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He was invited to take a squint through the rifle - slit . him , and the steel doors of the barbette were rolled together in the man's face . I then took a peep through one of the rifle - slits . His face had turned purple with rage .
He was invited to take a squint through the rifle - slit . him , and the steel doors of the barbette were rolled together in the man's face . I then took a peep through one of the rifle - slits . His face had turned purple with rage .
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Lauper had climbed the north - east face in 1927 by an ice route that still ranks as among the finest in the Alps for length and difficulty . History was made again in 1968 by two separate parties which started on the North Face and ...
Lauper had climbed the north - east face in 1927 by an ice route that still ranks as among the finest in the Alps for length and difficulty . History was made again in 1968 by two separate parties which started on the North Face and ...
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The rock face behind had a thin film of ver- glas , and the snow , now six inches deep , was rock hard . In a few hours , the dry rock face had been trans- formed . Full winter conditions , which normally would have taken from November ...
The rock face behind had a thin film of ver- glas , and the snow , now six inches deep , was rock hard . In a few hours , the dry rock face had been trans- formed . Full winter conditions , which normally would have taken from November ...
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