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... 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 . - ADVENTURE AT THE ÆGGISCH- HORN • 174 CHAPTER XVII . ASCENT OF THE JUNGFRAU . XVIII .
... 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 . - ADVENTURE AT THE ÆGGISCH- HORN • 174 CHAPTER XVII . ASCENT OF THE JUNGFRAU . XVIII .
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... second one , at the bottom of which the first body was found . Another slope ran from this point to the summit of another ledge , where the second body was arrested , while attached to it by a rope , and quite overhanging the ledge ...
... second one , at the bottom of which the first body was found . Another slope ran from this point to the summit of another ledge , where the second body was arrested , while attached to it by a rope , and quite overhanging the ledge ...
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... second person . I do not lightly express this opinion it is founded on varied experience upon slopes at least as steep as that under consideration . Consider now the bearing of the mode of attach- ment above described upon the question ...
... second person . I do not lightly express this opinion it is founded on varied experience upon slopes at least as steep as that under consideration . Consider now the bearing of the mode of attach- ment above described upon the question ...
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... second effort he clears the difficulty , is followed by his guide , and all four of us reach the slope above the chasm . Its steepness was greater than that of a cathedral roof , while below us , and within a few yards of us , was a ...
... second effort he clears the difficulty , is followed by his guide , and all four of us reach the slope above the chasm . Its steepness was greater than that of a cathedral roof , while below us , and within a few yards of us , was a ...
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... second time at 2 A.M. The moon was then just touching the crest of the Schallenberg , and we were threatened with the withdrawal of her light . This soon occurred . We rose at 24 A.M. , consumed our coffee , and had to wait idly for the ...
... second time at 2 A.M. The moon was then just touching the crest of the Schallenberg , and we were threatened with the withdrawal of her light . This soon occurred . We rose at 24 A.M. , consumed our coffee , and had to wait idly for the ...
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