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1、THEMOUNTAINSTHEMOUNTAINSBYSTEWARTEDWARDWHITE1THEMOUNTAINSPREFACETheauthorhasfollowedatruesequenceofeventspracticallyinallparticularssaveinrespecttothecharacteroftheTenderfoot.Heisinonesensefictitious;inanothersensereal.Heisrealinthatheistheapotheosisofmanytenderfeet,andthateverything
2、hedoesinthisnarrativehehasdoneatonetimeoranotherintheauthor'sexperience.Heisfictitiousinthesensethatheisinnowaytobeidentifiedwiththethirdmemberofourpartyintheactualtrip.2THEMOUNTAINSITHERIDGETRAILSixtrailsleadtothemainridge.Theyareallgoodtrails,sothateventhecasualtouristinthelittleSp
3、anish-Americantownontheseacoastneedhavenothingtofearfromtheascent.Insomespotstheycontracttoanarm'slengthofspace,outsideofwhichlimittheydropsheeraway;elsewheretheystanduponend,zigzaginlacetseachmorehair-raisingthanthelast,orfilltodemoralizationwithloosebouldersandshale.Afallontheparto
4、fyourhorsewouldmeanamorethanseriousaccident;butWesternhorsesdonotfall.Themajorpremisestands:eventhecasualtouristhasnorealreasonforfear,howeverscaredhemaybecome.OurfavoriteroutetothemainridgewasbyawaycalledtheColdSpringTrail.Weusedtoenjoytakingvisitorsupit,mainlybecauseyoucomeonthetop
5、suddenly,withoutwarning.Thenwecollectedremarks.Everybody,eventhemoststolid,saidsomething.Yourodethreemilesontheflat,twointheleafyandgraduallyascendingcreek-bedofacanon,ahalfhouroflaboringsteepnessintheoverarchingmountainlilacandlaurel.Thereyoucametoagreatrockgatewaywhichseemedthetopo
6、ftheworld.AtthegatewaywasaBadPlacewheretheponiesplantedwarilytheirlittlehoofs,andthevisitorplayed"eyesfront,"andbesoughtthathismountshouldnotstumble.Beyondthegatewayalushlevelcanonintowhichyouplungedasintoabath;thenagainthelaboringtrail,upandalwaysuptowardtheblueCaliforniasky,outofth
7、elilacs,andlaurels,andredwoodchaparralintothemanzanita,theSpanishbayonet,thecreamyyucca,andthefineangularshaleoftheupperregions.Beyondtheapparentsummityoufoundalwaysothersummitsyettobeclimbed.Andallatonce,likethrustingyourshouldersoutofahatchway,youlookedoverthetop.Thencametheremarks
8、.Somesworeso
