First on the Rope Roger Frison-Roche

05/13/21 • 15 min

A classic french novel from the Chamonix valley. If you dont buy the book the queen of the cows will get you! Buy the book from Vertabrate Publishing and not from the Other place! https://www.adventurebooks.com/products/first_on_the_rope?_pos=1&_psq=first%20on%20the%20rope&_ss=e&_v=1.0&variant=40705559232717 @climbbookshelf [email protected]

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