This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...southwest. Accordingly on July 9th, we turned out at 3 A.m. Indications were promising, so an hour and a half later we set forth. The way lay first over moraine and then along the margin of the glacier which afforded easy going on dry, crisp ice. The stillness up among the great peaks before sunrise, when everything ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...southwest. Accordingly on July 9th, we turned out at 3 A.m. Indications were promising, so an hour and a half later we set forth. The way lay first over moraine and then along the margin of the glacier which afforded easy going on dry, crisp ice. The stillness up among the great peaks before sunrise, when everything stands clasped in the firm grip of the frost, is impressive in the extreme. Each rivulet is hushed, snow is hard, and only rarely is a falling rock heard. An occasional creaking of a glacier and the muffled booming of a torrent far down in the depths of some crevasse, as one passes, are nature's only sounds. In the chill, melancholy twilight the awful majesty of the mountains--their inordinate bulk and eternal solidity--is felt intensely as a deeply solemn chord. Not until the growing brightness, creeping downward from the sky, bathes with gorgeous tints each embattlemented crag and tender snowy crest, is the note of glowing beauty sounded. But then, in the keen inspiring freshness of the dawn, one seems transported to another world. Cares and doubts vanish and the sheer joy of life permeates one's being as never before. At the end of the moraine we roped up and headed directly across the tributary glacier for the recess behind the Ravelin. Presently we came upon a set of ice After a short halt we continued upwards along the north side of the smaller buttress, but the snow soon turned to ice. Holway, now in the lead once more, began to cut steps to the left in the hope of gaining a crack in the ice which promised to be of assistance. Owing to the hardness of the ice and to the need to chip hand-holds it was slow work. At noon the full length of the rope was out but he had not reached the crack. A short advance would have brought me as last man t...
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Add this copy of Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks. a to cart. $150.00, good condition, Sold by Wm Burgett Bks & Collectibles rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Diego, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1914 by G.P. Putnam's Sons.
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Good to Very Good. Good to Very Good hard cover first (1914) Slight fraying on top head of spine. Strong hinges, binding tight. Some scuffing. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
