The Canadian Alpine Journal, Volume 15Alpine Club of Canada., 1925 - Canada |
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... heavy packs up some 13,000 ft . , sometimes over the roughest moraines and ice , entailed a severe and continuous strain on the climbers and resulted in an inevitable sapping of their physical powers . On their respective ascents of Mt ...
... heavy packs up some 13,000 ft . , sometimes over the roughest moraines and ice , entailed a severe and continuous strain on the climbers and resulted in an inevitable sapping of their physical powers . On their respective ascents of Mt ...
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... heavy , soft snow when overcome by lethargy due to high altitude and physical exhaustion , and even refusing to be relieved when almost at the last ounce of his strength . Again we hear of his return from the summit down endless , weary ...
... heavy , soft snow when overcome by lethargy due to high altitude and physical exhaustion , and even refusing to be relieved when almost at the last ounce of his strength . Again we hear of his return from the summit down endless , weary ...
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... heavy moss through which the summer's sun never penetrates far enough to thaw out the ground to any depth . At the head of the valley the forest carpet is harder , with a profusion of shrubbery , floral and grassy growth . Beneath this ...
... heavy moss through which the summer's sun never penetrates far enough to thaw out the ground to any depth . At the head of the valley the forest carpet is harder , with a profusion of shrubbery , floral and grassy growth . Beneath this ...
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... heavy snowfall in the lower valley and very little overflow ice to make the going easy for big loads , I finally decided to use six heavy draft horses with two bob - sleds and three dog teams of seven dogs each . The following men of ...
... heavy snowfall in the lower valley and very little overflow ice to make the going easy for big loads , I finally decided to use six heavy draft horses with two bob - sleds and three dog teams of seven dogs each . The following men of ...
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... heavy and told severely on soft muscles as there was little riding of sleds ; but while the men and horses were content to enjoy shelter in the little log cabin and the improvised stable in the forest , the dogs , happy to be on the ...
... heavy and told severely on soft muscles as there was little riding of sleds ; but while the men and horses were content to enjoy shelter in the little log cabin and the improvised stable in the forest , the dogs , happy to be on the ...
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A. H. MacCarthy a.m. Cascade Camp advance base camp Alaska Alpine Club altitude American Alpine Club Andy aneroid ascent of Mt back-packing Baldwin Glacier Bivouac Peak cache camera Canadian Rockies Canyon Carpe Chitina Glacier Chitina River Chitina Valley cliffs climb Club of Canada crampons crevasses Devil's Door dog teams Double Peak elevation Elias equipment Everest feet Foster gorge H. F. Lambart heavy Hubrick Camp June King Col Camp King Glacier King Peak Lake O'Hara loads Logan Expedition Logan Glacier McCarthy miles Minimum overnight moraine Mount Logan mountain névé night Ogilvie Glacier outfit p.m. Camp party photographs Photos pounds Quartz Ridge range reached relay rock rope route séracs Seward Glacier sheep side sleds slopes snow shoes steep storm stream stretches summit of Mt supply temperature tent timber Trail End trip Walsh Glacier weather willow wind Windy Camp woods Yakutat Bay Yukon
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Page 16 - come now to the two splendid records of the Russell expedition of 1890 and 1891. These, under the joint auspices of the National Geographic Society and the United States Geological Survey, were instrumental in adding greatly to our knowledge of the country. Russell's exhaustive studies
Page 27 - 16 miles from east to west and 8 miles from north to south, and
Page 127 - in the belief that the pass north of it was the true source of the North Thompson River. Northward of this pass gleamed an
Page 90 - In strong wind the snow blows up from the ground and fills the air with ice crystals, forming an intransparent layer many
Page 90 - away disappear in the drifting snow. In such weather it is difficult and dangerous to move about.
Page 127 - obviously monarch of the range. "The dominant feature of the scene was the magnificent mountain which the
Page 90 - thick; it is often possible to see the blue sky at zenith, while objects only a few