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- %%Chapter 38
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- %%Halfway up Mt. '&D', all traces of a trail disappeared. We struggled up the
- %%precipitous slope, fighting against the wind, picking our way among
- %%gigantic
- %%boulders and patches of treacherous ice. We knew we must make it to
- %%&D pass before nightfall.
- %%
- %%"It's just over the next ridge," said our guide.
- %%We trudged forward.
- %%Snow began to fall.
- %%I suddenly recalled that all we had left of our food supplies was some yak
- %%curd and a handful of mung beans. It was hard not to feel discouraged.
- %%
- %%The mountains of the &D range are unmapped and almost unexplored. For
- %%miles, the trail had been hard to follow.
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