. The Rockies of Canada; . we clambered downwardfoot by foot, now balancing upon the narrow ridge,5000 feet of space at our right hand ; then scramblingdown a broken wall-end, the rocks so friable thathandhold after handhold had to be abandoned, andoften half a dozen tested before a safe one could befound; now, when the ridge became too jagged ortoo sheer, making our cautious way along a tinyledge or down the face itself, clinging to the coldbuttresses, our fingers tightly clutching the scantprojection of some icy knob, or digging into smallinterstices between the rocks ; anon, an ice-slope ha
. The Rockies of Canada; . we clambered downwardfoot by foot, now balancing upon the narrow ridge,5000 feet of space at our right hand ; then scramblingdown a broken wall-end, the rocks so friable thathandhold after handhold had to be abandoned, andoften half a dozen tested before a safe one could befound; now, when the ridge became too jagged ortoo sheer, making our cautious way along a tinyledge or down the face itself, clinging to the coldbuttresses, our fingers tightly clutching the scantprojection of some icy knob, or digging into smallinterstices between the rocks ; anon, an ice-slope hadto be negotiated with laborious cutting of steps in thehard wall-like surface ; and again, cliff after cliff mustbe reconnoitred, its slippery upper rim traverseduntil a cleft was found and a gymnastic descenteffected to the ice-bound declivity that fell awaybeneath its base. For close upon 2000 feet the utmost skill andcare were imperative at every step ; for scarcely halfa dozen could be taken in that distance where an.
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