The Mountain Way: An Anthology in Prose and VerseDent, 1938 - 655 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 48–ի 1-ից 3-ը:
Էջ 183
... descend by the eastern side of that ridge into the former valley somewhere above Gressonay la Trinité . It would , however , be all the better if the glacier below us were to conduct us directly into the head of the Val de Lys , as ...
... descend by the eastern side of that ridge into the former valley somewhere above Gressonay la Trinité . It would , however , be all the better if the glacier below us were to conduct us directly into the head of the Val de Lys , as ...
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... descend more rapidly the next ten metres . A little further on , we come to the second rope . Going down by this is mere gymnastics , but care is needed to avoid sending down stones on the head of the man in front . To right and left ...
... descend more rapidly the next ten metres . A little further on , we come to the second rope . Going down by this is mere gymnastics , but care is needed to avoid sending down stones on the head of the man in front . To right and left ...
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... descend upon me — like a black bonnet , so that I stumbled on the granulated re - frozen ice of the dry glacier , and among the tangled moraines through which the track winds its way down to Bricolla . But a current of sleepy beatitude ...
... descend upon me — like a black bonnet , so that I stumbled on the granulated re - frozen ice of the dry glacier , and among the tangled moraines through which the track winds its way down to Bricolla . But a current of sleepy beatitude ...
Common terms and phrases
A. D. GODLEY admiration Alpine Journal Alps altitude arête ascent beauty beneath bergschrund cliffs climbers climbing clouds club cold couloir crag crevasses deep delight Dent Blanche Dent d'Hérens descend difficult distance doubt dragons Everest eyes F. S. Smythe F. W. BOURDILLON face feeling foot GEOFFREY WINTHROP YOUNG GEORGE LEIGH-MALLORY glacier guides gully hand height hills human J. A. Symonds ledge less lives look Matterhorn mind Mont Blanc morning moun Mount Mount Everest mountain nature never night once ourselves overhanging passed path peaks perhaps pleasure Pointe Blanche Pralong precipices reached rest ridge rise rock rope round route scenery Scheuchzer seemed sense side sight slopes snow Snowdon soul spirit steep step stone stood strong summit tains things thought traveller valley walk wall whole wind