. The Rockies of Canada; . io8 Kocfcies of Canaba ear, ofted as lake in t! and th stormiest dayThe :require butperfect cal:the watersoft f my re Aline, 1 was particu-•heet of wahey are foundes and snow-by meltingremark- Lake Aline. • i. \t l0W( jet aadifficull over a arch trees, Only on the alms and reflec- iakes of II extent \ wind to settle into stage, when >inooth, gives knapsack was esting manner. \ reach- the the our camp, to the base of the e two remaining cent of the snow upper glacier nt of seven or : a short but iff, led them to. a partial ascent 109 a wide expanse of unbroken snow
. The Rockies of Canada; . io8 Kocfcies of Canaba ear, ofted as lake in t! and th stormiest dayThe :require butperfect cal:the watersoft f my re Aline, 1 was particu-•heet of wahey are foundes and snow-by meltingremark- Lake Aline. • i. \t l0W( jet aadifficull over a arch trees, Only on the alms and reflec- iakes of II extent \ wind to settle into stage, when >inooth, gives knapsack was esting manner. \ reach- the the our camp, to the base of the e two remaining cent of the snow upper glacier nt of seven or : a short but iff, led them to. a partial ascent 109 a wide expanse of unbroken snow, which theytraversed southward for two miles to the very baseof Assiniboines highest pinnacle. A projecting spuron an arete to the west offered an opportunity toreach easily a considerable altitude and command aview to the south. This they accomplished afterseveral hours work and attained a height of tenthousand feet. The forenoon of that day was nearlyperfect. There were clouds and signs of thundertoward midday, and in the early afternoon they sawa storm in the south, and another in the north-west,which seemed to approach the mountain in haste, they had just come to the topof the last ice slope, when Steeles foothold gaveway, and he fell, dragging Bryant after him. Therewas but one possible escape from a terrible fall. Aprojecting rock of considerable size appeared not farbelow, and Steele, with a skilful lunge of his ice-axe, swung round to it and anchored himself in anarrow crevice, where the snow had melted aw
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