Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 293W. Blackwood, 1963 - England |
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However , a search down - stream revealed a solid - looking tree - trunk which stretched from bank to bank across fifteen feet of swirling water . The surface of the recumbent tree had been roughly planed to some eight inches in width .
However , a search down - stream revealed a solid - looking tree - trunk which stretched from bank to bank across fifteen feet of swirling water . The surface of the recumbent tree had been roughly planed to some eight inches in width .
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We moved up without incident , stopping every hour for our five - minute breather , and at last reached a spot about 150 feet below the peak . To move on to the summit meant climbing an ice - wall some twenty to thirty feet high .
We moved up without incident , stopping every hour for our five - minute breather , and at last reached a spot about 150 feet below the peak . To move on to the summit meant climbing an ice - wall some twenty to thirty feet high .
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We used one ' bergen , ' one pullover and one neck - square to sit on : we put our feet in another bergen and used the remaining one to fill a tear in the side of the flag . Outside , the wind still howled , and the snow found its way ...
We used one ' bergen , ' one pullover and one neck - square to sit on : we put our feet in another bergen and used the remaining one to fill a tear in the side of the flag . Outside , the wind still howled , and the snow found its way ...
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Contents
ACROSS THE PRAIRIE BY LESLIE GARDINER | 192 |
THE CAT AND THE KING BY PATRICK GREER | 480 |
ALPINE ESCAPADE BY E C LANNING | 571 |
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