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0270 Among the Celestials : vol.1
Among the Celestials : vol.1 / Page 270 (Color Image)

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doi: 10.20676/00000297
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ment nearness of the
e was on a gigantic scale
le not more than an hou
nuse was in fact a six hou
I was nearly midday whe
nd the pass, and what we
shudder even now to thi
s nothing but a sheer preci
e first few moments on
ugh Pass were full of in
. If we could but get o
ess of my expedition wou
thing seemed to me surpr
had had no experience of
I had no ice-axes or oth
ness with me. I had
n. All I had for foo
re boots of soft leather
ited heels—mere leather
ould gave no sort of g
me. How, then, I sho
e down the icy slopes and
as before me I could
me imagine; and if it ha
as the probability is was
over the pass at all.