. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . chat. m. ON THE SUMMIT OF GHIMBORAZO. 69 said, When you tell us to turn we will go back ; until then wewill go on. I said, Go on, although by no means feeling sureit would not be best to say Go back. In another hour and ahalf we got to the foot of the western summit, and, as the slopessteepened, the snow became firmer again. We arrived on the topof it about a quarter to four in the afternoon, and then had themortification of finding that it was the lower of the two. Therewas no help for it ; we had to descend to the plateau, to resumethe flogg
. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . chat. m. ON THE SUMMIT OF GHIMBORAZO. 69 said, When you tell us to turn we will go back ; until then wewill go on. I said, Go on, although by no means feeling sureit would not be best to say Go back. In another hour and ahalf we got to the foot of the western summit, and, as the slopessteepened, the snow became firmer again. We arrived on the topof it about a quarter to four in the afternoon, and then had themortification of finding that it was the lower of the two. Therewas no help for it ; we had to descend to the plateau, to resumethe flogging, wading, and floundering, and to make for the highestpoint, and there again, when we got on to the dome, the snow wasreasonably firm, and we arrived upon the summit of Chimborazostanding upright like men, instead of grovelling, as we had beendoing for the previous five hours, like beasts of the field. The wind blew hard from the north-east, and drove thelight snow before it viciously. We were hungry, wet, numbed,and wretched, laden with instr
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