The Mountain Way: An Anthology in Prose and VerseDent, 1938 - 655 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 61–ի 1-ից 3-ը:
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... rest , as in some other birds , of airy and graceful flight . The strong contrast of jet - black and purest white in the plumage , e.g. in the tail , which has two black feathers in the middle while the rest are as white as snow , makes ...
... rest , as in some other birds , of airy and graceful flight . The strong contrast of jet - black and purest white in the plumage , e.g. in the tail , which has two black feathers in the middle while the rest are as white as snow , makes ...
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... rest or anchorage for the leader for at least a hundred feet . And , to begin with , the base of the nose was undercut . Its very beginning seemed in- accessible . Once on the tip the leader would be on the steepest possible rock with a ...
... rest or anchorage for the leader for at least a hundred feet . And , to begin with , the base of the nose was undercut . Its very beginning seemed in- accessible . Once on the tip the leader would be on the steepest possible rock with a ...
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... rest of the descent . This was full of pleasant variation , until we set foot in the virgin forest of alpenrose in the upper Spranje , shortly before reaching the Bärenlahnscharte track in the neighbour- hood of Dougan's bivouac site by ...
... rest of the descent . This was full of pleasant variation , until we set foot in the virgin forest of alpenrose in the upper Spranje , shortly before reaching the Bärenlahnscharte track in the neighbour- hood of Dougan's bivouac site by ...
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