"Hark!" Biggles ejaculated

[rachelmanija]

Will you all please look at this cover and tell me what you think they're doing.

Comments

[rheanna]

Why, those two men are taking a quick breather to recover from the exertion of climbing up that rocky, icy mountainside, of course. What else could they possibly be doing?

(I haven’t read any Biggles but I’m enjoying your reviews an awful lot!)

[rachelmanija]

Ah yes. Of course. And they had to strip because their mountaineering clothes were so hot and heavy.

[rydra_wong]

Or, as we say in the bouldering world, TOPS OFF FOR POWER.

[rydra_wong]

To be fair, I genuinely can't work out if they're on an icy mountainside -- possibly looking at an avalanche -- or on a tiny rock protruding from crashing waves.

[rachelmanija]

It's supposed to be crashing waves, but it does look like an avalanche. Either way, the perfect spot for a quickie!

[rydra_wong]

I mean, I gather the "oh thank fuck we're not dead" hormones can be pretty potent ...

[rheanna]

Ohhhhh - it IS crashing waves! I was looking at it on a tablet and it was quite small.

[ethelmay]

Like this?

[autopope]

They stripped because they're suffering from hypothermia. Like the bodies of the climbing party in the Dyatlov Pass Incident.

[rachelmanija]

Definitely.