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"You rotten pestilence o 'hell," cried Geordie, now fairly roused, and jumping over the coals on the "roadhead" after him.

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The remoteness that made Goldberg shudder is just half a day's hike from the roadhead, on the east side of the mountain range where I happily spent all my childhood summers.

Ansel Adams at 100 2002

The remoteness that made Goldberg shudder is just half a day's hike from the roadhead, on the east side of the mountain range where I happily spent all my childhood summers.

Ansel Adams at 100 2002

One could take a taxi to the roadhead, hike to the hut, and then climb Izta the next day.

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One could take a taxi to the roadhead, hike to the hut, and then climb Izta the next day.

Climbing volcanoes in Mexico 1997

One could take a taxi to the roadhead, hike to the hut, and then climb Izta the next day.

Climbing volcanoes in Mexico 1997

Soon after we settled the men began going to the southern roadhead to study the fortress ahead.

She Is The Darkness Cook, Glen 1997

And when I went to the southern roadhead, thinking of charging ahead, I found the way blocked not only by the ghosts I had seen previously but by vaguely perceived scores more hanging back behind them.

She Is The Darkness Cook, Glen 1997

A porter requires 12 days to reach the site from the nearest roadhead and otherwise only transportation by small aircraft is possible to a landing-strip about 5 km distant.

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While around 500 people have managed to charter helicopters from nearby villages and some have opted for the five-day trek to Jiri - the nearest roadhead - more two thousand remain stuck in the small Himalayan hamlet.

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