Meaning of Kangshung Face | Babel Free

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a face on the east side of Mount Everest

Examples

“On the right, great contorted cornices, overhanging masses of snow⟳ and ice, stuck out like⟳ twisted fingers over the 10,000-foot drop of the Kangshung Face⟳. Any move⟳ on to these cornices could only bring⟳ disaster.”

“For the Vaseline Intensive Care line of lotions, he helped create⟳ a campaign centering on a 1994 expedition to climb⟳ Mount⟳ Everest; a television commercial, a newspaper coupon insert⟳ and a direct-mail brochure all hailed Sandy Hill Pittman's efforts to become⟳ the first American woman to climb⟳ the mountain's Kangshung Face⟳.”

“I don’t know⟳ whether someone will go to the North Face⟳ this year. There you can find⟳ pure loneliness. In the base⟳ camp, you are only joined by snow⟳ grouses. Otherwise, it is extremely quiet, and you have⟳ the view⟳ of the North Face⟳. You won’t meet⟳ anyone at the Kangshung Face⟳ too.”

“We dropped a few steps down the windward side of the ridge as we continued, hyperaware of the overhanging cornices that could so easily lure us too close⟳ to the Kangshung Face⟳.”

“Unable to see⟳, they lost their bearings in the dark. The wind edged them to the lip of a 7,000ft drop down the Kangshung Face⟳. “One mis-step here and it was a one-way ticket to Tibet,” Fox said.”

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