The Mountain Way: An Anthology in Prose and VerseDent, 1938 - 655 էջ |
From inside the book
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... rock climber who leaves his rocks at that level can never discover even all that rocks may offer of difficulty and variety . The refine- ments of climbing develop out of the modifications that rock and ice and snow produce in one ...
... rock climber who leaves his rocks at that level can never discover even all that rocks may offer of difficulty and variety . The refine- ments of climbing develop out of the modifications that rock and ice and snow produce in one ...
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... rock . Of a sudden the mountain seemed to change its form . For hours we had been climbing the hard dry rocks . Now these appeared to vanish , and - blessed sight- snow lay thick , half hiding , half revealing the last slope of the ...
... rock . Of a sudden the mountain seemed to change its form . For hours we had been climbing the hard dry rocks . Now these appeared to vanish , and - blessed sight- snow lay thick , half hiding , half revealing the last slope of the ...
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... rock ledge with an inch of new snow on it ; there was a crack in which you could stand and with one hand hold in the rock face , from whence you had to drop down about eight feet on to steep snow . We fixed the extra rope and tumbled ...
... rock ledge with an inch of new snow on it ; there was a crack in which you could stand and with one hand hold in the rock face , from whence you had to drop down about eight feet on to steep snow . We fixed the extra rope and tumbled ...
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