The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-18
LONDON. AUG. II.


THE hrsi descent of the Brenva face
Of Mont Blanc has been made by
r y. Lloyd. OF Nathaniel Lloyd &.
Co. Burrcll street. L. G He was accom-
panied by two su.des. Josef Polinscr and
Franz Imbcden the latter Of whom was
injured by falling ice.
In July last year Mr. Lloyd assembled
the mountain by the Brcnva glacier His
description OF tho descent last month H.
illustrates a, on the perils and delights
Of mountaineering
On tho morning Of July H." Mr. Lloyd
writes. I'VE Ter, tho Grand Mulots at /
o clock and arrived AZ the summit, of Mon,
Blanc at 10 tn beautiful weather. II was
quite warm and pleasant Al the top. We
rested there a quarter OF an hour. and
then proceeded down to the Brenva After
some trouble with tho seracs we got just
hove it. and by hitohing our 2oo-foot rope
around a serac go, on to the aretc
we intended TO descend by the steep
oand OF snow on the Tar side by the aid
OF our spare rope Accordingly. after adj
,ancins short distance. We again
hitohed our rope on a small projecting
piece OF rock and In 4 short time reached
the edge Of the Ice couioir
a Guide Injured
Franz imhoden. a guiue. cut the steps
IN the ice across the coulor and then
made himself secure on tho far side OF
the band OF snow / had started 10 Join
him. when. 10 our horror. Ice fell from
the rocks 10 tho right Of the couloir from
a great height. striking him several times.
s.Na
about the size OF croquet bail. struck
the middle OF his sack. which probably
saved oil our lives Smaller pieces struck
lmboden on the side. and he seemed TO
crumq.e up IN Il faintlng condition and
slipped forward Josef and held on to
mis- rope and steadiei him. and. being In
good snow. we thus enabled MIN to hang
on 10 his Ak and recover his balance
i hurried over 20 lmoocen. just eScap-
ms further fall. and In minute or so
was Joined b. Jose. Both OF US for
iunately were untouched We got I'm
boien a few yards from the most dan
serous place. and gave him BRANDY He
was obviously a srca; deal hurt and
shaken sc dared not delay on account
Of the sun or the very steep Snow 50 l
shoudered his sack and We proceeded
to tho lower part o: tho coulolr. who're 8;
widcnsd out and VAS much less steep.
josef eadinS
Here Nc crossed again. recovering our
spare roqe which had slipped from Us AT
the time OF the accideut Passing to the
lcf, under the hand O.. ice. we proceeded
toward the edge Of the are;e We then
found thar tho !ce had forced Us a li;tle
too low. 90 We had 10 90 up a little
1T was SIN too steep 20 stop so re
went on % our breakfast place Of last
wear ~ The ord Of tho celebrated narrow
arere. where 10 were aole TO rest and
ffr u ~
~ feeling very ~ After nc had mad a
jelly and some more brandy and wine
he SAID n could 20 on As the result
% discussion. Josef and I decided 10 20
down tho steep snow on the side o. the
areie watch We mad come up last year.
although this year 1t was much sleeper
and more difficult
Periious Descent
1T was Ike going down an alrnos, per
pendcular ladder without the advantage
OF the runss Wha, with the esert,oa
the neat and TIE sack i found Il rather
hard WORK. and I'm ooden. before We were
down showed signs o: exhaustion
"Ahour t~o-thrds 81 the way down
there was n band OF almost perpendicular
ice, with an exceedingly thin covering o:
snow. To cut down tails would nave
taken a long time. and luiboden was get-
ting weak Josef. therefore. drove In
lors-aar5ed pieton. which had been made
BY my blacksmith At the works 10 inls
he fixed our 2o0-foot spare rope which
was Just long enough to take US over
mo difficulty
we wen, to the extreme r.gAt. but
found that we could no; set over the
bergschrund. so We had 10 work back
again and down some moro Very steep
snow We managed 10 ind an easy place
over, and. hurrying as tast as we were
able under The ice tall over the debris
stood safely At o'clock on thu glacier