Show the ANDES 0 J el 1 4 4 1 ak IV A 41 11 v jw FN W y m OR J 31 a laying tho trans andean cable prepared ta by Nat national lonal 0 graphic socie society tr W U D L G service 1111 andas rooftops loof tops of the T IN estern hemisphere have frequently stilled the imaginations of engineers ilie hie building of early spanish trails across these mountains was among the feats of colonial days the Tran sAndean ralli oad ond was as one of the outs outstanding engineering achievements of its time and more recently the laying of tile the cable that links argentina and chile by volia voice added another chapter chii pter to engineering progress in south america Bt ice ce accident and ava lan lanches clies north rth Ameil Anicil can ail and phil hit 4 ean ail engineers by sheer strength and persistence dragged the heavy C able ible up and over oer the freezing v ind q sw ept c pt mountain pusses blocked with drifts for months each acar deep snow here causes frequent slid slides es or avalanches before hah ahab even enen tte tle tl e stoutest poles are as wheat in a a kansas Cc c clone lorle so to leep the cable from being sin swept ept away workmen dug a ditch many miles long over the higher andean wastes find and burled buried the cable in it near the tiny of las cuevas on the Argent argentine lne side of the andes amies the line reaches a poi it 12 TOO feet abone aboe sea level ily contrast the submarine lne telegraph cable oft off the lie coast of chile testa on spa hen bottom in ili feet of water showing the geog r iphy in this pay pait t of the world dan dapp ous nil aril I 1 difficult though lonely andean passes are stubborn man has long used them in ills hig rest restless legs transit across south kni ni erica rolling on foot or shout ing arid and stoning their lay ilima park pack trains native nathe races of long ego ago traveled tile worn norn trails that parallel the winding in ding river up lip ever eer narrowing un till ter ler cliffs find and along the edges of dalzy in the days of aprin sprin ish i viceroys vice acero roys s v alien lien the king of pat n ruled much of bouth america through its I 1 Is agents at santiago de cl ile he pack trains train arid and soldiers holi tol liers diers used if s ed these same kailan trails to reich ruc coi duba fill an I 1 ancient cuco country groke broke off from spain in ili those thebe same bicak passes r here tile the big cible now canles spoken words once dechod the t of bian an martin s famous I 1 amy of the andes clin cliine title and ami tile argen title tine more moie lhnn A ventury ngo ago wn ted floell spain b I 1 or much of its length the cable pat panl lela the w i til 01 atio known n rack i all rond the andes it took years to build this difficult odiose maxi maximum muni grade Is 8 per cent at on the side of the andes aou ou lenne leae tile tan jandard dard art trick k arid and transfer to nar row rov gauge coaches coa clies I 1 or se beseril eral hour licurs a loci molle of the adhesion tipe tape deans tie train I 1 finally anally when gradet grades grow steeper sour on en kine gine cra Is 19 on the toothed too theil rats rals of tile the rack 93 eistein As ou on climb slowly hilier and higher lil gher tunnels arid snows lieda in number anil and length relation 10 rl 0 make this trip in june or july 3 lily li id midwinter there I 1 Is q to see the alps of america in all their glistening lory S 0 n 1 ett a leg snow pin s precede our tr train n i n in july scores of 1 passengers were debated many diya days at eich erd of the trang trails killean line watt ing for 23 25 foot drifts to be cler cleared tred lp ILI in ili these kissea resort hotels have ha e risen and holiday holida seekers come front from valparaiso santiago buenos alre aire and montevideo for winter later sports sport 4 one even een sees soldiers training on skis N it lining 1 ng en ever er api ard t the lie road runs in the sh shadow fido of mount anto 21 feet high and past an odi kocl rocs formation known knon as the rile penitente penitents Peni tents from its tra to a pro procession celon of ov led monks then vou stop at puente del inca a strongly ft ned natural naturel bridge alli A gl alv the district it its win mn c e just beyo i tits his bridge it the dav Ls li cleir vou can glimpse great in the americas Amerl cas whose real feni rubs the sky feet abe sen sea christ of the andes at las ing bueing cueing CUM as the train cran crawls Is into tile mountain sido lom aiom argentina to emerge on chilean soil 0 er tl 0 c hill th routh which 8 aich tills this two mile tunnel runs la Is wd laid the telephone cable nud and it if tile the day be clear just as bour our train emerges in chilean sunshine you can look up tip at the hilltop arid and le ie hold tint thit famous pence peace mountain the christ of the andes NIll which cli stands more inore than feet aboa 8 sea ea level leel on the chile frontier lar far though still at 0 ow feet eleia LlOn inca anle I 1 al e Is sot set among the peaks peak still descending oui train creaks find anil winds v ands in and out among mot n bains of infer ite majest dignity an all I 1 distance rattles over oner bridges that span roaring cascades to emerge at last into fertile green itil valleys leys ot of chile in ili clean sa site fe ste im truing trains this Is 19 a fascinating tr p lou may sit comfortably at lunell tin and d look out through plate glass it windows 9 at one of the ii worlds orld a astounding ns vis put yo yoi i merely bee it ahe workers out ont there along the traca in skating caps par ear muffs aults and n attens tile engineers on snowshoes snow shoes find and the cl chew ell drin driving ing the lie rotary i low against tile the shirts they not only sie but they aliey feel till and smell the endis and they hear the voices of tile the high cisse pisse the hiss of tie sn nv w and nil shrley the winds arund nn and tie tl 0 crags the r of avalanches down donn the astoli p snow cov CON ered slope of one mountain I 1 I 1 finly visible from the train fin fill avi landie 8 slides countless of rock dilt and snow sno coining E dow i from tile alie very nery cleouls clou h leave a long ir stir lir 1 v tint hat Is 19 alint funny trail down the lie mount i n side asks ais a solitaire ilmer lnor lok ins ing up fill from lik his ards 0 o nan sai ers to save flior ent calle le allu alief slides thet the lelei c aeillo hone n ri bairle 1 it in ili the rocks all hn wnm in ft fi in I 1 is buei on tile the kr rj ntine i 11 I 1 0 r to bunc junc il in chile safet safety comes first lien we ne li I 1 c I 1 t r t r L fr balig laa if our L c ahli i pi I 1 it was nas not lint with it fk f K i c close to 10 ro raids ids mil ail I 1 n ii titi nl I 1 in 4 lol of 0 1 af a 0 r 11 i 1 phone bild tt tl h rill raili h lot 01 i I 1 lint hat u e soum t w is n i th tl t would give ghe tile the able the ilie most aliel ter find and il 0 i 1 in 14 r of bro baks iks from I 1 li 1 inn fill I 1 11 s or ear earthie thIt akes lut 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