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... BENNEN 114 . XI . OVER THE MORO 125 . XII . THE OLD WEISSTHOR 130 XIII . RESCUE FROM A CREVASSE 141 XIV . THE MATTERHORN - SECOND ASSAULT , IN COMPANY WITH BENNEN 153 XV . FROM STEIN TO THE GRIMSEL 166 XVI . THE OBERAARJOCH ...
... BENNEN 114 . XI . OVER THE MORO 125 . XII . THE OLD WEISSTHOR 130 XIII . RESCUE FROM A CREVASSE 141 XIV . THE MATTERHORN - SECOND ASSAULT , IN COMPANY WITH BENNEN 153 XV . FROM STEIN TO THE GRIMSEL 166 XVI . THE OBERAARJOCH ...
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... Bennen , who was in waiting , considering the season too bad for high ascents , and to push on with Christian Lauener to the glaciers about Zinal . Bennen was in great distress . He and I had the previous summer re- connoitred the ...
... Bennen , who was in waiting , considering the season too bad for high ascents , and to push on with Christian Lauener to the glaciers about Zinal . Bennen was in great distress . He and I had the previous summer re- connoitred the ...
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... Bennen his chance : the theodolite was packed up and despatched to Geneva , and we set off for Breuil , to try the Matterhorn . Accessible or not , however , the Mont Cervin is assuredly a different sort of affair from Mont Blanc or ...
... Bennen his chance : the theodolite was packed up and despatched to Geneva , and we set off for Breuil , to try the Matterhorn . Accessible or not , however , the Mont Cervin is assuredly a different sort of affair from Mont Blanc or ...
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... Bennen , of Laax , in the Upper Rhine Valley , is a man so remarkable that I cannot resist the desire ( especially as he cannot read English ) to say a few words about his character . Born within the limits of the German tongue , and ...
... Bennen , of Laax , in the Upper Rhine Valley , is a man so remarkable that I cannot resist the desire ( especially as he cannot read English ) to say a few words about his character . Born within the limits of the German tongue , and ...
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... Bennen ; ' to which he answered in his simple way , ' Nicht wahr ? ' ( Am I not ? ' ) , an amusing touch of simple vanity , a dash of pardonable bounce , being one of his not least amiable characteristics . Thoroughly sincere and ...
... Bennen ; ' to which he answered in his simple way , ' Nicht wahr ? ' ( Am I not ? ' ) , an amusing touch of simple vanity , a dash of pardonable bounce , being one of his not least amiable characteristics . Thoroughly sincere and ...
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