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The higher we climbed the more breathless we got , for we had started from the
valley at ten thousand ... Each time we stopped to rest , not sitting but standing in
good mountain climbing fashion so as not to waste any energy in getting up ...
The higher we climbed the more breathless we got , for we had started from the
valley at ten thousand ... Each time we stopped to rest , not sitting but standing in
good mountain climbing fashion so as not to waste any energy in getting up ...
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I had climbed the dome of the State Capitol and gazed at the solid barrier of
mountain peaks which constitute the Continental Divide , and now I was on the
train about to explore one of the canyons which led up toward their summits .
When the ...
I had climbed the dome of the State Capitol and gazed at the solid barrier of
mountain peaks which constitute the Continental Divide , and now I was on the
train about to explore one of the canyons which led up toward their summits .
When the ...
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Clark was there , and leaving our car beside the road , we climbed into his truck .
About a mile in from the highway we started up a twelve - mile climb to the
summit of the Flat Tops . The road was a new one , built by the government to
enable ...
Clark was there , and leaving our car beside the road , we climbed into his truck .
About a mile in from the highway we started up a twelve - mile climb to the
summit of the Flat Tops . The road was a new one , built by the government to
enable ...
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Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
The Aspen Country | 218 |
Off the Beaten Track | 246 |
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Stampede to Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado Muriel Sibell Wolle No preview available - 1991 |
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