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- From: d90-nsc@nada.kth.se (Niclas Schopenhauer)
- Newsgroups: rec.climbing
- Subject: Re: Welcome to Russia,Elbrus from the North, wild nature
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.164059.9432@kth.se>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 16:40:59 GMT
- References: <199301211657.AA23531@newcom.kiae.su>
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- In article <199301211657.AA23531@newcom.kiae.su>, Abramenko Mike <mike@skfgvc.pyatigorsk.su> writes:
- |> Welcome to Russia!
- |> Why not try Mt Elbrus right away? If you want to see at your
- |> feet the Caucasus, the 1100 km long mountain system, this is what
- |> you need. The "Elbrus-from-the-North" Firm offers you an ascent
- |> of the highest mountain in Europe. You'll follow the route of the
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- < text deleted >
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- |> The groups are provided with porters, interpretes and medical
- |> aids. This route to Mt Elbrus from the North is safest.
- |> The firm guarantees the ascent of Mt Elbrus.
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- IMHO, this is the kind of guarantee that makes an ascent
- cease to be climbing and become guided sight-seeing.
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- Relevant quote:
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- "It's not the deed that confounds us, but the attempt."
- Macbeth, William Shakespeare
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- Sorry for any spelling or quoting mistakes.
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- Niclas Schopenhauer
- d90-nsc@nada.kth.se
- School of Computer Science and Engineering
- Royal Institute of Technology
- Stockholm, Sweden
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