Reedle Откройте в мобильном приложении
Понятно
Понятно
Для того чтобы воспользоваться закладками, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Отмена
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Отмена
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
Отмена
The
Skirling
Pass
was
really
a
series
of
passes
,
a
long
twisting
course
that
went
up
around
a
succession
of
icy
wind
-
carved
peaks
and
down
through
hidden
valleys
that
seldom
saw
the
sun
.
Apart
from
his
companions
,
Jon
had
glimpsed
no
living
man
since
they
’
d
left
the
wood
behind
and
begun
to
make
their
way
upward
.
The
Frostfangs
were
as
cruel
as
any
place
the
gods
had
made
,
and
as
inimical
to
men
.
The
wind
cut
like
a
knife
up
here
,
and
shrilled
in
the
night
like
a
mother
mourning
her
slain
children
.
What
few
trees
they
saw
were
stunted
,
grotesque
things
growing
sideways
out
of
cracks
and
fissures
.
Tumbled
shelves
of
rock
often
overhung
the
trail
,
fringed
with
hanging
icicles
that
looked
like
long
white
teeth
from
a
distance
.
Yet
even
so
,
Jon
Snow
was
not
sorry
he
had
come
.
There
were
wonders
here
as
well
.
He
had
seen
sunlight
flashing
on
icy
thin
waterfalls
as
they
plunged
over
the
lips
of
sheer
stone
cliffs
,
and
a
mountain
meadow
full
of
autumn
wildflowers
,
blue
coldsnaps
and
bright
scarlet
frostfires
and
stands
of
piper
’
s
grass
in
russet
and
gold
.
He
had
peered
down
ravines
so
deep
and
black
they
seemed
certain
to
end
in
some
hell
,
and
he
had
ridden
his
garron
over
a
wind
-
eaten
bridge
of
natural
stone
with
nothing
but
sky
to
either
side
.
Eagles
nested
in
the
heights
and
came
down
to
hunt
the
valleys
,
circling
effortlessly
on
great
blue
-
grey
wings
that
seemed
almost
part
of
the
sky
.
Once
he
had
watched
a
shadowcat
stalk
a
ram
,
flowing
down
the
mountainside
like
liquid
smoke
until
it
was
ready
to
pounce
.
Now
it
is
our
turn
to
pounce
.
He
wished
he
could
move
as
sure
and
silent
as
that
shadowcat
,
and
kill
as
quickly
.
Longclaw
was
sheathed
across
his
back
,
but
he
might
not
have
room
to
use
it
.
He
carried
dirk
and
dagger
for
closer
work
.
They
will
have
weapons
as
well
,
and
I
am
not
armored
.
He
wondered
who
would
prove
the
shadowcat
by
night
’
s
end
,
and
who
the
ram
.
Отключить рекламу
For
a
long
way
they
stayed
to
the
trail
,
following
its
twists
and
turns
as
it
snaked
along
the
side
of
the
mountain
,
upward
,
ever
upward
.
Sometimes
the
mountain
folded
back
on
itself
and
they
lost
sight
of
the
fire
,
but
soon
or
late
it
would
always
reappear
.
The
path
Stonesnake
chose
would
never
have
served
for
the
horses
.
In
places
Jon
had
to
put
his
back
to
the
cold
stone
and
shuffle
along
sideways
like
a
crab
,
inch
by
inch
.
Even
where
the
track
widened
it
was
treacherous
;
there
were
cracks
big
enough
to
swallow
a
man
’
s
leg
,
rubble
to
stumble
over
,
hollow
places
where
the
water
pooled
by
day
and
froze
hard
by
night
.
One
step
and
then
another
,
Jon
told
himself
.
One
step
and
then
another
,
and
I
will
not
fall
.
He
had
not
shaved
since
leaving
the
Fist
of
the
First
Men
,
and
the
hair
on
his
lip
was
soon
stiff
with
frost
.
Two
hours
into
the
climb
,
the
wind
kicked
up
so
fiercely
that
it
was
all
he
could
do
to
hunch
down
and
cling
to
the
rock
,
praying
he
would
not
be
blown
off
the
mountain
.
One
step
and
then
another
,
he
resumed
when
the
gale
subsided
.
One
step
and
then
another
,
and
I
will
not
fall
.
Soon
they
were
high
enough
so
that
looking
down
was
best
not
considered
.
There
was
nothing
below
but
yawning
blackness
,
nothing
above
but
moon
and
stars
.
"
The
mountain
is
your
mother
,
"
Stonesnake
had
told
him
during
an
easier
climb
a
few
days
past
.
"
Cling
to
her
,
press
your
face
up
against
her
teats
,
and
she
won
’
t
drop
you
.
"
Jon
had
made
a
joke
of
it
,
saying
how
he
’
d
always
wondered
who
his
mother
was
,
but
never
thought
to
find
her
in
the
Frostfangs
.
It
did
not
seem
nearly
so
amusing
now
.
One
step
and
then
another
,
he
thought
,
clinging
tight
.
Отключить рекламу
The
narrow
track
ended
abruptly
where
a
massive
shoulder
of
black
granite
thrust
out
from
the
side
of
the
mountain
.
After
the
bright
moonlight
,
its
shadow
was
so
black
that
it
felt
like
stepping
into
a
cave
.
"
Straight
up
here
,
"
the
ranger
said
in
a
quiet
voice
.
"
We
want
to
get
above
them
.
"
He
peeled
off
his
gloves
,
tucked
them
through
his
belt
,
tied
one
end
of
his
rope
around
his
waist
,
the
other
end
around
Jon
.
"
Follow
me
when
the
rope
grows
taut
.
"
The
ranger
did
not
wait
for
an
answer
but
started
at
once
,
moving
upward
with
fingers
and
feet
,
faster
than
Jon
would
have
believed
.
The
long
rope
unwound
slowly
.
Jon
watched
him
closely
,
making
note
of
how
he
went
,
and
where
he
found
each
handhold
,
and
when
the
last
loop
of
hemp
uncoiled
,
he
took
off
his
own
gloves
and
followed
,
much
more
slowly
.
Stonesnake
had
passed
the
rope
around
the
smooth
spike
of
rock
he
was
waiting
on
,
but
as
soon
as
Jon
reached
him
he
shook
it
loose
and
was
off
again
.
This
time
there
was
no
convenient
cleft
when
he
reached
the
end
of
their
tether
,
so
he
took
out
his
felt
-
headed
hammer
and
drove
a
spike
deep
into
a
crack
in
the
stone
with
a
series
of
gentle
taps
.
Soft
as
the
sounds
were
,
they
echoed
off
the
stone
so
loudly
that
Jon
winced
with
every
blow
,
certain
that
the
wildlings
must
hear
them
too
.
When
the
spike
was
secure
,
Stonesnake
secured
the
rope
to
it
,
and
Jon
started
after
him
.
Suck
on
the
mountain
’
s
teat
,
he
reminded
himself
.
Don
’
t
look
down
.
Keep
your
weight
above
your
feet
.
Don
’
t
look
down
.
Look
at
the
rock
in
front
of
you
.
There
’
s
a
good
handhold
,
yes
.
Don
’
t
look
down
.
I
can
catch
a
breath
on
that
ledge
there
,
all
I
need
to
do
is
reach
it
.
Never
look
down
.