Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 287W. Blackwood, 1960 - England |
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Page 59
... snow for the dead grass . They ate the willow - shoots , and pawed for the brown leaves at the foot of the trees . Traveller still grew , his mother's milk sustaining him . The hard relentless cold continued . The horses became thinner ...
... snow for the dead grass . They ate the willow - shoots , and pawed for the brown leaves at the foot of the trees . Traveller still grew , his mother's milk sustaining him . The hard relentless cold continued . The horses became thinner ...
Page 341
... snow softened . There was now no well - frozen trail to follow . Instead , huge cornices leaned out from the ridge , often forcing us off the crest onto wet snow overlying ice . We moved singly , the waiting man crouching uncomfortably ...
... snow softened . There was now no well - frozen trail to follow . Instead , huge cornices leaned out from the ridge , often forcing us off the crest onto wet snow overlying ice . We moved singly , the waiting man crouching uncomfortably ...
Page 344
... snow had fallen . " We've got to pack up and get down , " I said . " Nobody climbs mountains in this sort of thing . " We pulled on our boots , dis- entangled the ropes , and , stuffing our few belongings into our rucksacks with a lot of ...
... snow had fallen . " We've got to pack up and get down , " I said . " Nobody climbs mountains in this sort of thing . " We pulled on our boots , dis- entangled the ropes , and , stuffing our few belongings into our rucksacks with a lot of ...
Contents
PATHFINDING IN THE GREAT NAFUD BY A DRUMMOND | 53 |
POINTS OF VIEW BY MARTIN GREEN | 62 |
RETURN BY BUDAPEST BY JAMES HANNAY | 78 |
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