AtD translation: up past Smuggler

[Jochen Stremmel]

In The World!

2018-05-13 11:42 GMT+02:00 Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>:

> boasted "the highest post office"...!!
>
> On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 5:36 AM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> https://books.google.de/books?id=z6_CCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT17&lpg=
>> PT17&dq=smuggler+%22big+elephant%22&source=bl&ots=
>> i2q2QrE-pv&sig=QFC2T5NjouzFp_8CF9UQVYvifA8&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrmcvK-
>> IHbAhWCIlAKHYXDB_8Q6AEIPjAH#v=onepage&q=smuggler%20%22big%
>> 20elephant%22&f=false
>>
>> Seem to be hills around mining camps which would fit.
>>
>> 2018-05-13 2:40 GMT+02:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
>>
>> > P189.1-10   By the end, Webb Traverse had worked his way up to shift
>> boss
>> > at the Little Hellkite workings. Veikko and his squarehead compadres
>> gave
>> > him a party to celebrate, and as usual it reminded him that drinking
>> potato
>> > spirits all night is not for everyone. Luckily, the snow was still a
>> while
>> > off, or there might’ve been a repeat of last winter when he let some
>> Finns
>> > talk him into putting on a pair of skis, up past Smuggler, by the giant
>> > pre-avalanche buildup known as the Big Elephant—scared the bejeezus out
>> of
>> > him, as it would’ve anybody in their right mind, all present being
>> mightily
>> > relieved when he fell down safely in the snow without breaking any
>> bones or
>> > starting a slide.
>> >
>> > Would "Smuggler" here be Smuggler Ave in Telluride?
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