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... Monte Rosa , or any other of the thousand and one summits which nature has kindly opened to man , by leaving one side of them a sloping plain of snow , easy of ascent , till the brink of the pre- cipice is reached which descends on the ...
... Monte Rosa , or any other of the thousand and one summits which nature has kindly opened to man , by leaving one side of them a sloping plain of snow , easy of ascent , till the brink of the pre- cipice is reached which descends on the ...
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... Monte Rosa by an untried and dangerous route . Both these expeditions are described . But , besides these narratives of outward action , I notice in the book a subjective element , consisting of the musings and reflections to which I ...
... Monte Rosa by an untried and dangerous route . Both these expeditions are described . But , besides these narratives of outward action , I notice in the book a subjective element , consisting of the musings and reflections to which I ...
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... Monte Leone and other grand masses , the grandest here being the Mischabel with its crowd of snowy cones . Jumping a gap in the mountains , we hit the stupendous cone of the Weisshorn , which slopes . to meet the inclines of the ...
... Monte Leone and other grand masses , the grandest here being the Mischabel with its crowd of snowy cones . Jumping a gap in the mountains , we hit the stupendous cone of the Weisshorn , which slopes . to meet the inclines of the ...
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... Monte Rosa , from the Mischabel to the Breithorn . We were on the edge of an amphi- theatre . Beyond the Schallenbach was the stately Mettelhorn . A row of eminences swept round to the right linked by lofty ridges of cliffs , which ...
... Monte Rosa , from the Mischabel to the Breithorn . We were on the edge of an amphi- theatre . Beyond the Schallenbach was the stately Mettelhorn . A row of eminences swept round to the right linked by lofty ridges of cliffs , which ...
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... Monte Rosa , flooded with light from bottom to top . The face of the Lyskamm turned towards us was for the most part shaded , but here and there its projecting portions jutted forth red hot as the light fell upon them The Twins ' were ...
... Monte Rosa , flooded with light from bottom to top . The face of the Lyskamm turned towards us was for the most part shaded , but here and there its projecting portions jutted forth red hot as the light fell upon them The Twins ' were ...
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