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1908 · PDF PAGE 2

Guide to the Walks & Climbs Around Arolla

…. Travers. “Starting from the foot of the Vuibez glacier we ascended directly towards the middle of the ice-fall. Turning sharply to the left under the first big ice cliff we passed round it and bore somewhat to the right, climbing one per- pendicular wall without much difficulty. At about the level of the top of the rock rib which divides the N. and S. branches of the glacier we found our way barred by an undercut ice cliff, which at its only assailable point rose some 14 (20) feet above the detached serrac on which we were standing. Standing …

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1908 · PDF PAGE 3

Guide to the Walks & Climbs Around Arolla

… cut straight down from the first gendarme (before the ridge becomes rotten) by a chimney and diffi- cult slabs below it, keeping to the left directly down the face. I understood Pierre Maitre to say that he had on one occasion adopted a similar route. The descent took just over 2 hours snow to snow. E. ALEISTER CROWLEY.

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