# Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860–69 — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860–69 by Edward Whymper.

- [Notes to the Preface of the Fifth Edition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/notes-to-the-preface-of-the-fifth-edition.md): Whymper provides updates on changes since earlier editions, including new inns and huts, map revisions, early ascents of the Aiguilles d'Arve, the death of Christian Almer, alterations on the southern side of the Matterh
- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph presents a reflection on the intertwined nature of toil and pleasure, suggesting they are necessarily connected despite their opposing qualities.
- [Frontispiece](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/frontispiece.md): A brief note describes a fog-bow observed from the Matterhorn on July 14, 1865, which the Taugwalders associated with the subsequent accident.
- [Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860–69](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/scrambles-amongst-the-alps-in-the-years-1860-69.md): This chapter recounts the author's early alpine adventures, including his commission to sketch Mont Pelvoux, the first ascent of that peak, and subsequent climbs and explorations in the Alps. It details the challenges of
- [I: Introductory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/i-introductory.md): Whymper recounts his early Alpine experiences in 1860, including a perilous solo crossing of the Gorner Glacier, a near-fatal jump over a crevasse, and a night lost in the forest near Zermatt. He also describes encounter

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- [II: The Ascent of Mont Pelvoux](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/ii-the-ascent-of-mont-pelvoux.md)
- [The Mont Cenis—The Fell Railway—The Great Tunnel Through the Alps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/iii-the-mont-cenis-the-fell-railway-the-great-tunnel-through-the-alps.md)
- [My First Scramble on the Matterhorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/iv-my-first-scramble-on-the-matterhorn.md)
- [Renewed Attempts to Ascend the Matterhorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/v-renewed-attempts-to-ascend-the-matterhorn.md)
- [The Val Tournanche—Direct Pass from Breuil to Zermatt (Breuiljoch)—Zermatt—Ascent of the Grand Tournalin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/vi-the-val-tournanche-direct-pass-from-breuil-to-zermatt-breuiljoch-zermatt-ascent-of-the-grand-tournalin.md)
- [VII: Our Sixth Attempt to Ascend the Matterhorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/vii-our-sixth-attempt-to-ascend-the-matterhorn.md)
- [From St. Michel on the Mont Cenis Road, by the Col des Aiguilles d’Arve, Col de Martignare, and the Brêche de la Meije, to La Bérarde](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/viii-from-st-michel-on-the-mont-cenis-road-by-the-col-des-aiguilles-d-arve-col-de-martignare-and-the-br-che-de-la-meije-to-la-b-rarde.md)
- [IX: The Ascent of the Pointe des Écrins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/ix-the-ascent-of-the-pointe-des-crins.md)
- [X: On the First Passage of the Col de Pilatte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/x-on-the-first-passage-of-the-col-de-pilatte.md)
- [Passage of the Col de Triolet, and First Ascents of Mont Dolent, Aiguille de Trélatête, and Aiguille d’Argentière](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/xi-passage-of-the-col-de-triolet-and-first-ascents-of-mont-dolent-aiguille-de-tr-lat-te-and-aiguille-d-argenti-re.md)
- [XII: The Moming Pass—Zermatt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/xii-the-moming-pass-zermatt.md)
- [XIII: The First Ascent of the Grand Cornier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/xiii-the-first-ascent-of-the-grand-cornier.md)
- [The Ascent of the Dent Blanche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/xiv-the-ascent-of-the-dent-blanche.md)
- [Lost on the Col d'Hérens—My Seventh Attempt to Ascend the Matterhorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/xv-lost-on-the-col-d-h-rens-my-seventh-attempt-to-ascend-the-matterhorn.md)
- [The Valley of Aosta, and Ascent of the Grandes Jorasses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/xvi-the-valley-of-aosta-and-ascent-of-the-grandes-jorasses.md)
- [The First Passage of the Col Dolent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/xvii-the-first-passage-of-the-col-dolent.md)
- [XVIII: Ascent of the Aiguille Verte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/xviii-ascent-of-the-aiguille-verte.md)
- [XIX: The First Passage of the Col de Talèfre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/xix-the-first-passage-of-the-col-de-tal-fre.md)
- [XX: The First Ascent of the Ruinette—The Matterhorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/xx-the-first-ascent-of-the-ruinette-the-matterhorn.md)
- [The First Ascent of the Matterhorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/xxi-the-first-ascent-of-the-matterhorn.md)
- [Descent of the Matterhorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/xxii-descent-of-the-matterhorn.md)
- [The Death of Bennen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/a-the-death-of-bennen.md)
- [Struck by Lightning Upon the Matterhorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/b-struck-by-lightning-upon-the-matterhorn.md)
- [Subsequent History of the Matterhorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/c-subsequent-history-of-the-matterhorn.md)
- [D: Table of Attempts Made to Ascend the Matterhorn Previous to the First Ascent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/d-table-of-attempts-made-to-ascend-the-matterhorn-previous-to-the-first-ascent.md)
- [E: Ascents of the Matterhorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/e-ascents-of-the-matterhorn.md)
- [Courte Note sur la Géologie du Matterhorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/f-courte-note-sur-la-g-ologie-du-matterhorn.md)
- [G: Stratification of Snow and Formation of Glacier-Ice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/g-stratification-of-snow-and-formation-of-glacier-ice.md)
- [H: Denudation in the Valley of the Durance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/h-denudation-in-the-valley-of-the-durance.md)
- [Maps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/maps.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/endnotes.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/scrambles_amongst_the_alps_in_the_years_1860_69_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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