Starlight and Storm: The Ascent of Six Great North Faces of the Alps |
Common terms and phrases
Aiguille Ailefroide Alps Annapurna ascent attempt avalanches Barre des Ecrins bergschrund Bernard bivouac Buhl Cassin central spur Chamonix chimney Cima climb climbers clouds cold companion corner couloir crack crampon descended despite Deudon difficult Dolomites dream Drus Eiger Eigergletscher espadrilles everything fall fast feet high felt fingers foot Frendo frozen Gaston GASTON REBUFFAT glacier Grandes Jorasses guides Guido Guido Magnone Habran happy Hinterstoisser hundred feet ice slope Italian Jochler joined knew Lavaredo ledge Leroux Leschaux light limestone looked Magnone Matterhorn Maurice Herzog Mehringer Michel Mont Blanc morning mountains night north face north-east face o'clock overhangs party passed peak piton Piz Badile pleasure Pointe Walker rain rappel ridge rock rope rope-lengths route sack scree Sedlmeier seemed Sepp skiing slabs snow Soldà stars started stone stone-falls storm summit traverse valley verglas vertical wait Walker Spur wall warm wind