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m 3 people - Peesal Mr and his Lati
me cutting up
face of glacier where we
are to haul our loads
to morrow. A novel
thing I course tonight
built right up against
a new bank against
the face of the glacier,
Temperature 4 1/2 below.
Tuesday March 17th
St Patrick's day in the
morning. And a perfect one
for our work. Have carried
up over the front of the
glacier and well both over
4800 lbs of provision and
equipment. This has been
all done with two line
even two of the Guides
limping their somethings up
weighing 125 lbs. When we
first looked at the almost
perpendicular ice wall of the
face of the glacier it
seemed impossible but
Pee was to leisurely