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... night somewhere on the mountain , and I don't think his ideas of our success were ever very sanguine . We were to start before 3 A.M. on Monday morn- ing , August 20 ; and the short period for sleep thus left us was somewhat abridged in ...
... night somewhere on the mountain , and I don't think his ideas of our success were ever very sanguine . We were to start before 3 A.M. on Monday morn- ing , August 20 ; and the short period for sleep thus left us was somewhat abridged in ...
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... night shake off the ( totally groundless ) idea that a certain dear friend of mine was among them , and that I ought at that moment to be hurry- ing off to Courmayeur , to mourn and to bury him . In the morning , however , these things ...
... night shake off the ( totally groundless ) idea that a certain dear friend of mine was among them , and that I ought at that moment to be hurry- ing off to Courmayeur , to mourn and to bury him . In the morning , however , these things ...
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... night all but impossible , and he will see no glory in the scene - only the angry eye of the setting sun fixed on dark rocks and dead - white snow . We had risen seemingly to an immense height above the gap , and the ridge which ...
... night all but impossible , and he will see no glory in the scene - only the angry eye of the setting sun fixed on dark rocks and dead - white snow . We had risen seemingly to an immense height above the gap , and the ridge which ...
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... night . The tent was ten feet in diameter , and into it the whole eleven of us were packed . The north wind blew rather fiercely over the summit , but we dropped down a few yards to leeward , and thus found shelter . Throughout the night ...
... night . The tent was ten feet in diameter , and into it the whole eleven of us were packed . The north wind blew rather fiercely over the summit , but we dropped down a few yards to leeward , and thus found shelter . Throughout the night ...
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... night , how- ever , we were enveloped in a dense mist , which defeated our purpose . One rocket was sent up which ( though we did not know it ) penetrated the mist , and was seen at Chamouni . Lecomte's experi- ments on the alleged ...
... night , how- ever , we were enveloped in a dense mist , which defeated our purpose . One rocket was sent up which ( though we did not know it ) penetrated the mist , and was seen at Chamouni . Lecomte's experi- ments on the alleged ...
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