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Stereoskopie der Keystone View Company zwischen 1885-1890 - Bergfuehrer schlaegt Stufen in das Eis des Untergletschers von Grindelwald. Siehe dazu die Bildvorderseite unter der Image-ID: 248893409 - Originallegende: The Swiss glaciers have an annual riverlike movement of from 50 to 300 yards. Dr. Hamel's guides, who perished in lower end of the glacier, 3'000 yards from the place where they had fallen, an average movement of 75 yards a year. There are 471 glaciers in Switzerland. The Lower Glacier of Grindelwald, having its termination at en elevation of only 3'550 feet ordinarily, descended in 1818 as low as 3'225 feet. Sometimes the ice and frozen snow of a glacier project over chasms. Sir John Lubbock writes that he can never forget his sensations when standing with Tyndall, as he supposed on the solid summit of the Galenstock. Tyndall struck his alpenstock into the snow, and Lubbock realized that there was only an icy floor between them and a deep abyss. Edward Whymper, who made the first ascent of the Matterhorn and saw his companions fall 4'000 feet and perish on the descent, writes: "Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a life time. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what the end may be." (KEYSTONE/Anonymus)