The Canadian Alpine Journal, Volume 15Alpine Club of Canada., 1925 - Canada |
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... slope . On the return trip he , with Foster and Carpe , experienced a most dangerous adventure in the torrential waters of the Chitina , after which , with almost no food , they had to walk fifty miles to McCarthy . His admiration for ...
... slope . On the return trip he , with Foster and Carpe , experienced a most dangerous adventure in the torrential waters of the Chitina , after which , with almost no food , they had to walk fifty miles to McCarthy . His admiration for ...
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... slope , when rocks are iced and half covered by snow , when hands are without feeling and feet like lumps of lead , and every step is a problem and a danger . Thus , through a comparatively minor experience of similar nature , it is ...
... slope , when rocks are iced and half covered by snow , when hands are without feeling and feet like lumps of lead , and every step is a problem and a danger . Thus , through a comparatively minor experience of similar nature , it is ...
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... slopes , with a thermometer away below zero and an icy wind tearing at one's vitals , while suffering from feet so badly frozen that the skin had come off and the raw flesh was protruding . Of such stuff are heroes made . His comrades ...
... slopes , with a thermometer away below zero and an icy wind tearing at one's vitals , while suffering from feet so badly frozen that the skin had come off and the raw flesh was protruding . Of such stuff are heroes made . His comrades ...
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... slope . It was morning ; whereupon that ' irreducible minimum of hope , ' which is never quenched in the hearts of heroes , set them upon their feet ; they went on ; they found the saving willow wand , and so passed from death to life ...
... slope . It was morning ; whereupon that ' irreducible minimum of hope , ' which is never quenched in the hearts of heroes , set them upon their feet ; they went on ; they found the saving willow wand , and so passed from death to life ...
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... slope cause the principal variations in the present size and condition of the glaciers . In glacial epochs snow and ice accumulated in the high mountains and gradually crept down into the smaller valleys and out into the larger ones ...
... slope cause the principal variations in the present size and condition of the glaciers . In glacial epochs snow and ice accumulated in the high mountains and gradually crept down into the smaller valleys and out into the larger ones ...
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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