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Chimney – Cardiff

Chimney

A very steep and narrow gully, resembling the interior of a chimney, with one side removed.

Chock Chockstone

- A mass of rock, blocking a chimney.

Climbing-irons

A contrivance fastened to the boot (and removable), generally in form of a cross with a spike at the end of each arm, or even more=Crampons.

Col.-Pass (g.v.), but in the Tyrol it means a hill, not bare of vegetation.

Cornice

Overhanging snow on a ridge.

Corrie

A curved depression on the mountainside.

Couloir

A steep gully; it may be in rock, ice, or snow.

Crack

A rift in the rocks narrower than a chimney. the Crampon.-[See CLIMBING-IRONS.]

Croda

In the Tyrol a bare ridge or peak, as opposed to Col (q.v.).

Curtain-The precipitous wall of rock between two peaks.

Dampschiff.-A large collapsible drinking-cup.

College

Williams, Dartmouth, Trinity,

Cup

since known as the most famous rowing cup in the world, the Grand Challenge

Cambridge

½ miles.

Cardiff

mile.

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