Romantische Korsika, Wanderungen in Napoleon's Isle;. Seine distantsummit begrüßte uns auf die Insel, und später, von vizza-Vona, seine massiven Felsen, immer noch goldenen Farbtons im nach-Mittag Licht, erschien sie zum Senden einer Ebene - butunaccepted - Einladung, sie zu besuchen. Joannes Guide, in seiner Beschreibung des Aufstiegs, hat Worte Cordetrte utile Suggestives gute Dinge für theclimber, aber ich verstehe die oberen erreicht werden kann, vrithout Difi & culty, um mehr als einen Weg, es sei denn thesummit Felsen sind Eis bedeckt. Monte Rotondo ist der bekannteste Höhepunkt in Korsika, anundeserved Berühmtheit, die akqu.

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Romantic Corsica, wanderings in Napoleon's isle; . its distantsummit welcomed us to the island, and later, from Vizza-vona, its massive crags, still of golden hue in the after-noon light, appeared to send down a plain—butunaccepted—invitation to visit them. Joannes Guide, in its description of the ascent, has the words Cordetrte utile, which is suggestive of good things for theclimber, but I understand the top can be reached, vrithout difi&culty, by more than one route unless thesummit rocks are ice-covered. Monte Rotondo is the best known peak in Corsica, anundeserved celebrity which it has acquired partly fromthe long-held supposition that it was the loftiest peak inthe island, and partly from its easy accessibility fromCort6. As its name suggests, the mountain is rotundand humpy, although it forms an imposing backgroundto the superbly situated fortress town of Cort6, as seenfrom the valley of the Vecchio. The view from itssummit is said to be disappointing, but what it lacksin form and as a view-point is more than compensated. IN THE RESTONICA VALLEY. T, .:*.•« f, 3S?r/ CLIMBING IN CORSICA 307 for by the magnificence of the scenery which surroundsthe vicinity of its base. The gorges of the Restonica and Tavignano are ofsuperlative beauty. In both the torrents cut theirway for miles, down from the uplands through steep, narrow, rocky chasms, above which the mountain sidesrise for thousands of feet, clad with forests of the giganticpines, and through which huge cliffs and bluffs of , rockproject in places, to be crowned against the sky bysharply pinnacled granite ridges. In treating of the Cinto mountains it may be well tomention first some of their deficiencies. Taken as a group, their setting is not good. Little idea of their charmscan be obtained until you are actually in their midst, andthis may account for the fact that they are virtually aterra incognita to tourists, and only a few German andItalian and half a dozen English climbers (including ourparty) seem

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