On the summit of the Forcola—We start off in “military” time—Our
guide—Hard climbing—Realize we are no longer youthful—Under
fire—Necessary precautions—Our goal in sight—An awful bit of
track—Vertigo—A terrifying predicament—In the Forcola position—A
gigantic ant-heap—Unique position of the Forcola—A glorious
panorama—The Austrian Tyrol—The three frontiers—Shown round
position—Self-contained arsenal—Lunch in the mess-room—Interesting
chat—The “observation post”—The goniometre—Return to
Bormio—Decide to pass another night there—An invitation from the
sergeants—Amusing incident 85