Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 299W. Blackwood, 1966 - England |
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Page 170
Imagine , he said , a mountain towering at least eighteen thousand feet above you , and a steep precipice of thirteen thousand feet below ! As Carn Ban is 3,443 feet in height and Braeriach , the highest mountain of the group ...
Imagine , he said , a mountain towering at least eighteen thousand feet above you , and a steep precipice of thirteen thousand feet below ! As Carn Ban is 3,443 feet in height and Braeriach , the highest mountain of the group ...
Page 232
The track , from the north at any rate , is well worn by the feet of the young folk of the local Outward Bound School , of whom a party climbs to the summit regularly month by month . No guide is needed there .
The track , from the north at any rate , is well worn by the feet of the young folk of the local Outward Bound School , of whom a party climbs to the summit regularly month by month . No guide is needed there .
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This we did and thereby lost nearly eight hundred feet of height , descending on hard snow into a bowl under the east ridge . There was no sign of John but , knowing he was well able to look after himself , H. and I pressed on for ...
This we did and thereby lost nearly eight hundred feet of height , descending on hard snow into a bowl under the east ridge . There was no sign of John but , knowing he was well able to look after himself , H. and I pressed on for ...
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