THE MAKING OF A MOUNTAINEER

Climbing the Matterhorn by the Zmutt ridge.

“We had to cut steps across a wide ice slope” (page 187).

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THE MAKING
OF
A MOUNTAINEER

BY

GEORGE INGLE FINCH

WITH SEVENTY-EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS, ONE DRAWING AND TWO DIAGRAMS

ARROWSMITH :: LONDON :: W.C.1

First published in May, 1924

Printed in Great Britain by
J. W. ARROWSMITH LTD.
11 Quay St. & 12 Small St., Bristol

To

MY WIFE

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
Preface11
IEarly Days13
IIClimbing in Corsica20
IIIThe Wetterhorn40
IVThe Jungfrau52
VThe Jungfrau and the Jungfraujoch68
VIOn Skis in the Bernese Oberland82
VIIOn Skis in the Bernese Oberland (continued)95
VIIIA Winter’s Night on the Tödi107
IXThe Bifertenstock122
XMonte Rosa140
XIThe Twins153
XIIT
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