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longer in descending from the summit to the glacier than in covering the same space in the ascent. But once on the glacier, we could avail ourselves of the same tactics that had served us so well on the peaks and passes about Paradise Valley; now rushing down in the yielding snow by leaps and bounds, now sitting and taking a long glissade. So with alternate sliding and striding we soon reached the moraine. Then, with a short but heavy shower, the cantankerous god of the weather gave us his parting blessing, and we plodded prosaically along until, in a trifle over seven hours after leaving the summit, we were back at the welcome shelter of the Glacier House. Tired? Of course. Exhausted? By no means. Happy? Only those who hold in memory the retrospect of such a day can know the feeling.