. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. , from thesaddle up, shows plainly the stratification of the rocks. Every moun-taineer will recognize, at first sight of the illustrations, the resemblanceof K^, as seen from the south, to the Matterhorn. The valley appears to end at the foot of tlie mountain; insteadof which it bends abruptly north-east, and runs in between K- andthe northern slopes of Broad Peak. The heavy and massive outHneof the latter, surmounted by its three huge rounded peaks, comprisesin it
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. , from thesaddle up, shows plainly the stratification of the rocks. Every moun-taineer will recognize, at first sight of the illustrations, the resemblanceof K^, as seen from the south, to the Matterhorn. The valley appears to end at the foot of tlie mountain; insteadof which it bends abruptly north-east, and runs in between K- andthe northern slopes of Broad Peak. The heavy and massive outHneof the latter, surmounted by its three huge rounded peaks, comprisesin itself almost the whole left side of the Godwin Austen valley. A From Concordifi to tlio Fof)t of K . ?22-3 short broken ridge joins it to Gasherbrum IV, whose summit rises abovethe spur dividing its two western glaciers. From the Gasherbrumsthe chain extends toward the south in a ragged edge of rocks andsnowy peaks to form the western side of the Concordia amphitheatreand the upper Baltoro. The upper Baltoro rises gently toward the south-east, and has anaspect similar to that of the Godwin Austen. It is covered with stripes. BRIDE PEAK FROM THE CODWIX AlSTEX. XEAR THE COSCORDLV. of moraine, which grow narrower and farther a])art as they go up thevalley, and are divided by wider and wider spaces of bare ice ; it runsto the foot of a mountain whoso broad, rounded top is covered withglaciers. This is Conways Golden Throne, some 15 or 16 miles distantfrom the Concordia. Here the Baltoro turns eastward and disappearsfrom view. A wide glacier-covered depression separates Golden Thronefrom Bride Peak on the west. The latter, too, is white with snow. Itturns toward us its characteristic northern wall, shaped like atrapezium, topped by a long ridge, the ends of which form the twopeaks of the mountain. The one to the east, 325 feet higher thanthe other, is a station of the Indian Survey (Karakoram No. 8,25,110 feet). From Bride Peak a long spur runs northward toward us, 224 Chapter XT 11.
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