 English mountaineers never forget such services, and this was one of the many cases where they made ample provision for the widow and children of the man who had fallen, not without glory, in the front line of the battle. The village of Courmayeur has...  Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes - Стр. 3681892Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Edward William Lane - 1860 - Страниц: 656
...Mohammad Es-Selawee, a man of gigantic stature, who was lamp-lighter in the mosque of the Hasaneyn, and who died a few years ago, was one of the most famous of the eaters of fire and glass, and celebrated for other performances. Often, when he appeared to... | |
 | Clinton Thomas Dent - 1892 - Страниц: 586
...He accompanied Mr. Whymper to the Andes, and with him 368 MOUNTAINEERING twice ascended Chimborazo, slept on the top of Cotopaxi, and vanquished many...filled him with a wild delight. I remember being on the Grandes Jorasses with him more than twenty years ago, and can still recall his intense excitement on... | |
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