. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. en abovethe camp to examine the eastern slopes of K-. Their report was notvery encouraging. The long north-eastern ridge was out of thefpiestion, as well as the whole eastern side of the mountain, whicli wasextremely steep, covered with ice and exposed to avalanches of then turned their attention to a ridge of rock visible from thecamp, running directly up from the glacier to the edge of the greatsnowy shoulder of the mountain. This was the only route t
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. en abovethe camp to examine the eastern slopes of K-. Their report was notvery encouraging. The long north-eastern ridge was out of thefpiestion, as well as the whole eastern side of the mountain, whicli wasextremely steep, covered with ice and exposed to avalanches of then turned their attention to a ridge of rock visible from thecamp, running directly up from the glacier to the edge of the greatsnowy shoulder of the mountain. This was the only route that lookedat all possible to them. (!)221) P 4 232 ChaptcT Xlll. Thus ou the first day after reaching tlie foot of K- the Uuke hadakeady made a cursory examination of two-thirds of the circumferenceof the mountain. Nowhere had ho discovered an easy, obvious andsafe route to the peak, and the undertaking assumed a doubtful did there appear to be in the neighbourhood any low saddle, anyeasy pass, by which to get over and examine the northern side. More-over, Colonel Sir Francis Youngliusband, \vho had seen the northern. THE BASE CAMr AND Kli:HT OI THE SAVOIA side of K- from no great distance, described its precipitous andforbidding aspect in terms that left very little to hope for a route on thatside. The Duke decided to act at once upon the knowledge alreadygained, but before choosing any one slope in preference to others, hewaited in order to examine for himself on the morrow the rocky ridgewhich Alexis Brocherel had proposed for a trial. Meanwhile we had sent the coolies back to bring up the fewremaining loads left behind at the Concordia. By May 27th we had
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