Jacques Balmat, Or The First Ascent of Mont Blanc: A True Story |
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Jacques Balmat, Or The First Ascent of Mont Blanc; A True Story T. Louis Oxley No preview available - 2017 |
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abyss Aiguille du Goûté Arête arrived ASCENDED MONT BLANC attempt the ascent awoke Balmat had fallen Bec-à-l'oiseau became began Brevent bridge of ice Carrier cend chamois Chamois-hunter Chamonix climb cloud comrades Côte courage Courmayeur coverlet crevasse crossed crust and drank descend Doctor Dôme du Goûté DUMAS eau-de-vie end of half fall of avalanches feet felt frightful frozen gaiters Geneva to announce glacier gloves Grand Plateau Grands Mulets guides hands head horrible hundred steps iron point Jacques Balmat league Michael Carrier's account mised mist mountain night nine o'clock o'clock I saw OATLANDS PARK obliged Paccard panorama passed Piedmont precipice quarter reach the Dôme reach the summit replied Rochers Rouges rock Saussure search of minerals seemed sight silence sleep slept snow soon summit of Mont sun arose thee thought took top of Mont valley of Sixt village whence whilst white line wind Yes-yes