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Eleven Thousand Feet Aloft

           Theintensecoldquicklykillstravelers,andthosewhoevenmanagetoholdoutagainstitfallvictimstotheviolenceoftheTEMPORALES,asortofhurricanepeculiartothoseregions,whichyearlyfillstheabyssesoftheCordilleraswithdeadbodies.

           Theywentontoilingsteadilyupwardallnight,hoistingthemselvesuptoalmostinaccessibleplateaux,andleapingoverbroad,deepcrevasses.Theyhadnoropes,butarmslinkedinarmssuppliedthelack,andshouldersservedforladders.ThestrengthofMulradyandthedexterityofWilsonweretaxedheavilynow.ThesetwobraveScotsmultipliedthemselves,sotospeak.Manyatime,butfortheirdevotionandcouragethesmallbandcouldnothavegoneon.GlenarvanneverlostsightofyoungRobert,forhisageandvivacitymadehimimprudent.PaganelwasatrueFrenchmaninhisimpetuousardor,andhurriedfuriouslyalong.TheMajor,onthecontrary,onlywentasquickaswasnecessary,neithermorenorless,climbingwithouttheleastapparentexertion.Perhapshehardlyknew,indeed,thathewasclimbingatall,orperhapshefanciedhewasdescending.

           Thewholeaspectoftheregionhadnowcompletelychanged.Hugeblocksofglitteringice,ofabluishtintonsomeofthedeclivities,stooduponallsides,reflectingtheearlylightofmorn.Theascentbecameveryperilous.Theywereobligedtoreconnoitercarefullybeforemakingasinglestep,onaccountofthecrevasses.Wilsontookthelead,andtriedthegroundwithhisfeet.

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