Beyond the Pir Panjal; life among the mountains and valleys of Kashmir . ndedby Dr Arthur Neve, myself and various friends. The ascent,which is not difficult, lies for the last three hours up a snowslope, which gradually increases in steepness and culminatesin a rocky arete, the southern face of which, and of the peakitself, drops as a sheer precipice for some hundreds of the summit pieces of smooth rock with vitreous fracturecan be found, showing bubbles and other traces of igneousaction. The most conspicuous and imposing of all the peaks ofthe Pir Panjal range is undoubtedly Tatticoo
Beyond the Pir Panjal; life among the mountains and valleys of Kashmir . ndedby Dr Arthur Neve, myself and various friends. The ascent,which is not difficult, lies for the last three hours up a snowslope, which gradually increases in steepness and culminatesin a rocky arete, the southern face of which, and of the peakitself, drops as a sheer precipice for some hundreds of the summit pieces of smooth rock with vitreous fracturecan be found, showing bubbles and other traces of igneousaction. The most conspicuous and imposing of all the peaks ofthe Pir Panjal range is undoubtedly Tatticooti (Plate 3),the pyramidal shape of which, with a central notch and verysteep and jagged western and northern sides, makes it lookas if it might be exceedingly difficult to ascend. In 1900 Imade an attempt, and succeeded in attaining a point aboutthree-quarters of the way up the final peak, and well abovethe apex of the notch. The obstacles were, however, toomany. My camp was far away, and the fatigue great. Thepeak became shrouded by cloud, and the porters refused to. VIEW OF MOUNT TATTICOOTI FROM THE SOUTH(The height of the portion shown is about 2,500 feet.) To fa.:c p 22. THE VALE OF KASHMIR 23 proceed. However, I found, as I believed, a good andpracticable route. On 6th August 1901 the late Rev. C. and I pitched our tents above the pines of the Sang-sofed River. On 7th August we did 5 miles of steady ascent,at first through birches and juniper bushes, and then overgrassy and flowery meadows, bright with crown gentians andgolden potentillas and dotted with great boulders. Climb-ing a grass-covered terminal moraine, 250 feet in height, weplaced our base camp on a stretch of meadow under arounded knoll, the rocky faces of which were groundand polished by the ice of ages. Our altitude was then10,850 feet. The following day 2 miles ascent, chiefly climbing andscrambling over moraine, brought us on to the snowfield,part of the continuous neve, from which the Pir Panjal
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