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Page 62
... light filled the valley and the lengthening shadows revealed unsuspected grandeurs and beauties in the great rock walls opposite . The light breeze had fallen to a complete calm and not a leaf of the birches quivered . Quickly the sun ...
... light filled the valley and the lengthening shadows revealed unsuspected grandeurs and beauties in the great rock walls opposite . The light breeze had fallen to a complete calm and not a leaf of the birches quivered . Quickly the sun ...
Page 68
... light matching the pale bril- liance of the stars . The fire of birch logs burned perfectly , red and blue flames with scarcely any smoke , and in its light the faces of the men stood out from the darkness against a still darker ...
... light matching the pale bril- liance of the stars . The fire of birch logs burned perfectly , red and blue flames with scarcely any smoke , and in its light the faces of the men stood out from the darkness against a still darker ...
Page 315
... light values . In the lower valleys , where there is a high percentage of water vapor present in the atmosphere , longer exposures are necessary than the brilliant sunlight appears to indicate , but at high altitudes , where the reverse ...
... light values . In the lower valleys , where there is a high percentage of water vapor present in the atmosphere , longer exposures are necessary than the brilliant sunlight appears to indicate , but at high altitudes , where the reverse ...
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afternoon Alaknanda River Alaknanda Valley allardias already Androsace ascent avalanche Badrinath Banke Glacier base camp beauty beneath bergschrund Bhotia Bhyundar Pass Bhyundar Valley bloom blue boulder buttress climb clouds cold color crags crest crevasse crossed descended difficult distance Dunagiri east edge Expedition face feet high foot forest garden Garhwal gorge gully halted height high altitudes hillside Himalayas hope hour ice axe icefall inches Joshimath Kamet ledge light Linn looked Mana Peak mists monsoon moraine morning Mount Everest mountain Nanda Devi night Nilgiri Parbat Nilkanta nomocharis Nurbu Pasang Peter pitch plants plateau porters possible potentillas precipices Primula rain Ranikhet Rataban reached rhododendron rock peaks rope route Royle scrambled seemed seen séracs Sherpa slabs sleeping snow field snow ridge snow slope Snowman steep step stream summit tent Tewang Tibetan torrent tracks traverse Valley of Flowers village wall Wangdi weather wind Zaskar Zaskar Range