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Among the Celestials : vol.1 |
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is when exposed to severe frosts, and once I
heard a shout from above, as a huge piece of
rock which had been detached came crashing
past me, and as nearly as possible hit two of
the men who had already got half-way down.
We reached the bottom of the cliff without
accident, and then found ourselves at the head
of a long ice-slope extending down to the
glacier below. Protruding through the ice
were three pieces of rock, which would serve
us as successive halting-places, and we deter-
mined upon taking a line which led by them.
We had brought with us every scrap of rope
that could be spared from the ponies' gear, and
we tied these and all the men's turbans and
waist-clothes together into one long rope, by
which we let a man down the ice-slope on to
the first projecting rock. As he went down he
cut steps, and when he had reached the rock
we tied the upper end of the rope firmly on to
a rock above, and then one by one we came
down the slope, hanging on to the rope and
making use of the steps which had been cut.
This was, therefore, a comparatively easy part
of the descent ; but one man was as nearly as
possible lost. He slipped, fell over on his back,
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