The Narrator Studies the Route to the Snow. But Suddenly He the Sounds Of a Rock Slide, And Gradually becomes Badly Frightened

…. [Start Chapter 20]“ Evidently I’ve slept. The sun is hot. …
…. I look over the rock I’m leaning against and see Chris sound asleep on the other side. Way up above him the forest stops and barren grey rock leads into patches of snow. We can climb the back of this ridge straight up there, but it would be dangerous toward the top. I look up at the top of the mountain for a while.
…. A sound of falling rock draws my attention over to one side of the mountain. Nothing moves. Completely still. .. It’s all right. You hear little rockslides like this all the time.
.... Not so little sometimes, though. Avalanches start with little slides like that. If you’re above them or beside them, they’re interesting to watch. But if they’re above you...no help then. You just have to watch it come. .. “

The Top Of A Ridge Crest, On Flank Of Mountain With Snow, Above Upper Fox Creek, Off Of Upper Cottonwood Canyon, Gallatin National Forest, MT.
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