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Excerpt from Aconcagua and Tierra Del Fuego: A Book of Climbing, Travel and Exploration
His book is the record of the last of my T own mountain-explorations that I shall write. I take leave of it with a regret which fellow explorers will understand. Thirty years of climbing have left me fonder than ever of mountains - of their beauty, their problems, and the activities of mind and body to which mountains give scope. But in looking backward it is the friends I have made amongst them, the men who have cooperated with me on the mountain-side, that awaken in my memory the warmest response, and that arise before me far clearer than do the scenes of their exploits. How many of them, alas! Lie silent in the depths of the glaciers they loved, or buried at the feet of the peaks they conquered! To the friends, some of them scarcely less precious, whom my.
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His book is the record of the last of my T own mountain-explorations that I shall write. I take leave of it with a regret which fellow explorers will understand. Thirty years of climbing have left me fonder than ever of mountains - of their beauty, their problems, and the activities of mind and body to which mountains give scope. But in looking backward it is the friends I have made amongst them, the men who have cooperated with me on the mountain-side, that awaken in my memory the warmest response, and that arise before me far clearer than do the scenes of their exploits. How many of them, alas! Lie silent in the depths of the glaciers they loved, or buried at the feet of the peaks they conquered! To the friends, some of them scarcely less precious, whom my.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Sir Martin Conway
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781528362221
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Page Count - 318
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Contributors
Author
Sir Martin Conway
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781332046430
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Page Count - 320
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