Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 480
ution of roping, as the others can keep head. These ice precipices are frequently foundat the heads of glaciers, which, as the schoolboyknows, are merely rivers of frozen water slowlymoving down the face of a mountain on accountof the force of gravity and the great pressure ofthe ice masses which… … THE GUIDES SHELTER. from slipping, by driving their alpenstocks firmlyinto the snow, thus overcoming the pull causedby the weight of the fallen man. Some of the guides are experts in climbing.There are a number who are noted for their skillin what the Alpinist calls snow and ice work.That means…
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