...falls, and once hung by my frock, which caught on a rock, and "Jim " severed it with his hunting-knife, upon which I fell into a( crevice full of soft snow....and hands, but at six we stood on the Notch in the splendour ot the sinking sun, all colour deepening, all peaks glorifying, all shadows purpling, all...

...200 feet the boulders were of enormous size, and the steepness fearful. Sometimes I drew myself up oh hands and knees, sometimes crawled ; sometimes "Jim...and hands, but at six we stood on the Notch in the splendour of the sinking sun, all colour deepening, all peaks glorifying, all shadows purpling, all...

...falls, and once hung by my frock, which caught on a rock, and "Jim " severed it with his hunting-knife, upon which I fell into a crevice full of soft snow....sometimes crawled ; sometimes "Jim " pulled me up by my nrrns or a lariat, and sometimes I stood on his shoulders, or he made steps for me of his feet and...

...falls, and once hung by my frock, which caught on a rock, and 'Jim' severed it with his hunting-knife, upon which I fell into a crevice full of soft snow....and hands, but at six we stood on the Notch in the splendour of the sinking sun, all colour deepening, all peaks glorifying, all shadows purpling, all...

...in living blue, peace rested for that one bright day on the peak..." Of the descent, Isabella wrote: "Sometimes I drew myself up on hands and knees, sometimes crawled; sometimes 'Jim' [her companion] pulled me up by my arms or a lariat, and sometimes I stood on his shoulders, or he...