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... feet above camp these snow- and - ice slopes ended abruptly in a massive granite shoulder that rose with dramatic steepness 3,000 more feet to the 16,000 - foot crest of McKinley's great West Buttress . Here , in the very shadow of the ...
... feet above camp these snow- and - ice slopes ended abruptly in a massive granite shoulder that rose with dramatic steepness 3,000 more feet to the 16,000 - foot crest of McKinley's great West Buttress . Here , in the very shadow of the ...
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... feet . From there to the summit aerial photographs clearly showed no unusual difficulties ; simply 3,100 feet of steep , wind - packed snow slopes . The mountain face above our " Crow's Nest " camp at 15,400 feet was in just as evil ...
... feet . From there to the summit aerial photographs clearly showed no unusual difficulties ; simply 3,100 feet of steep , wind - packed snow slopes . The mountain face above our " Crow's Nest " camp at 15,400 feet was in just as evil ...
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Past 20,000 Feet and Still Going Up : Climbers Ascend South Peak's Crest The actual summit of North America's highest peak is about 50 to 60 feet of hard - packed snow . Here Bill Hackett ( ahead ) and Jim Gale , of the 1951 expedition ...
Past 20,000 Feet and Still Going Up : Climbers Ascend South Peak's Crest The actual summit of North America's highest peak is about 50 to 60 feet of hard - packed snow . Here Bill Hackett ( ahead ) and Jim Gale , of the 1951 expedition ...
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Fact Finding for Tomorrows Planes A Little Faninabox Wind | v |
All America Mingles in the Prairie State | ix |
Rip Van Winkle of the Underground North Americas Much Misunder | xii |
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