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Word: couloirs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1931-1931
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...This year the route for 120 feet was through the flank and then for a rope's length [80 ft.] through an ice couloir. After that one stood on a wide rib leading in a few minutes, rather easily, to the terrace of Camp Eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Kanchenjunga Couloir | 8/31/1931 | See Source »

...Hans Hartmann and Dr. Karl Wien passed the spot, which was by no means too difficult for skilled mountaineers. Hermann Schaller was just about to ascend the steep couloir, and I watched him from near by; for my rope team, consisting of Hans Prischer, myself and a porter, was to follow at once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Kanchenjunga Couloir | 8/31/1931 | See Source »

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