. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. s. We went a short distancealong the bottom of the valley, then climbed obliquely across the slopeto the edge of the opening of the Skoro La valley, 1,900 feet above theBraldoh.^ At its mouth is a village of mountain huts, now deserted,because the herds have all been taken up to the high opened the green valley, full of blossom, between tworounded grassy heights, like the beautiful shell-shaped dales of our 1 The route is marked by a dotted line
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. s. We went a short distancealong the bottom of the valley, then climbed obliquely across the slopeto the edge of the opening of the Skoro La valley, 1,900 feet above theBraldoh.^ At its mouth is a village of mountain huts, now deserted,because the herds have all been taken up to the high opened the green valley, full of blossom, between tworounded grassy heights, like the beautiful shell-shaped dales of our 1 The route is marked by a dotted line on the little panorama of the left side of the Braldohvalley. The Return to 8nna<i;ir. 335 own AVe climbed along the left side of this valley for somefour miles, and set ujj camp on a grassy level near the water. We werenow at about 13,000 feet of altitude. Next day we crossed the pass. A glacier comes down from it towithin about 300 feet from our camp of the night before. We wentfirst along the slope on the left, crossing remains of avalanches anddetritus of landslides cut by torrents. Then we crossed the marginal. NORTHERX SLOPE OF SKORO LA. moraine and walked on the ice. A series of moderate slopes broughtus to the snow-covered tributary which leads to the pass, where weleft the main glacier. The latter runs off eastward to a greatamphitheatre surrounded by rocky and snowy summits. Dr. and climbed in 1899 the two peaks nearest the Skoro La,18,600 and 18,450 feet high. We mounted in zig-zags over an excellentpath. The ice ended some 10 yards below the rocky col, and at half-past ten we were on the top, in a narrow gap between two teeth of therugged crest. The Botanical Appendix, by Prof. Pirotta and Dr. Cortcsi, contains a list of the specimensfound in this valley. 3:?(; Chapter Will. Mango Gusor, though more tliaii 3,000 feet above lis, had lost allits impressiveness. The day was fine, though the distant chains werestill cloud-covered. Toward the south
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