The Mountain Way: An Anthology in Prose and VerseDent, 1938 - 655 էջ |
From inside the book
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Էջ 94
... never to have felt rather than seen the loneliness of frosted grey peaks , oppressed with a sanctity of reluctant seclusion ; never to have endured the enchantment of solitary space , an intimate but hostile fascination that is found ...
... never to have felt rather than seen the loneliness of frosted grey peaks , oppressed with a sanctity of reluctant seclusion ; never to have endured the enchantment of solitary space , an intimate but hostile fascination that is found ...
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... never tried climbing before , went skating off to his right flank , across that impossible slant , on one foot and one stilt , making a fool of the science of mountaineering . I vetoed , I imprecated , imprecated , I grew Athanasian ...
... never tried climbing before , went skating off to his right flank , across that impossible slant , on one foot and one stilt , making a fool of the science of mountaineering . I vetoed , I imprecated , imprecated , I grew Athanasian ...
Էջ 575
... never know . And what wonderful justice there would be in the decree of Fate that the honour of the first ascent should never be awarded to any but the man who explored the approaches to the mountain and found the only route , who saved ...
... never know . And what wonderful justice there would be in the decree of Fate that the honour of the first ascent should never be awarded to any but the man who explored the approaches to the mountain and found the only route , who saved ...
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