 | John Tyndall - 1861 - 494 pages
...escaped with a bruise, from which, however, the blood oozed angrily. We found the ladder necessary in crossing some of the chasms, the iron spikes at its...possible, but it finally broke away from the foot and fell into the chasm. One of our porters was short-legged and a bad iceman ; the other was a daring fellow,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1906 - 300 pages
...escaped with a bruise, from which, however, the blood oozed angrily. We found the ladder necessary in crossing some of the chasms, the iron spikes at its...possible, but it finally broke away from the foot and fell into the chasm. One of our porters was short-legged and a bad iceman ; the other was a daring fellow,... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - 1910 - 478 pages
...party, and therefore tested the passage first; being partially lifted by Simond on the end of his ax, I crossed the fissure, obtained some anchorage at...deeper portions cut the vision short. Both sides of the crevasses were sounded, but no sure footing was obtained; the snow was beaten and carefully trodden... | |
 | Francis Whiting Halsey - 1914 - 228 pages
...any we had hitherto encountered, arrested us. We walked alongside of it in search of a snowbridge, which we at length found, but the keystone of the...possible, but it finally broke away from the foot and fell into the chasm. One of our porters was short-legged and a bad iceman; the other was a daring fellow,... | |
 | Francis Whiting Halsey - 1914 - 252 pages
...us. We walked alongside of it in search of a snowbridge, which we at length found, but the keystoue of the arch had, unfortunately, given way, leaving...possible, but it finally broke away from the foot and fell into the chasm. One of our porters was short-legged and a bad iceman; the other was a daring fellow,... | |
 | John Tynall - 2005 - 293 pages
...he worked at it he continued to express his fears that it would First Ascent of Mont Blanc, 1857 63 not bear us. I was the lightest of the party, and...the snow was beaten and carefully trodden down as neat to the edge as possible, but it finally broke away from the foot and fell into the chasm. One... | |
 | Francis Halsey - 2006 - 201 pages
...alongside of it in search of a snowbridge, which we at length found, but the keystone of the arch bad, unfortunately, given way, leaving projecting eaves...into the gulf, till the gloom of its deeper portions out the vision short. Both sides of the crevasse were sounded, but no sure footing was obtained; the... | |
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I crossed the fissure, obtained some anchorage at the other side, and helped the others over. We afterwards ascended until another chasm, deeper and wider than any we had hitherto encountered, arrested us. We walked alongside of it in search of a snow... 