Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 291William Blackwood, 1962 - England |
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... snow : I was on an icy ledge , high above the snow line in Kurdistan , when a snow- leopard came padding round a buttress of rock . He stopped to look at me , one outsize forepaw held in suspended animation . Our surprise at seeing each ...
... snow : I was on an icy ledge , high above the snow line in Kurdistan , when a snow- leopard came padding round a buttress of rock . He stopped to look at me , one outsize forepaw held in suspended animation . Our surprise at seeing each ...
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... snow , and always the beckoning void into the cwm to keep one alert . A col after half a mile ; down the five hundred feet of steep snow , icy at the bottom with a couple of Don's welcome fixed ropes . Time for a boiled sweet and a few ...
... snow , and always the beckoning void into the cwm to keep one alert . A col after half a mile ; down the five hundred feet of steep snow , icy at the bottom with a couple of Don's welcome fixed ropes . Time for a boiled sweet and a few ...
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led off over very steep ice and snow to the left and curved downwards ; a fixed rope had been removed from this pitch for use higher up by Wilfrid and Don the day before . ' O.K. with crampons , ' said the demon , ' just nip down the snow ...
led off over very steep ice and snow to the left and curved downwards ; a fixed rope had been removed from this pitch for use higher up by Wilfrid and Don the day before . ' O.K. with crampons , ' said the demon , ' just nip down the snow ...
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THE GREATEST SCOUT BY R R MONEY | 42 |
THE LAST CONTINENT BY RICHARD BEAUCHAMP | 270 |
THE LAST ROUND BY M M | 279 |
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