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F. F. Roget. Ski-runs in the High Alps
Ski-runs in the High Alps
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
Ski-Runs in the High Alps
CHAPTER I. SKI-RUNNING IN THE HIGH ALPS
CHAPTER II. WITH SKI TO THE DIABLERETS
CHAPTER III. FROM THE COL DU PILLON TO THE GEMMI PASS (DIABLERETS, WILDHORN, WILDSTRUBEL, AND KANDERSTEG)
CHAPTER IV. THE SKI-RUNNER OF VERMALA
CHAPTER V. THE BERNESE OBERLAND FROM END TO END
CHAPTER VI. THE AIGUILLE DU CHARDONNET AND THE AIGUILLE DU TOUR
CHAPTER VII. THE GRAND COMBIN
CHAPTER VIII. ACROSS THE PENNINE ALPS ON SKI BY THE “HIGH-LEVEL” ROUTE
CHAPTER IX. THE PIZ BERNINA SKI CIRCUIT IN ONE DAY
CHAPTER X. FROM AROSA TO BELLINZONA OVER THE BERNARDINO PASS
CHAPTER XI. GLACIERS—AVALANCHES—MILITARY SKI-ING
CHAPTER XII. THE MECHANICS OF SKI-BINDINGS
CHAPTER XIII. RUDIMENTS OF WINTER MOUNTAINEERING FOR SKI-RUNNERS
CHAPTER XIV. WINTER STATIONS—WINTER SPORTS—HOW TO USE SKI
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F. F. Roget
Published by Good Press, 2021
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This young winged Mercury received another message to convey. It was to send forthwith a team of four men to the top of the Sanetsch pass. He himself was to bring back to the pass eatables, drinkables, and blankets. It was, indeed, impossible to tell whether we should not be kept out in the wilderness the whole night. In such places at that time of the year, the wind, in rising, might be attended by the worst consequences to human life.
We had before us many, many miles to be travelled over, across hill and dale, in deep snow, conveying on foot a helpless man, whom immobility would expose to serious risks while out in the open during the night hours.
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