EditorialMarkus Heger consults the paper map archives in his office. The online national map is increasingly popular in Switzerland, but the printed version is still widely used by hikers and alpinists. (Lucia Buricelli/The New York Times)
EditorialTourists after smoking Gl?rnisch and Vrenelisg?rtli from smoking, Alpinists in the Glarus Alps, Signed: M.R.C, Fig. 91 and 92, p. 83, Meisenbach, Riffarth und Co. (imp.), 1900, J. Knobel: Illustrierter Reisebegleiter f?r die Alpenstrasse des Klausen un...
EditorialPassage of the Glacier des Bossons, Alpinists crossing the glacier at the Glacier des Bossons, Signed: H. M. A, J. Netherdift Lithog, after p. 16, Atkins, Henry Martin; Netherdift, J. (lith.), 1838, Henry Martin Atkins: Ascent to the summit of Mont Bla...
EditorialAscent of the Lauinen Thor, Alpinists climbing the Lauinen Tor, Signed: M; Whymper (sc.), Wood engraving, plate 2, integrated before p. 11, Mahoney, James; Whymper, Edward (sc.), 1871, John Tyndall, Hours of exercise in the Alps. London: Longmans, Gree...
EditorialThe guides, Couttet and Balmat, having gained the Grand Mulet Rock, Alpinists at the Mont Blanc Group, signed: Scetched by dr., Barry, drawn en Stone by D. Volck, Heidelberg, frontispiece, Martin Barry (del.); Volck, D. (lith.), Martin Barry: Ascent to...
EditorialThe Guide, Couttet, Ascending the Ice Cliff, to gain the Grand Mulet Rock, Alpinists at the Mont Blanc Group, signed: Sketched by Dr. med., Barry, drawn on stone by D. Volck, Heidelberg, Barry, Martin (del.); Volck, D. (lith.), Martin Barry: Ascent to ...