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m ... TRAVERSING THE LEDGES NEAR "WHYPER'S CAMP"
A picture taken early in the morning of the second day shows the traversing of the rocks near the place where the first party camped in 1805, now known as " Whyper's Camp "
n ... THE OLD CABANE ON THE EAST FACE 12,526 feet
The first hut erected in the East face in 1807 by Mods. Alex. Seilcr, Imt placed in a very insecure position, and now abandoned.
O ... THE ROCKS ABOVE THE OLD HUT
Mere is the scene of Dr. Moseley's death, known as "Moseley's plateau." Dr. Aloseley untied himself from the rope when near the hut during the descent in 1879, and when trying to cross a projecting rock, fell and was killed.
P ... CLIMBING BY THE FIXED ROPES
In places the rocks have been blasted and ropes fixed to render the ascent safer.
q ... THE SHOULDER 14,110 feet
A snow-covered rock slope, at a very considerable angle. On the rocks immediately above occurred the terrible accident of 1865, previously referred to
r ... BELOW THE SUMMIT RIDGE
The arete, or rock ridge connecting the shoulder with tin; summit, and known as the "Roof," is the most difficult portion of the mountain, and is a great strain on the muscles and very trying to the head.
S ... REACHING THE SUMMIT 14,780 feet,
The summit, which is a long snow-covered ridge, in places barely a yard wide, is approached by a short slope of snow. One end is the Italian, and the other the Swiss summit.
t ... PANORAMA FROM THE SUMMIT 14,780 feet
A wonderful and impressive view which few have had thn good fortune to enjoy. All the giant mountains of the Zermatt Valley are seen, together with the far-off chains of the Oberland, of Northern, and of Eastern Switzerland. The Dent Blanche, the Gabelhorn, Roth-horn, and the Weisshorn, Mischabelhorner, Allalinhorn, Strahlhorn, and Rimpfischhorn, Monte Rosa, the Lyskamm, and the Breithorn compose a panorama of mountain scenery which it would be hard to equal, and which is none the less beautiful for having been bioscoped from the summit of the grandest mountain ever ascended by man.
Total Length 900 feet.
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