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asked Rob of the leader of their party , when , having left their camp on the bank of the McLeod at the spot known as the Leavings , they had headed straight west toward the steep divide which rose before them . `` That all depends on luck , '' said Uncle Dick . `` We 've got to climb that divide and get down off the top of it . By noon we 'll be higher than the Rocky Mountains ! '' `` That is n't possible , of course . '' `` I did n't say higher than the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains . But as a matter of fact on top of the divide between the McLeod and the Athabasca we are four thousand six hundred and forty feet above sea-level , and that is nine hundred and seventeen feet higher than the summit of the Yellowhead Pass where we cross the Rockies . ''