layout: post title: "NCE4-Lesson3仿写练习" date: 2014-08-31 13:15 comments: true
</span>Modern alpinists <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">are always trying</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">try</font></b></span> to <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">find</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">climb</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">out</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">mountains by</font></b></span> a <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">routine</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">route</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">that</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">which</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">can</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">will</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">bring</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">give</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">happiness</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">them</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">to</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">good</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">climb</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">sport, and</font></b></span> the <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">mountains. They</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">more</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">believe</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">difficult</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">it is, </font></b></span>the <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">harder</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">more</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">the</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">highly</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">road</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">it</font></b></span> is<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> regarded. In</font></b></span> the <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">happier</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">pioneering</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">they will be. However</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">days</font></b></span>, <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">it</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">however, this</font></b></span> was not the case <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">in</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">at</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">the pioneering days of mountain climbing</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">all</font></b></span>. The <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">road</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">early</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">that</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">climbers</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">pioneers</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">were</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">of</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">looking</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">mountain climbing wanted to find is</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">for</font></b></span> the easiest <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">one</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">way</font></b></span> to the <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">summit</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">top</font></b></span> because<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> to</font></b></span> the summit <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">of</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">was</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">a</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">the prize they</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">mountain</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">sought</font></b></span>, especially <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">the</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">if</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">one</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">it</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">that</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">had</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">nobody</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">never been</font></b></span> attained<span><b><font color="#0000FF">, is the aim they</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">pursuit</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">before</font></b></span>. It is true that<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> during their explorations</font></b></span> they <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">will</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">often</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">experience</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">faced</font></b></span> difficulties and dangers <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">that</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">of</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">are</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">the</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">unbelievable</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">most</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">and they are</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">perilous</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">nature, </font></b></span>equipped <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">with</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">in</font></b></span> a manner which would make a modern climber shudder at the thought<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">. But</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">, but</font></b></span> they <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">were</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">did</font></b></span> not <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">in</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">go</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">pursuit</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">out</font></b></span> of <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">those</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">their</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">dangers, the</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">way</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">solitary</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">to</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">aim</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">court</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">of</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">such</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">them</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">excitement. They</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">is</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">had</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">only</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">a</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">one</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">single aim</font></b></span>, <span><b><font color="#0000FF">a solitary goal--</font></b></span>the <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">summit.<br /> <br /> We</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">top! It</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">can</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">is</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">hardly</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">hard</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">imagine</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">for us to realize nowadays</font></b></span> how <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">difficulty</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">difficult</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">those</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">it</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">climbing</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">was</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">pioneers</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">for</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">were</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">the pioneers</font></b></span>. <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">Expect</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">Except for</font></b></span> one or two places <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">like</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">such</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">Zermat</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">as Zermatt</font></b></span> and Chamonix<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000"> that</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">, which</font></b></span> had <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">been</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">rapidly</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">popular</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">become</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">rapidly</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">popular</font></b></span>, <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">most</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">Alpine</font></b></span> villages <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">in</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">tended</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">Alpine</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">to</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">Mountains</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">be</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">were</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">impoverished settlements cut off from</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">surrounded</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">civilization</font></b></span> by<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> the</font></b></span> high mountains<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> and impoverished</font></b></span>. <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">Small</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">Such</font></b></span> inns<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> as</font></b></span> there were <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">usually</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">were generally</font></b></span> dirty and flea-ridden<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">. Food</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">; the</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">was</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">food</font></b></span> simply local cheese <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">and</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">accompanied</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">one</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">by</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">year</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">bread</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">long</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">often</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">persevered</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">twelve</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">bread</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">months</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">which</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">old, all</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">people</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">washed</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">ate</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">down</font></b></span> with coarse wine. <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">There</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">Often</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">were</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">a</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">no</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">valley</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">inns</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">boasted</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">in</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">no</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">the</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">inn</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">valleys</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">at</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">so mountain</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">all, and</font></b></span> climbers <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">had</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">found</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">to</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">shelter</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">live</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">wherever they</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">anywhere: </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">could--</font></b></span>sometimes with<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> the</font></b></span> local <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">priests(he</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">priest (who</font></b></span> was<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> usually</font></b></span> as poor as his parishioners<span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">) and </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">), </font></b></span>sometimes with <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">shepherd</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">shepherds</font></b></span> or <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">cheeses makers</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">cheesemakers</font></b></span>. <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">No</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">Invariably</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">matter where they lived, </font></b></span>the <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">situation</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">background</font></b></span> was the same: <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">dirty, poor</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">dirt</font></b></span> and <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">surly</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">poverty, and very</font></b></span> uncomfortable<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> at all</font></b></span>. <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">So</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">For</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">it</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">men</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">was</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">accustomed</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">extremely</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">to</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">hard</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">eating</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">for</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">seven-course</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">those</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">dinners</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">who</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">and</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">were</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">sleeping</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">used</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">between</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">to</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">fine</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">eat</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">linen</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">7</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">sheets</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">meals</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">at</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">a</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">home, the</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">day</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">change</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">and</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">to</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">sleep</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">the</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">on</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">Alps</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">linen</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">must</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">bed</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">have</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">to</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">been</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">change</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">very</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">their</font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">hard</font></b></span> <span><del><b><font color="#FF0000">living environment to the Alps. </font></b></del></span><b><font color="#FF0000">-></font></b><span><b><font color="#0000FF">indeed.</font></b></span>
highly 表示高兴替代平凡词happy
In the pioneering days 表示早期而不是early days or early times
同义词的替换: looking for, the prize they sought, be attained 其实都是做到的意思或者追求的意思但是就是不用平凡词换用这些高级一点的词汇
the most perilous nature,make a modern climber shudder at the thought,go out of their way to court such excitement
这些说法好地道好喜欢,这句话还是抓紧时间背诵吧!
这个句式好,他们有一个目标,唯一的目标——登顶!同时注意top, summit的替换
realize用得好,而不是imageine但是了就是想象的意思,词汇不太高级但是整个句子高级极了!
这句话适用于描述贫穷地区啊, impoverished setllements cut off from civilization by the high mountains
sth as there were were adj 这个表达真是精彩,开始以为是不是错误了,仔细一读真是精彩之至。local chesse accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine这句话把贫苦生活写得活灵活现,历历在目。
sth boasted no sth at all,一无所有某样东西的说法,find shelter wherever they could 这句话在中文就可以解释为随遇而安了。
不变的处境是,这句话使用了倒装这样的句式一下子把一个短句的等级提高了
还是那句话:men accustomed to eating seven-course dinners and sleeping between fine linen sheets at home其实就是细节描写,我往往就是写who be accustomed to comfortable life但是这样的话写起来其实没啥味道不如这个表达更加地道有力。
Modern alpinists <span><b><font color="#0000FF">try</font></b></span> to <span><b><font color="#0000FF">climb</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">mountains by</font></b></span> a <span><b><font color="#0000FF">route</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">which</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">will</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">give</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">them</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">good</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">sport, and</font></b></span> the <span><b><font color="#0000FF">more</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">difficult</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">it is, </font></b></span>the <span><b><font color="#0000FF">more</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">highly</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">it</font></b></span> is<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> regarded. In</font></b></span> the <span><b><font color="#0000FF">pioneering</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">days</font></b></span>, <span><b><font color="#0000FF">however, this</font></b></span> was not the case <span><b><font color="#0000FF">at</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">all</font></b></span>. The <span><b><font color="#0000FF">early</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">climbers</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">were</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">looking</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">for</font></b></span> the easiest <span><b><font color="#0000FF">way</font></b></span> to the <span><b><font color="#0000FF">top</font></b></span> because the summit <span><b><font color="#0000FF">was</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">the prize they</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">sought</font></b></span>, especially <span><b><font color="#0000FF">if</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">it</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">had</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">never been</font></b></span> attained <span><b><font color="#0000FF">before</font></b></span>. It is true that<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> during their explorations</font></b></span> they <span><b><font color="#0000FF">often</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">faced</font></b></span> difficulties and dangers <span><b><font color="#0000FF">of</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">the</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">most</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">perilous</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">nature, </font></b></span>equipped <span><b><font color="#0000FF">in</font></b></span> a manner which would make a modern climber shudder at the thought<span><b><font color="#0000FF">, but</font></b></span> they <span><b><font color="#0000FF">did</font></b></span> not <span><b><font color="#0000FF">go</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">out</font></b></span> of <span><b><font color="#0000FF">their</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">way</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">to</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">court</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">such</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">excitement. They</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">had</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">a</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">single aim</font></b></span>, <span><b><font color="#0000FF">a solitary goal--</font></b></span>the <span><b><font color="#0000FF">top! It</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">is</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">hard</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">for us to realize nowadays</font></b></span> how <span><b><font color="#0000FF">difficult</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">it</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">was</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">for</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">the pioneers</font></b></span>. <span><b><font color="#0000FF">Except for</font></b></span> one or two places <span><b><font color="#0000FF">such</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">as Zermatt</font></b></span> and Chamonix<span><b><font color="#0000FF">, which</font></b></span> had <span><b><font color="#0000FF">rapidly become</font></b></span> popular, <span><b><font color="#0000FF">Alpine</font></b></span> villages <span><b><font color="#0000FF">tended</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">to</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">be</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">impoverished settlements cut off from</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">civilization</font></b></span> by<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> the</font></b></span> high mountains. <span><b><font color="#0000FF">Such</font></b></span> inns<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> as</font></b></span> there were <span><b><font color="#0000FF">were generally</font></b></span> dirty and flea-ridden<span><b><font color="#0000FF">; the</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">food</font></b></span> simply local cheese <span><b><font color="#0000FF">accompanied</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">by</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">bread</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">often</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">twelve</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">months</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">old, all</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">washed</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">down</font></b></span> with coarse wine. <span><b><font color="#0000FF">Often</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">a</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">valley</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">boasted</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">no</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">inn</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">at</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">all, and</font></b></span> climbers <span><b><font color="#0000FF">found</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">shelter</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">wherever they</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">could--</font></b></span>sometimes with<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> the</font></b></span> local <span><b><font color="#0000FF">priest (who</font></b></span> was<span><b><font color="#0000FF"> usually</font></b></span> as poor as his parishioners<span><b><font color="#0000FF">), </font></b></span>sometimes with <span><b><font color="#0000FF">shepherds</font></b></span> or <span><b><font color="#0000FF">cheesemakers</font></b></span>. <span><b><font color="#0000FF">Invariably</font></b></span> the <span><b><font color="#0000FF">background</font></b></span> was the same: <span><b><font color="#0000FF">dirt</font></b></span> and <span><b><font color="#0000FF">poverty, and very</font></b></span> uncomfortable. <span><b><font color="#0000FF">For</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">men</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">accustomed</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">to</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">eating</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">seven-course</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">dinners</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">and</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">sleeping</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">between</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">fine</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">linen</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">sheets</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">at</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">home, the</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">change</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">to</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">the</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">Alps</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">must</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">have</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">been</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">very</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">hard</font></b></span> <span><b><font color="#0000FF">indeed.</font></b></span>