Dolomite strongholds : the last untrodden alpine peaks ; an account of ascents of the Croda di Lago, the little and great Zinnen, the Cinque Torri, the Fünffingerspitze, and the Langkofel
The Funffingerspitze. 107 for by-achieving the summit on August 8th, 1890. They published an account, a very short one, of their climb (in the " Oesterreichische Alpen- Zeitung” for 1890, page 215), which caused a sensation in every Alpine club in Europe. Herr Schmitt had a good reputation as a judge of difficult work, nor was his description, strong as it was, considered to be in any degree over-coloured by mere self-glorification. The character of his estimate may be judged from the way
in which he challenged the world in the final sentence of his article, a rough translation of which Is appended. "In company with Herr J. Santner, I left St. Maria, in Groden, on the 8th August, at 2.55 a.m. After a rest in the last house on the Sellajoch we stood, at 5.55, on the foot of the rocks on our mountain. Off at 6.20. Here I left the shoes behind, and our whole luggage was also hidden. At 7.50 we stood at the beginning of the first flat, where also Herr Santner left his shoes. We mounted over