. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. toactual rain. The moisture gavebriUiance and relief to the multi-coloured stones of the medianmoraines of the Baltoro. When weliad about reached the level of theright-hand spur of the Vignevalley we made our camp, for theDuke and the guides had alreadythat day made the descent from theseracs of the Chogolisa glacier, and,moreover, their eighteen days ofhardship had left distinct marksupon them. Next day we followedthe curve of the moraine into theConcordia, and th
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. toactual rain. The moisture gavebriUiance and relief to the multi-coloured stones of the medianmoraines of the Baltoro. When weliad about reached the level of theright-hand spur of the Vignevalley we made our camp, for theDuke and the guides had alreadythat day made the descent from theseracs of the Chogolisa glacier, and,moreover, their eighteen days ofhardship had left distinct marksupon them. Next day we followedthe curve of the moraine into theConcordia, and thence to the mouth of the lower Baltoro, not gettinga single fleeting glimpse of K- or Bride Peak, or any other of thesplendid host that two months before had received us with such calmserenity. We soon forsook the median moraine to follow the strip ofice between it and the left edge, and then began the fatiguing businessof chmbing over the great wavelike inequalities of the surface. Astormy and violent torrent cut its course in a deep winding furrowbetween two moraines, but we were able to cross it by means of a (9221) .\ 3. 32G Chapter X\III. massive ice bridge. In five hours of steady marching we had passedthe mouth of the second left-hand tributary, and made our stage insidean immense conical depression, the bottom of which was occui)ied bya dull and turbid little lake. Opposite us was the wide Younghusbandvalley, back of which, toward evening, we had a view of Mustagh Tower,surrounded by heavy clouds. It looked from here entirely different,but was, as always, an imposing spectacle. The intemperate weathercut off all view of the rest of the landscape. Quite unexpectedly the morning of July 22nd dawned clear andcalm. The view we had before us was almost precisely that ofpanorama Q, which Sella took a few days earlier at a point somewhathigher up,^ showing the tip of K^ just to the right of Crystal Peak,the massive brow of Broad Peak behind Marble Point andGasherbrum IV, next
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