Harrer was one of the first to climb the north face of the Eiger.

哈勒是第一批登上艾格尔山北坡的人之一。

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More than 900 metres high, on the mountain's north face, lies an all-important source of pure water.

在这座山的北面，海拔900米以上的位置有一个非常重要的纯净水水源地。

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But at 8:32 a.m. that day, after weeks of small earthquakes and belching steam, the north face of Mount St. Helens fell away, the largest landslide ever recorded.

然而，在那天的上午8点32份，在经过几周的小地震和蒸发沸腾以后，圣海伦火山的背面坍塌，形成了有史以来最大的一次山体滑坡。

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Much of the drought-hit north, where 2m people face acute shortages, has so far escaped the ravages of the attacks, but the embattled area around Mazar-i-Sharif is hard to reach.

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Die-hards can spend up to 15 hours climbing the glacier's almost vertical north face, but moderate hikers prefer this wind-whipped, 90-minute scramble, where the spectacular views more than compensate for any burning thighs.

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