Scrambles amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69 (1871)
Whymper, Edward · John Murray (London) · leaf 238
CHAP. VIII. VALLON DES ETANGONS. _ 199 suggestive of chaos, but of little else ; covered almost throughout its entire length with débris from the size of a walnut up to that of a house ; in a word, it looked as if half-a-dozen moraines of first- rate dimensions had been carted and shot into it. Our… … from the feet, and if an unlucky individual so much as blew his nose, without standing still to perform the operation, the result was either an instantaneous tumble, or a barked shin, or a half-twisted ankle. There was no end to it, and we became more savage at -every step, unanimously agreeing…
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