Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 294W. Blackwood, 1963 |
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Page 37
... feet out of sight , causing the rope to draw tight against my waist before I had even managed to light a cigarette ... feet above the scree ; I must have been about a hundred and twenty . The same process went on for hundreds of feet ...
... feet out of sight , causing the rope to draw tight against my waist before I had even managed to light a cigarette ... feet above the scree ; I must have been about a hundred and twenty . The same process went on for hundreds of feet ...
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... feet , ahead . It became obvious that we would have to find our own shelter . Finding somewhere to stay the night 13,000 feet up an African mountain in a swirling mist is no joke . The terrain now consisted of narrow valleys , clumps of ...
... feet , ahead . It became obvious that we would have to find our own shelter . Finding somewhere to stay the night 13,000 feet up an African mountain in a swirling mist is no joke . The terrain now consisted of narrow valleys , clumps of ...
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... feet away where it would be possible to stand unaided : the rope would definitely not reach safe ground , which lay fifty or sixty feet still further down , in the shape of a moderate snow slope . Keeping the rappel in position round my ...
... feet away where it would be possible to stand unaided : the rope would definitely not reach safe ground , which lay fifty or sixty feet still further down , in the shape of a moderate snow slope . Keeping the rappel in position round my ...
Contents
THE ART OF UNCLE JASON BY G E | 96 |
THE PRIDE OF MR LAIRD BY A M | 192 |
TWO DAYS BEFORE THE MAST BY HUGH POPHAM | 202 |
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