How Long to Read Mount Everest; the Reconnaissance 1921

How Long Does it Take to Read Mount Everest; the Reconnaissance 1921?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 1 minute to read Mount Everest; the Reconnaissance 1921 by Charles Howard-Bury

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV THE EASTERN APPROACH The new base at Kharta established by Colonel HowardBury at the end of July was well suited to meet the needs of climbers, and no less agreeable, I believe, to all members of the Expedition. At the moderate elevation of 12,300 feet and in an almost ideal climate, where the air was always warm but never hot or stuffy, where the sun shone brightly but never fiercely, and clouds floated about the hills and brought moisture from the South, but never too much rain, here the body could find a delicious change when tired of the discipline of high-living, and in a place so accessible to traders from Nepal could easily be fed with fresh food. But perhaps after life in the Rongbuk Valley, with hardly a green thing to look at and too much of the endless unfriendly stone-shoots and the ugly waste of glaciers, and even after visions of sublime snow-beauty, a change was more needed for the mind. It was a delight to be again in a land of flowery meadows and trees and crops; to look into the deep green gorge only a mile away where the Aran goes down into Nepal was to be reminded of a rich vegetation and teeming life, a contrast full of pleasure with Nature's niggardliness in arid, wind-swept Tibet; and the forgotten rustle of wind in the willows came back as a soothing sound full of grateful memories, banishing the least thought of disagreeable things. The Kharta base, besides, was convenient for our reconnaissance. Below us a broad glacier stream joined the Aran above the gorge; it was the first met with since we had left the Rongbuk stream; it came down from the West and therefore, presumably, from Everest. To follow it up was an obvious plan as the next stage in our activities. After four clear days for idleness and...

How long is Mount Everest; the Reconnaissance 1921?

Mount Everest; the Reconnaissance 1921 by Charles Howard-Bury is 118 pages long, and a total of 30,444 words.

This makes it 40% the length of the average book. It also has 37% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mount Everest; the Reconnaissance 1921 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 46 minutes to read Mount Everest; the Reconnaissance 1921 aloud.

What Reading Level is Mount Everest; the Reconnaissance 1921?

Mount Everest; the Reconnaissance 1921 is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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