, 1869-11-17
SWITZERLAND,
The Ascent OF m0nl HJuac,

GxSxrA. Oct II.
To all horn Conunentals who don't
II o~ Whki fnow md Ice arc, Switzerland and j,s
FacisFs MAJ be I wonder and terror: but have
rot been ab1e to REQ what thc1e should be fosntd-
Ani1 IN II 10 Sex EuRlander, used hail rue yea.
1oalo 10 tne snoWs, Horue, and frosss Of regiou
nIoiJ lets inhosp4tAoie and mountainous, NJ
opinion has not been changed. bat confirmed, hy
hJ expereree IN ascending Mont Blanc. The
Ereatasas OF the undertaking Is vastly ove,rated,
Its peisls And risks are not mnre
than those OF New RnRlznd winter. 1 kn,x /
could climb Mont Blanc from 1hs hase to the sun.
Ill. aad do II alone and IN one day tthsee dsyA
nc naas'', allotted to ny o1t might toee my lie
IN the EesJ ps1i astempt peopte have lost Their
lives within Eve me1 OF Bo.ton, taicfty settled a,
u Il, In snow.ssoru- And - yoo can come 10
EFcf On Mont DlAnc II 4 snow-xtoem ovtrt.xes
Sen. ntdiss1s sorg enough 10 tire aud ire ze yua,
An ASAaoehc 11ay oEez1nel1n you. Hat between
hhntQat And noon OF The next d1y ava
Anches atc 1ets frequent than apow-
sides CT warm Hlntet1 day from
the roofs o: Washington street, 4 mlsstep NAV
plunge 5ou TITO m Ice chasn from 100 to LOO
lees deep. Dat mltss-p will equally tumble ,ou
doN AtAEt, on . staging, OF on I tuof M.s.teps
hAfr co oustreaa In 1ne Estrcs, &s they arc the
psft o'ef which you have eonuc], and Il one
nestr Eoes xhe1c niassep VII XII him, he'll
<el1, haT die AnJEAy when his time coues
Faess that show TIC tefTula Of the afcent 10 b.
o'er1ated are these: About nltJ -nayel,ess,
snd Win them al the vaJ NON
100 10 SO Ru!des, 60 up every year and de9eeud In
ra1s'J. Moreover, the saces 1hen.e,.es mate
roth'1e Of II, II The weather l. ous- Out Of the
scs Su'ccA aId orcr, IN CaAmoa1ix vxl.ey, taere
sre 5cfJ fes who have net bsen once to toe sum.
uH eI Aoet Ba2nc-soc1e, tweDty sud sh1.ry
unes. Then there 10 no end Of ratu st1,ed
poftetf, terE Eent.o3ed or Thought Of,
who sern r.rt Of III asceauons, and carry
doablpg, p1ostslonst kc. Qas OF this
e@esy yea: Perhaps 4 email TRACTION o,
one per eeat- Aud when life Il iort, vas II or
10 accident, Of csrt1es4ntss inherent 10 The pu.
tFuAs EpdertsE EttF, Of was It 11t.s,ep or nlun-
der fhks would hare been equally la.al III the ea.
Icy telow- Nj. Elliot: sGrtxt-it co4t him his
ne But ii tue ease OF the three Easl,snuca OF
ietS. 1t II 30 GruJ bealeT I'd here that the guide
eas eAt rof< that hls fellows hare completely cass
lin out nom their tratez11sy
Mont AAuc u 80 1ees above the peA level
III Alof'!tS three tk}t - TIC sscenr, Jou ss-
ctbd on the arst u ;. chalet " Of hat, called
Les Gssntc A1letz," Il, ,0os feet Here yoa est,
Eetp, sod recruit 3oar AtEeaRth. The second day
!or climb The zeu aiming htoo feet, and restra
ax1t1 10 The nnlerz On The third Joo descend 10
Shau oanix. Ill things cepsidescd-ine 2n!deslne
rating p1aces, the good qualify Of the iooa sad
soefer, and the mode124 prices askcd-I an
Dot disposed to detect any sNmdle IN the thing,
though = wen Ian eouh male the ascent In ole
dAJ, with one rude sud 10 porter, Al cost OF 40
t1aness to place Of tRo 2utd+s and one pore1, At
eos1 Of ao ftancA Crossing cFeva.tes two guites
q ~ be better than one bat don't see It Ii II!
evtntr. n = suow-4tozm tHp guides arc no batter
th&n oLe To ee Oh the Eo1 accepted safe side
1huta ,wu guides AMI ote porter. We all hsd,
or Hfer myself and lie TWO guides had. eaca
HfI.fNDk S{fCf. with Ne
had = weapon which cuuuhluea the properties OF
An 4dze II m II. The porter also carried =
HnApesek eootaibh rcpes, tnstcses, compass, and
orr1d snd xtnt." Tho solts Of CTR ooots were
srr ed with phsIp trun- heated nAuG. We
~ta1ted II 80 4. N, It wa Z capital
day for the fra dsJ-tsstts, cloudy a1d not 100
~Arn,. Two hoe1a' eoc1 climbing n.oush. u 10