The Mountain Way: An Anthology in Prose and VerseDent, 1938 - 655 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 68–ի 1-ից 3-ը:
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... true enough before the days of printing and photography . With us moderns who desire mountains it is more true to say , ' If we cannot , through impecuniosity or other ties , go to the mountain , we must make it come to us . ' One way ...
... true enough before the days of printing and photography . With us moderns who desire mountains it is more true to say , ' If we cannot , through impecuniosity or other ties , go to the mountain , we must make it come to us . ' One way ...
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... true , ' said the men . ' We saw them ourselves - they hurled stones at us ! The old traditions are true - there are spirits on the top of the Matterhorn ! ' We returned to the southern end of the ridge to build a cairn , and then paid ...
... true , ' said the men . ' We saw them ourselves - they hurled stones at us ! The old traditions are true - there are spirits on the top of the Matterhorn ! ' We returned to the southern end of the ridge to build a cairn , and then paid ...
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... true that its mountains are many , although the peaks we want for our serious climbing are com- paratively few , those , I mean , on which human legs , unaided , are inadequate the home of rock and snow . Most of these are to be found ...
... true that its mountains are many , although the peaks we want for our serious climbing are com- paratively few , those , I mean , on which human legs , unaided , are inadequate the home of rock and snow . Most of these are to be found ...
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