. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. /J K° FROM WINDY GAP. and to this the chance disposition of the ice and the hollows and pro-tuberances of the rock have given the semblance of a grotesque face,a sort of demon of the mountains. Below the shoulder to the southIs visible in profile the crest of rock first tried by the Duke; it is muchsteeper than it looked from below and very long. The north-westernbuttress projects toward us, very sharp, broken and rugged, full ofneedles and icy pinnacles, between w
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. /J K° FROM WINDY GAP. and to this the chance disposition of the ice and the hollows and pro-tuberances of the rock have given the semblance of a grotesque face,a sort of demon of the mountains. Below the shoulder to the southIs visible in profile the crest of rock first tried by the Duke; it is muchsteeper than it looked from below and very long. The north-westernbuttress projects toward us, very sharp, broken and rugged, full ofneedles and icy pinnacles, between which run nortliward the curvesof long and ample cornices. If he had seen it from this point. Guillarmod 268 Chapter XV. would never have thought of choosing it as a route. The end of it joinslike the shaft of a T to a transversal ridge which encircles one of thesides of Staircase basin. To the south-west we could look down through the Godwin Austenvalley as far as the point where it bends toward the Concordia. Fromour point of view the background is formed by the right-hand ridge. MASHEEBRUM, FROM THE HEAD OF THE COUWIN AUSTEN. TELEPHOTOGRAPHY. of the Savoia glacier, behind which, 24 miles away, rises MasherbrumPeak, a great rocky mountain, extraordinarily imposing, terminatingin a sharp point. On the left all the summits along the Godwin Austenlook diminished and robbed of significance by the ponderous bulk ofBroad Peak ; but the latter is balanced on the north by the magnificenticy cliffs, like gigantic steps, running from the saddle to the dome ofStaircase Peak. This impressive formation is joined by an almosthorizontal ridge to the top of the triangidar wall of rock that faces downthe valley. Tlie Uj)pcr (lodwiii Austen (jlacier. 269 We are now in a position to satisfy our curiosity more completelywith regard to the country beyond the col to the north-east.^ Aglacier descends precipitously at our feet, falling with almost verticalleaps for about 2,000 feet, then flowing so
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