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1938
Over Tyrolese Hills
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Page 197 of 257
Author: Smythe, Frank S. / F.S. Smythe
Place: London
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Physical description: 254 S. : Kt.. - 4th ed.
Language: Englisch
Subject heading: g.Tirol;f.Reisebericht 1935
Location mark: I 246.137
Intern ID: 429422
THE REICHEN RANGE preceded by the cross-looking woman. She said loudly : ' The window must be closed ! ' This was too much for Secord. Swathed like a cocoon in his blankets, he rose in his wrath. His German came to him unhandily, but nevertheless effectively. ' No !' he declared emphatic ally, ' the window must not be closed.' The window remained open. At 4 a.m. we rose, breakfasted and climbed slopes of glaciated slabs and boulders towards the Gabelkopf, which peak we proposed to traverse

en route to the Reichen Spitze. Despite the lurid sunset of the previous evening, it was a perfect morning. Even the filaments of cloud had vanished and the sun rose jauntily into a sky destitute of a single shred of vapour. A little uncrevassed snow-field lies on the northern slopes of the peak. The snow was hard-frozen and we strode uphill inhaling deeply the keen frosty air. It was good to be alive on such a morning. In our exuberance we deliberately elected to gain the crest of the north-east ridge

low down in preference to a route on one side which would have saved both time and energy. Our enthusiasm received a check. For a short dis tance the ridge was broken and easy. Then, abruptly it narrowed and rose in an unclimbable flake of rock. This we sought to avoid by a traverse, and a reascent to the ridge above the impasse. Here the rocks were more broken but were very steep. I tried, but retired defeated. Then Secord tried, but met with no better success. Eventually we scrambled round

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