Narrative of an ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc, August 18th, 1822 : with an appendix, upon the sensations experienced at great elevations / by Frederick Clissold.

  • Clissold, Frederick.
Date:
1823
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Credit: Narrative of an ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc, August 18th, 1822 : with an appendix, upon the sensations experienced at great elevations / by Frederick Clissold. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    For a short time previous to the following tour, my imagination was often directed to the sub- limities of Mont Blanc, by a small lithograph which graced my mantlepiece; and as I appre- ciated the opportunities, afforded by mountam scenery, of investigating the mind, when called into energies of a nature as new as they are noble, I resolved upon attempting the ascent, which is the subject of the present narrative. I was, in some measure, prepared for the critical circumstances attending mountain excur- sions ; having frequently ascended Snowdon, and always without guides; climbed most of its rugged elevations, and once passed securely over the snows which covered the highest third of its acclivity. Having left London on the 18th of July, I arrived at Mori, a village upon the Jura, July 27. The next morning, I started, with an attendant from the inn, for St. Cerq, a village upon the brow of these mountains, and fronting the Alps. As I was leisurely proceeding, I accidentally glanced B