The Mountain Way: An Anthology in Prose and VerseDent, 1938 - 655 էջ |
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... feet ; then ascended directly towards the summit for about sixty feet ; and then doubled back to the ridge which descends towards Zermatt . A long stride round a rather awkward corner brought us to snow once more . The last doubt ...
... feet ; then ascended directly towards the summit for about sixty feet ; and then doubled back to the ridge which descends towards Zermatt . A long stride round a rather awkward corner brought us to snow once more . The last doubt ...
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... feet , we halted . Henry pointed out the advantages of the spot selected for a bivouac . Imagine a slope of rock a little more than six feet long set at a gentle angle from a face so steep that it might be called over- hanging . The ...
... feet , we halted . Henry pointed out the advantages of the spot selected for a bivouac . Imagine a slope of rock a little more than six feet long set at a gentle angle from a face so steep that it might be called over- hanging . The ...
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... feet of it , and soon we were welcoming Joseph among us once more . He had been within a few feet of success but those few feet had proved insuperable . After a pause for chilled hands to regain their strength , the second possibility ...
... feet of it , and soon we were welcoming Joseph among us once more . He had been within a few feet of success but those few feet had proved insuperable . After a pause for chilled hands to regain their strength , the second possibility ...
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