. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. overed with most insecure detritus loose upon the steep rocks. Onehad to go very carefully not to send down an avalanche on the headsof those below. The coolies were very sure-footed, walking cat-likeand not disturbing a single stone; otherwise it would have been 1 The Skoro La was crossed in 1856 by R. Sclilagintweit, by Godwin Austen in 1861, byConway in 1892, by the Worknians in 1899, and by some of the members of tlic Eckenstein-Pfannl-CJuillarmod expedition in
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. overed with most insecure detritus loose upon the steep rocks. Onehad to go very carefully not to send down an avalanche on the headsof those below. The coolies were very sure-footed, walking cat-likeand not disturbing a single stone; otherwise it would have been 1 The Skoro La was crossed in 1856 by R. Sclilagintweit, by Godwin Austen in 1861, byConway in 1892, by the Worknians in 1899, and by some of the members of tlic Eckenstein-Pfannl-CJuillarmod expedition in 1902. The Return to Srinaar. :Vd7 impossible to get safely down such a wall with so numerous a 1,600 feet below the col we began to cut obhquely toward theright to gain a ridge which is the divisional line between this secondaryvalley and the Skoro Lumba. The latter is filled in its upper part bytwo glaciers, which break off abruptly high up on the walls. The slopeis grassy, and sprinkled with flowers ; but it is very steep and extended,and cut by high steps which make the descent tedious and SOUTHERN SIDE OF SKORO LA. Along the way we kept meeting with Baltis bringing little baskets ofdeUcious apricots, cherries, plums and cucumbers, the most acceptablegifts we could receive, after our months of tinned foods. We finallyreached the bottom of the deep and narrow valley, after havingdescended in this way some 4,100 feet, and made our stage near a groupof shepherds huts, on a grassy plain full of great wild rose bushes, nowin full flower and smeUing dehghtful. Many herds were pastured inthe neighbourhood, and we were abundantly supphed with fresh milkand also with eggs. We were welcomed to Baltistan by a violentsandstorm, followed rather unexpectedly by heavy rain. The coohesprotected themselves as well as they could under the tarpauhns, thetent-bags and all the coverings they could get together. (9221) Y 338 Chapter XVIII. Our nearness to the luxuriant o
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