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... climb the mountain again but by a new route , one even more terrible than that previous one which had defeated so many climbers . Why ? Why seek a more difficult and dangerous route ? While I have neither the passion nor technical ...
... climb the mountain again but by a new route , one even more terrible than that previous one which had defeated so many climbers . Why ? Why seek a more difficult and dangerous route ? While I have neither the passion nor technical ...
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... climbing expeditions . However , like many Sherpas , he found trekking much easier and less dangerous . Because high ... climb for money , not enjoyment , and a small tribe cannot afford to lose so many of its best young men to the ...
... climbing expeditions . However , like many Sherpas , he found trekking much easier and less dangerous . Because high ... climb for money , not enjoyment , and a small tribe cannot afford to lose so many of its best young men to the ...
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... climb a slope deep in snow , and descend again , plod- ding bent under the heavy packs , almost dizzy with the sun's glare . I also feel intensely , vibrantly alive , filled with a wild , inner joy at be- ing almost free for one brief ...
... climb a slope deep in snow , and descend again , plod- ding bent under the heavy packs , almost dizzy with the sun's glare . I also feel intensely , vibrantly alive , filled with a wild , inner joy at be- ing almost free for one brief ...
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ahead altitudes animals behavior bharal Bhote Kosi blue sheep boulders camp canyon Chitral Chitral Gol cliffs climb clouds crest cubs dark descend dhole Dolpo feet female forest Gilgit glacier gorge grass Gyaltsen habitat halt head herd hills Himalaya Himalayan tahr Hindu Hindu Kush horns hunting Hunza ibex India Indus Jang-bu Karakoram Karchat Kashmir Khan Kilik Pass kill lama Lapche leave livestock loads look males Marco Polo sheep markhor miles Misgar monastery morning mountains nearby Nepal night Nilgiri tahr once Pakistan pass peaks Pervez Peter Phu-Tsering plateau porters rams range reached remain ridge Ringmo river road rock route sheep and goats Sherpas Shey Skardu slopes snow leopard soon species stone Tarakot tent Tibet Tibetan tiger trail trees trip tsampa urial valley vanished village walk walls watched wild goat wildlife wind winter wolves yaks young