article_snippet.sent: The discovery started a stampede along the treacherous mountain track through snowdrifts, blizzards and avalanches, each man weighed down with supplies.
article_snippet.sent: The 32-mile hike took weeks to complete but even then hundreds of men and thousands of pack animals journey was far from over.
article_snippet.sent: At the end of the trail hundreds of men and thousands of pack animals staggered into Bennett, a makeshift city of tents, hotels and saloons at the head of a deep green fjord, where hundreds of men and thousands of pack animals settled for a brief respite.
article_snippet.sent: On May 29, 1898 more than 7,000 roughly hewn rafts set sail,' Keith told me. '
article_snippet.sent: There was a further 400 miles of hazardous waterways, canyons and rapids to negotiate before a further 400 miles of hazardous waterways, canyons and rapids to negotiate reached a further 400 miles of hazardous waterways, canyons and rapids to negotiate goal.'
article_snippet.sent: Clapping hands to warn of our presence, our scrambled along a rocky path, stepping over tangled roots and clambering over fallen logs.