The Quarterly Review, Volume 267, Issue 529John Murray, 1936 |
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... mountain - climbing to be such a fascinating game that men are justified in staking their lives on the issue of it . The other theory approves the mechanisation of climbing , with the use of hammers , nails , iron rings , fixed ropes ...
... mountain - climbing to be such a fascinating game that men are justified in staking their lives on the issue of it . The other theory approves the mechanisation of climbing , with the use of hammers , nails , iron rings , fixed ropes ...
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... mountain like the Matterhorn . The guided party accordingly set out by themselves , traversed the summit in good time , descended into afternoon , were back in Italy before dark that evening . They had found snowy conditions with ...
... mountain like the Matterhorn . The guided party accordingly set out by themselves , traversed the summit in good time , descended into afternoon , were back in Italy before dark that evening . They had found snowy conditions with ...
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... mountain was Wednesday , and their bivouac was near the gallery of the Eigerwand railway station . This is the stopping - place where the tourist trains , crawling upwards in the bowels of the mountain , pause for the passengers to get ...
... mountain was Wednesday , and their bivouac was near the gallery of the Eigerwand railway station . This is the stopping - place where the tourist trains , crawling upwards in the bowels of the mountain , pause for the passengers to get ...
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