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The Alpine Journal (Volume 21). Alpine Club

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Author: Alpine Club
Number of Pages: 262 pages
Published Date: 13 Jan 2012
Publisher: General Books
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: PDF
ISBN: 9781235032288
Download Link: The Alpine Journal (Volume 21)
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1903. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... 5-21 Three Weeks In The Western And Central Graians. By F. BAKEK-GABB. IT is interesting, when looking through the volumes of the 'Alpine Journal, ' to notice how some districts, discovered in very early times and announced with due pomp and circumstance by their explorers, have since tended gradually to disappear into an obscurity fitfully illuminated by an occasional new expedition or Alpine note. Such a fate appeared to have attended the mountains of which I propose to write: they figure frequently in the earlier numbers of the Journal; then follows a long interval, during which only those who study the publications of the French and Italian Alpine Clubs have had their attention drawn to the claims of the district. Now the interesting papers contributed by Mr. Alfred Holmes, * Mr. J. J. Withers, t Mr. W. A. Briggs, i and Mr. Longstaff have again thrown light upon these parts, and I am tempted to add my experiences of a short holiday taken there three years ago. I first realised something of the extent of the region to be visited when looking through Chapter V. of the new edition of Ball, a book which, I may say, is quite indispensable for these parts, and excites more admiration at its completeness the more it is studied. In this I saw that three sections are required for the Western and Central Graians, while one suffices for the Grand Paradis district (Eastern Graians), a proportion which suggested numerous gaps in the red lines of travel requiring attention. July 1900 found us on our way. The approaches were easy enough: the night train from Paris took my wife and myself, by the Mont Cenis route, to Chambery, beyond which the line branches through Albertville to Moutiers Salins, its present terminus. An electric tramway takes you in half an hour to Br...

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