The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 66National Geographic Society, 1934 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 131
... climbing con- sists in taking , oneself , the entire respon- sibility for carrying the climb through to a successful finish . This is a lot of fun , and I saw no reason why this pleasure should be closed to women , although some of my ...
... climbing con- sists in taking , oneself , the entire respon- sibility for carrying the climb through to a successful finish . This is a lot of fun , and I saw no reason why this pleasure should be closed to women , although some of my ...
Page 146
... climb no longer existed ; for no self - respecting man could undertake it , now that it had been done by women alone . The next season I was able to do only one manless climb , the Torre Grande , in the Dolomites , one of the towers of ...
... climb no longer existed ; for no self - respecting man could undertake it , now that it had been done by women alone . The next season I was able to do only one manless climb , the Torre Grande , in the Dolomites , one of the towers of ...
Page 155
... climb presents no indi- vidual pitches of great difficulty , but it is tiringly long and higher than the Grépon by 3,000 feet . To climb the Matterhorn , Miss Jessie Whitehead , of Cambridge ( it may be either England or Massachusetts ) ...
... climb presents no indi- vidual pitches of great difficulty , but it is tiringly long and higher than the Grépon by 3,000 feet . To climb the Matterhorn , Miss Jessie Whitehead , of Cambridge ( it may be either England or Massachusetts ) ...
Contents
Alphubel peak Switzerland | vii |
Among the Big Trees of California By JOHN R WHITE 219 | ix |
Sunshine Land of Fruits Flowers Movies and Sport 41 ills in color from natural color | xii |
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