Hours of exercise in the Alps. [Followed by] Notes and comments on ice and glaciers [&c.].1871 |
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... that the man was in first - rate condition , and fully up to the hardest work . On Sunday the 5th of August , for the sake of a little training , I ascended the Faulhorn alone . The 2 [ 1860 HOURS OF EXERCISE IN THE ALPS .
... that the man was in first - rate condition , and fully up to the hardest work . On Sunday the 5th of August , for the sake of a little training , I ascended the Faulhorn alone . The 2 [ 1860 HOURS OF EXERCISE IN THE ALPS .
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John Tyndall. little training , I ascended the Faulhorn alone . The morning was splendid , but as the day advanced heavy cloud - wreaths swathed the heights . They attained a maximum about two P.M. , and afterwards the overladen air ...
John Tyndall. little training , I ascended the Faulhorn alone . The morning was splendid , but as the day advanced heavy cloud - wreaths swathed the heights . They attained a maximum about two P.M. , and afterwards the overladen air ...
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... ascended the glacier till we touched the avalanche - débris of the Heisse Platte . We wandered amid the moulins and cre- vasses until evening approached , and thus gradually prepared our muscles for more arduous work . On Tuesday a ...
... ascended the glacier till we touched the avalanche - débris of the Heisse Platte . We wandered amid the moulins and cre- vasses until evening approached , and thus gradually prepared our muscles for more arduous work . On Tuesday a ...
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... ascended it along the furrow which still marked the line of fall . Under the snow , at some distance up the slope , we found a fine new ice - axe , the property of one of the guides . We held on to the track up to the very summit of the ...
... ascended it along the furrow which still marked the line of fall . Under the snow , at some distance up the slope , we found a fine new ice - axe , the property of one of the guides . We held on to the track up to the very summit of the ...
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... ascend a narrow edge of snow , a cliff some way to the right : the snow is frozen and hard as rock , and arms and legs are worked vigorously . Tyndall calls out to me , to know whether I recollect the ' conditions : i.e. if your feet ...
... ascend a narrow edge of snow , a cliff some way to the right : the snow is frozen and hard as rock , and arms and legs are worked vigorously . Tyndall calls out to me , to know whether I recollect the ' conditions : i.e. if your feet ...
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