The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
Rama felt it to be good exercise. Inclines of 80° and even
more had to be scaled. The ground was for the most part
slippery. But all around the stately vistas and charming
flowerage and teeming foliage beguiled the hard journey.
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What about the health of Rama who had been ailing? He
was all right that day, no disease, no fatigue, no
complaint of any kind. No mountaineer can go ahead of
him. We went on climbing and climbing till every one of
the party felt hungry. By this time we had reached a
region where it never rains but snows in gracious
bounty.
There was no trace of vegetation of any kind on these
bald, bleak heights. There had been a fresh snow-fall
before our arrival.
A red blanket was spread on a big slab of stone as a
carpet for Rama. Potatoes that had been boiled the night
before were given him to eat. The companions took their
stale simple food most thankfully.
…. Just after finishing the meals we were up again.
Moving steadily onward and upward we toiled on. One
young man fell down exhausted, his lungs and limbs
refused to carry him any further; he complained also of
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