Hastings and E. Haskett Smith in March 1887, and in December 1890 Mr. Hastings succeeded in repeating his ascent without any snowdrift to help him, as did Dr. Collier exactly two years later.
"Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England"
W. P. Haskett Smith
Our batteries were firing from many hiding-places, revealed by short, sharp flashes of light, but few answering shells came back, and the ridge itself, patched with snowdrift, was quiet as any hill of peace.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
I must see if I can break through the snowdrift.
"The Story of a Stuffed Elephant"
Laura Lee Hope