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... Looked at from the top the pass will seem very formidable to the best of climbers ; to an ordinary eye it would appear simply terrific . We reached the base of the barrier at nine A.M .; we had sur- mounted it at four ; seven hours ...
... Looked at from the top the pass will seem very formidable to the best of climbers ; to an ordinary eye it would appear simply terrific . We reached the base of the barrier at nine A.M .; we had sur- mounted it at four ; seven hours ...
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... looked less formidable than it otherwise might have done . From Courmayeur I worked round to Cha- mouni by Chapieu and the Col de Bonhomme . I attempted to get up Mont Blanc to visit the thermometers which I had planted on the summit a ...
... looked less formidable than it otherwise might have done . From Courmayeur I worked round to Cha- mouni by Chapieu and the Col de Bonhomme . I attempted to get up Mont Blanc to visit the thermometers which I had planted on the summit a ...
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... looked , an ominous visitant appeared : down came a fragment of rock , the size of a man's body , and dashed past me on the couloir , sending the snow flying . For a moment I thought they might have dislodged it ; but looking again I ...
... looked , an ominous visitant appeared : down came a fragment of rock , the size of a man's body , and dashed past me on the couloir , sending the snow flying . For a moment I thought they might have dislodged it ; but looking again I ...
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... looked very like mutiny , showed itself on the part of some of my men . Its manifestation was slight , I must say , in most cases , and conspicuous only in one . Regrets and apologies followed , and due allowance ought to be made for ...
... looked very like mutiny , showed itself on the part of some of my men . Its manifestation was slight , I must say , in most cases , and conspicuous only in one . Regrets and apologies followed , and due allowance ought to be made for ...
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... looked like waterspouts , so dense was their texture . Furious as was the descending shower , hard as we were hit by the mixed pellets of ice and water , I enjoyed the scene . Grandly the cloud - besom swept the mountains , their ...
... looked like waterspouts , so dense was their texture . Furious as was the descending shower , hard as we were hit by the mixed pellets of ice and water , I enjoyed the scene . Grandly the cloud - besom swept the mountains , their ...
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