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... cross the small wooden bridge ; a white - breasted dipper is there , as it often is . Beyond , the trail cuts up the slope , over a crest , and along the north - facing contour of a ridge , deep in snow . After traversing a fold of the ...
... cross the small wooden bridge ; a white - breasted dipper is there , as it often is . Beyond , the trail cuts up the slope , over a crest , and along the north - facing contour of a ridge , deep in snow . After traversing a fold of the ...
Page 270
... cross the first of the two passes ahead . I feel uneasy , and to find an outlet for my tension , climb a high hill to look for argali . All I see is a low dark wall of cloud roiling toward us in the distance , and soon after I return to ...
... cross the first of the two passes ahead . I feel uneasy , and to find an outlet for my tension , climb a high hill to look for argali . All I see is a low dark wall of cloud roiling toward us in the distance , and soon after I return to ...
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... cross the stream we must use the ice bridges . " You first , sah , " urges Phu - Tsering . " You biggest . " The ... crosses the cliff face on a JOURNEY TO CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN · 273.
... cross the stream we must use the ice bridges . " You first , sah , " urges Phu - Tsering . " You biggest . " The ... crosses the cliff face on a JOURNEY TO CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN · 273.
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