I am reading a few chapters of this - quite academic - book by Arnold Lunn on the internet, but mostly just enjoying the reproductions of paintings and engravings. This is an oil painting by Calame of the Wetterhorn.
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Selden and Gary getting ready to frame the cabin
Fossils on Ishinca (18,500')
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