. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ep track, which ran in zig-zags across the snow slope, and kepturging us to quicken our steps, especially at points where big stonesand tell-tale lumps of hardened snow marked fresh falls from the over-hanging cliffs. We followed in silence, breathing hard from the quickmeasure of the pace, which was c[uite out of proportion to the gradientof the climb, and keeping close together to make the most of the scantylight of our two lanterns. (9221) E 66 (Uiaptor V. This
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ep track, which ran in zig-zags across the snow slope, and kepturging us to quicken our steps, especially at points where big stonesand tell-tale lumps of hardened snow marked fresh falls from the over-hanging cliffs. We followed in silence, breathing hard from the quickmeasure of the pace, which was c[uite out of proportion to the gradientof the climb, and keeping close together to make the most of the scantylight of our two lanterns. (9221) E 66 (Uiaptor V. This account must be difficult of belief to those who have crossedthe col in the summer months, when it is a pleasant trip to ride overon the easy, clean-cut path which traverses the side of the valley wellabove the rocks which overhang the right side of the gorge. In two hours we reached the top. The steep ascent suddenlystopped, and we entered a sort of corridor about 500 yards wide, fullof snow and walled in by mountains from 14,000 to 17,000 feet high—solevel, that we went on for about half a mile without noticing where the. THE rPPER CUMBER VALLEY. water-shed came. When the snows are gone there are pleasant meadowshere, and in the middle a little lake fed by springs, which swell so highduring the melting of the snows as to overflow on both slopes (Roerodi Cortanze) ; but at low water in summer it has only one outlet, whichruns northward to form the source of the Gumber torrent. These curious features have drawn the attention of geologists tothe Zoji La. Burrard and Hayden are of opinion that the indentationwas cut through the ridge by a prehistoric river. Oestreich finds in ita proof of the progressive erosion of the Baltal gorge, accompaniedby the gradual withdrawal of the water-shed line. The Zoji La is, infact, often quoted as a conspicuous example of the type of erosion Zoji La. 07 known as back-cutting. a process which may ultimately result in thecomplete cutting through
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