Photo by G. P. Abraham 



CREVASSI5 OiN THi: WAY UP MONT BI.ANC 



"The yawning chasms are generally crossed by snow bridges which have drifted across 

 them. If the snow bridge is too frail to allow the weight of a man upright, one of the 

 guides often lies down at full length— of course tied to the rest of the party— and manages 

 to wriggle across, and then pulls the next one over laid flat on his back. ... As a last 

 resort, steps are hewn in the faces of the crevasse, down on one side and up the other, 

 descending as far as necessary in order to cross the chasm easily" (see page 885). 



