Hours of exercise in the Alps. [Followed by] Notes and comments on ice and glaciers [&c.].1871 |
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... slopes of snow to the sunny Alp beyond them . To my left was a mountain stream making soft music by the explosion of its bubbles . I was once tempted aside to climb a rounded eminence , where I lay for an hour watching the augmenting ...
... slopes of snow to the sunny Alp beyond them . To my left was a mountain stream making soft music by the explosion of its bubbles . I was once tempted aside to climb a rounded eminence , where I lay for an hour watching the augmenting ...
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... slope of the mountain , which , at times , was quite precipitous ; but the roots of the pines grasping the rocks afforded hand and foot such hold as to render the steepest places the pleasantest of all . I often emerged from the gloom ...
... slope of the mountain , which , at times , was quite precipitous ; but the roots of the pines grasping the rocks afforded hand and foot such hold as to render the steepest places the pleasantest of all . I often emerged from the gloom ...
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... slope of the hill . murmur . The dawn cheerfully unlocked the recesses of the mountains , and we soon quitted the gloom of the woods for the bright green Alp . This we breasted , regardless of the path , until we reached the chalets of ...
... slope of the hill . murmur . The dawn cheerfully unlocked the recesses of the mountains , and we soon quitted the gloom of the woods for the bright green Alp . This we breasted , regardless of the path , until we reached the chalets of ...
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... slope of compact ice . The men were very weary , the hewing of the steps exhausting , and the footing , particularly on some glazed rocks over which we had to pass , exceedingly insecure . Once on trying to fix my alpenstock I found ...
... slope of compact ice . The men were very weary , the hewing of the steps exhausting , and the footing , particularly on some glazed rocks over which we had to pass , exceedingly insecure . Once on trying to fix my alpenstock I found ...
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... slope . Several times during our descent the snow coating was perforated , and hidden crevasses revealed . At length we reached the glacier , and plodded along it through the dreary fog . We cleared the ice just at nightfall , passed ...
... slope . Several times during our descent the snow coating was perforated , and hidden crevasses revealed . At length we reached the glacier , and plodded along it through the dreary fog . We cleared the ice just at nightfall , passed ...
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