The Canadian Alpine Journal, Volume 15Alpine Club of Canada., 1925 - Canada |
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... route for an ascent . So difficult appeared the approach by this the shortest route , sixty - five to seventy miles in direct line from Yakutat Bay , that it was abandoned by the recent Expedition in favour of the longer one by the ...
... route for an ascent . So difficult appeared the approach by this the shortest route , sixty - five to seventy miles in direct line from Yakutat Bay , that it was abandoned by the recent Expedition in favour of the longer one by the ...
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... route and thus the success of the Expedition . His stepping into the breach in the winter of 1925 in order to see that the caches should be properly laid , whereby he subjected himself to a prolonged and severe strain before the ...
... route and thus the success of the Expedition . His stepping into the breach in the winter of 1925 in order to see that the caches should be properly laid , whereby he subjected himself to a prolonged and severe strain before the ...
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... routes and no well trained guides in the Swiss sense . Every mountaineer must be his own guide and , unless possessed of very ample means , his own beast of burden . The three highest summits , and Mt. Blackburn ( 16,100 , ft . An ...
... routes and no well trained guides in the Swiss sense . Every mountaineer must be his own guide and , unless possessed of very ample means , his own beast of burden . The three highest summits , and Mt. Blackburn ( 16,100 , ft . An ...
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... route , reached the highest elevation so far attained , 11,400 feet . We 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 ...
... route , reached the highest elevation so far attained , 11,400 feet . We 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 ...
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... route . Hence in June and July of 1924 , with two local men from McCarthy , Taylor and Atkinson , I made a hastily organized trip of forty - five days , by way of the Chitina Valley . Although bad weather prevented an as extensive ...
... route . Hence in June and July of 1924 , with two local men from McCarthy , Taylor and Atkinson , I made a hastily organized trip of forty - five days , by way of the Chitina Valley . Although bad weather prevented an as extensive ...
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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