming. Why ? Because, fearing concealed crevasseson the Aletsch-Firn, we roped. It was a miserableexperiment. At rapid intervals Adolf sat down, inthe rear, of course, as he never could do anythingelse but tail. Four sudden jerks, and four more boldski-runners bit the dust. At times, somebody in thefront of the train followed suit, an inspiration whichnec
Ski-runs in the high Alps . ternal snow are still visitedby the court of the Ice Queen. To tell the truth, I rather hope that the femininesection of that court leave the Aletsch severely alone,for our remarks that morning would have stood trim-ming. Why ? Because, fearing concealed crevasseson the Aletsch-Firn, we roped. It was a miserableexperiment. At rapid intervals Adolf sat down, inthe rear, of course, as he never could do anythingelse but tail. Four sudden jerks, and four more boldski-runners bit the dust. At times, somebody in thefront of the train followed suit, an inspiration whichnecessitated a rapid swing on the part of thosebehind. We swung, of course, in opposite direc-tions, and the tangled skein that ensued was en-veloped in a mist of snow with a few oaths dartingabout. No wonder, for such evolutions excytebeastlie and exstreme vyolence, as Lunn found itexpressed in his mind, so elegantly stored up withclassical quotations, and we rapidly came to theconclusion that there was a good deal to be said. BERNESE OBERLAND FROM END TO END 149 for being dead, oh, much more than for roped ski-ing with Adolf. Ski-running on a rope is only possible if everymember of a party is a steady runner. I, for one,have always found its utility limited to providinga merry, rough-and-tumble entertainment, such asthe Wiggle-Woggle, the Whirling Pool, and such-likehelter-skelter performances in which Arry delightsto jostle Arriet. Meanwhile the quotation runs that:— The hunter of the East had caughtThe mountain turrets in a noose of Hght. But its author was in far too sulky a condition toappreciate a sunrise. By nine oclock, with our troubles well ended, wewere all comfortably seated on the rounded edges ofthe famous breakfast-table, an erratic stone in thecentre of that wonderful ice quadrivium marked onthe maps as Concordia Platz, in which the stonein question expresses the altitude in four figures(^,780 metres). Carpeted in the purest white, sur-rounded by pyramids in the
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