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Article: When your goggles go pop and you're crying in the wind
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 20, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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So there I am on a Swiss glacier at more than 3,000m on a
fiercely cold December day - about -15C. I'm wearing goggles, not
because it's snowing but because the cold wind makes my eyes water
if I stick to sunglasses. I decide I need to rearrange my headgear
to combat the wind, and reach behind my head to undo the clip on
the strap of my goggles. "Pop."
Oh dear: that was not the sound of the clip unclipping - it was
the sound of the clip fragmenting. The means of securing the
goggles to my head is in pieces; suddenly, the goggles, purchased
last January, are useless. And I am literally reduced to tears.
I wish I could say the offending goggles have gone to meet their
maker. Perhaps in time ...
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