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rope I noted to my chagrin a Vulture’s nest only 20 ft. below me, 
so re-ascending a few feet to a point where I could get a secure 
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foot-hold, I unbent the Alpine rope from my sling, joined on my 
silk rope, attaching the latter to my sling, and was lowered to 
the ledge. I took a photograph of the Griffon’s nest and egy 
(which subsequently appeared, by the way, in Colonel Irby’s 
THE LAJA DEL CISCAR. 
(Summit 620 ft. above stream at base.) 
second edition) and then signalled to be hauled up. It was more 
of a scramble than a regular ascent, but after going up 20 or 
30 ft. I bethought me that it would be wiser to recover touch 
with the Alpine rope, so I unbent the silk rope and attached 
the Alpine rope once more to my sling by two half-hitches, well 
hardened down. 
