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Eleven Thousand Feet Aloft

           Hiscompanionsfollowedexactlyinhisfootprints,loweringtheirvoicestoawhisper,astheleastsoundwoulddisturbthecurrentsofair,andmightcausethefallofthemassesofsnowsuspendedintheairsevenoreighthundredfeetabovetheirheads.

           Theyhadcomenowtotheregionofshrubsandbushes,which,higherstill,gaveplacetograssesandcacti.At11,000feetalltraceofvegetationhaddisappeared.Theyhadonlystoppedonce,torestandsnatchahurriedmealto

           V.IVVernerecruittheirstrength.Withsuperhumancourage,theascentwasthenresumedamidincreasingdangersanddifficulties.Theywereforcedtobestridesharppeaksandleapoverchasmssodeepthattheydidnotdaretolookdownthem.Inmanyplaceswoodencrossesmarkedthesceneofsomegreatcatastrophes.

           Abouttwoo’clocktheycametoanimmensebarrenplain,withoutasignofvegetation.Theairwasdryandtheskyuncloudedblue.Atthiselevationrainisunknown,andvaporsonlycondenseintosnoworhail.Hereandtherepeaksofporphyryorbasaltpiercedthroughthewhitewinding-sheetlikethebonesofaskeleton;andatintervalsfragmentsofquartzorgneiss,loosenedbytheactionoftheair,felldownwithafaint,dullsound,whichinadenseratmospherewouldhavebeenalmostimperceptible.

           However,inspiteoftheircourage,thestrengthofthelittlebandwasgivingway.Glenarvanregrettedtheyhadgonesofarintotheinteriorofthemountainwhenhesawhowexhaustedhismenhadbecome.YoungRobertheldoutmanfully,buthecouldnotgomuchfarther.

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