. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . forming a moat, which wasobviously impassable on the west and north. I proposed to makefor the nearest glacier ; and, after ascending the trough or hollow,to bear to the left with the view of reaching the summit from thesouth. Anticipating that nothing would be gained by waiting, Igave the order to march. We started from the Hacienda of Antisana at , onMarch. 7, and steering (under the guidance of some of theherdsmen, who had a perfect acquaintance with the lower slopes)got to the base of the glacier (15,295 feet) at ; having
. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . forming a moat, which wasobviously impassable on the west and north. I proposed to makefor the nearest glacier ; and, after ascending the trough or hollow,to bear to the left with the view of reaching the summit from thesouth. Anticipating that nothing would be gained by waiting, Igave the order to march. We started from the Hacienda of Antisana at , onMarch. 7, and steering (under the guidance of some of theherdsmen, who had a perfect acquaintance with the lower slopes)got to the base of the glacier (15,295 feet) at ; having lostsome time by the disappearance of a certain impetuous personwho could not brook local Our animals were left here, 1 The true summit of Antisana lies underneath the asterisk at the top of theengraving. 2 This glacier is concealed by clouds in the engraving. 3 Jean-Antoine always endeavoured to be in front, and on several occasionscaused trouble by getting out of touch. He was cured of this habit by somethingthat occurred on cn.\r. x. BEATEN ON ANTISANA. 191 and we proceeded on foot, by moraine on the northern side(right bank) of the glacier, nearly seven hundred feet higher inforty minutes ; and then, arriving at the termination of land,dismissed the natives, who up to this point had carried thebaggage. The elevation of this place was 15,084 feet abovethe sea. We roped up at once,1 and took to the ice at the first part of it was free from snow, and it was highlycrevassed ; but, as the fissures were small at the beginning, wewere able to keep a direct course for about an hour, at this timepassing alongside the serrated ridge that is shewn on the rightof the engraving,2 having the upper part of the mountain freefrom cloud. The glacier then steepened, and became broken upinto seracs (nearly invisible from below) which required muchcutting, and beating down to consolidate the snow-bridges lead-ing from one to another. Some of these passages we
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