To get down that tongue of rock to the lower snows of the couloir was a job that fairly brought us to the end of our tether. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Standfast] Reference
The couloir up the rocks though steep was feasible. From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]
He went first and eventually passed everyone else in the couloir. From Wordnik.com. [Between a Rock and a Hard Place] Reference
Lachenal was already far below; he had reached the foot of the couloir. From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]
Jon suggested we race to the top of the couloir, one at a time, and see how many people we could pass. From Wordnik.com. [Between a Rock and a Hard Place] Reference
It was Günther, who was supposed to be stringing fixed ropes in the couloir to ease Reinhold's descent. From Wordnik.com. [Brotherhood of the Mountain] Reference
Five to six more climbers perished who were stranded above the Bottleneck couloir at the time of the avalanche. From Wordnik.com. [Freddie Wilkinson: K2: What The Mainstream Media Isn't Reporting] Reference
She told him the next day, as they led the pack mules down the couloir toward the high pastures above the ranch. From Wordnik.com. [A Winter Haunting]
The route to the summit of K2 follows steepening snow slopes towards a snow and ice couloir called "the Bottleneck". From Wordnik.com. [Freddie Wilkinson: Avalanche Triggers Survival Situation on K2] Reference
Barry had climbed the couloir once before, in 1982, back when he admits he didn't know all that much about avalanche conditions. From Wordnik.com. [A Nature for the Great Outdoors] Reference
"But they'll be worse down that couloir," said Dale. From Wordnik.com. [The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps] Reference
French police said they were in a couloir when they fell. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
A few minutes more, and he stood at the foot of the couloir. From Wordnik.com. [Rivers of Ice] Reference
La Grave offers the best lift-accessed couloir skiing in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Matador Network] Reference
They were somehow able to recover and resume their climb up the couloir. From Wordnik.com. [WTOP / Business / Biz Stories] Reference
French police said the British pair were in a couloir when they fell 500 metres. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
I'd end up skiing the couloir face first, sans skis and wrapped in an avalanche. From Wordnik.com. [First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine] Reference
Nelson, who had fallen 2,000 feet to his death, landing in a snow-filled couloir. From Wordnik.com. [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference
Just below him lay the longest ice-slope, or couloir, he had hitherto encountered. From Wordnik.com. [Rivers of Ice] Reference
In 1985 / 86, Reinhold Messner managed to get to the couloir leading to Makalu La pass. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Vail extreme skier Chris Anthony drops into a very narrow couloir in Alaska's Chugach Range. From Wordnik.com. [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference
We decided the west-facing couloir had not had enough sun to soften it from its hardened state. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
He told me later that he found the crystals in the couloir that brought them down from that stratum. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I] Reference
Fearing they were the prelude to something worse, he quickly cut his way to the side of the couloir. From Wordnik.com. [Rivers of Ice] Reference
The four fell in the couloir area in the top center of this photograph, in Rocky Mountain National Park. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Just then several pieces of ice, the size of a man's head, rushed down the couloir and dashed close past him. From Wordnik.com. [Rivers of Ice] Reference
The legend and existence of the Thunderbird couloir was my life-long passion which no one else seemed to share. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
But to crawl up that couloir with a sick heart and a desperate impulse to hurry was the worst sort of nightmare. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Standfast] Reference
As often as not, the fellow who uncorks your wine is the same guy who led you down an unnamed couloir that morning. From Wordnik.com. [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference
He pointed at a mountain across the valley, to an extremely narrow couloir that dangles like a thread from the peak. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
The other two struck across the valley, and at once breasted the couloir leading to the Col, where we had them well in sight. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 2] Reference
And on day four we tackled a precipitous couloir whose powder-choked pitch had been goading the expert skiers since we anchored. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
"We will go up this couloir," he said; "it will be the best, and it will give the young herr his first lesson in climbing snow.". From Wordnik.com. [The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps] Reference
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