Hours of exercise in the Alps. [Followed by] Notes and comments on ice and glaciers [&c.].1871 |
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... peaks and glaciers cannot do better than consult the excellent little volume lately published by Leslie Stephen , where , under the head of Dangers of Mountaineering , ' this question is discussed . 6 I would willingly have published ...
... peaks and glaciers cannot do better than consult the excellent little volume lately published by Leslie Stephen , where , under the head of Dangers of Mountaineering , ' this question is discussed . 6 I would willingly have published ...
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... to occasional excursions in the Scotch Highlands , or amid the Welsh and Cumbrian hills . But in my weariness the mere thought of B ; the snow - peaks and glaciers was an exhilaration CHAPTER PAGE I THE LAUWINEN-THOR.
... to occasional excursions in the Scotch Highlands , or amid the Welsh and Cumbrian hills . But in my weariness the mere thought of B ; the snow - peaks and glaciers was an exhilaration CHAPTER PAGE I THE LAUWINEN-THOR.
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John Tyndall. ; the snow - peaks and glaciers was an exhilaration ; and to the Alps , therefore , I resolved once more to go . I wrote to my former guide , Christian Lauener , desiring him to meet me at Thun on Saturday the 4th of August ...
John Tyndall. ; the snow - peaks and glaciers was an exhilaration ; and to the Alps , therefore , I resolved once more to go . I wrote to my former guide , Christian Lauener , desiring him to meet me at Thun on Saturday the 4th of August ...
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... peaks of the mountains ; then closing up again , and hiding in their dismal folds the very posts which stood at a distance of ten paces from the hotel door . The effects soon became exceedingly striking , the muta- tions were so quick ...
... peaks of the mountains ; then closing up again , and hiding in their dismal folds the very posts which stood at a distance of ten paces from the hotel door . The effects soon became exceedingly striking , the muta- tions were so quick ...
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... peak of the Breithorn to the point at which we were aiming . This , however , was visibly nearer ; and , for the first time since we began to climb , Lauener declared that he had good 1 See Note on Clouds , ' p . 82 . The hopes - Jetzt ...
... peak of the Breithorn to the point at which we were aiming . This , however , was visibly nearer ; and , for the first time since we began to climb , Lauener declared that he had good 1 See Note on Clouds , ' p . 82 . The hopes - Jetzt ...
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