As yet, with the exception of the pauw, we had seen no living thing on the mountain, nor had we come across a single spring or stream of water, which struck us as very odd, considering the expanse of snow above us, which must, we thought, melt sometimes.
Ordurarte, pauw txoria alde batera utzita, ez genuen beste izakirik ikusi mendian, ezta ur putzu edo errekatxorik topatu. Harrigarria iruditzen zitzaigun, kontutan harturik gainean genuen elur pila noizean behin urtuko zela uste genuela.