. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. Broad Peak, at sunset. CHAPTER XIV. THE SAVOIA GLACIER AND PASS. The lUW Plan. — The Cam[) moved to the West of K°. — doing up the Savoia Glacier. —Pieliniinary Excursions. — Cold and Had Weather. — Mountain Climbing, Pliotography andTopography. — The Western Wall of K -. — Ascent of Savoia Col. — Disappointment. —Sir Francis Younghusbands Description of the Northern Wall of K. — Return to theBase Camp. — A Shortage of Chupattis. — Change in the Appearance
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. Broad Peak, at sunset. CHAPTER XIV. THE SAVOIA GLACIER AND PASS. The lUW Plan. — The Cam[) moved to the West of K°. — doing up the Savoia Glacier. —Pieliniinary Excursions. — Cold and Had Weather. — Mountain Climbing, Pliotography andTopography. — The Western Wall of K -. — Ascent of Savoia Col. — Disappointment. —Sir Francis Younghusbands Description of the Northern Wall of K. — Return to theBase Camp. — A Shortage of Chupattis. — Change in the Appearance of the (Jodvvin Austen.— Variable Weather. — Sunsets. .Having concluded the explora-tion of the southern slope of K-,the expedition turned its attentionto the glacier already visited bythe Duke which girdles the baseof the mountain to the west. Noone else had ever trodden itssnows, and upon the map eventhe lower part of the valley wasscarcely indicated. The Dukesdesign was to climb up to thewatershed col at the top, with thehope of examining from thatpoint the northern slopes and thenorth-western ridge of K-. Therewas
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