. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. K= FKOM THE SOLTH. precipitously—one at Savoia Pass, the other at the shoiUder of themountain, where it divides into a southern and an eastern four ridges outline irregidar walls, which are orientated to thefour cardinal points and are cut by secondary ridges. The western andnorthern faces are rocky. The southern is likewise rocky, but the DeFilippi glacier runs across it obhquely. The eastern face is all armedwith ice, and has a great shoulder two-thi
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. K= FKOM THE SOLTH. precipitously—one at Savoia Pass, the other at the shoiUder of themountain, where it divides into a southern and an eastern four ridges outline irregidar walls, which are orientated to thefour cardinal points and are cut by secondary ridges. The western andnorthern faces are rocky. The southern is likewise rocky, but the DeFilippi glacier runs across it obhquely. The eastern face is all armedwith ice, and has a great shoulder two-thirds of the way up, upon whichthe terminal peak rears itself, a cone over 3,000 feet high. It is quite certain that K-, from whatever point one looks at it, hasone peak and one only. It is not clear how some observers can havemanaged to see two. In Drews book^ is a drawing of K^ seen from • F. Drew, Jummoo and Kashmir. 2nd ed. London 1877. p. 370. »«^^ ^ The Peak of K^ seen fn»in the south m iIjuo^ yfil linn] naae ,->I \o JrjT jiIT. From K to liride Peak. 279 the south-west from more than 62 miles away, showing it witli twodistinct points divided by a broad saddle. Sir Martin Conway alsobelieved ho liad seen a twin peak. On the other hand, Godwin Austendistinctly affirmed the contrary, and he was right. ^ It is perhapsthe great eastern shoulder seen from certain points of view that hascreated the false impression. I know no other mountain which has such diverse as2)ectvS when seenfrom its different sides. The plates showing it from west, south, eastand north-east- display its extraordinary variety of form, and show,too, how all its sides are equally fortified wath the most formidabledefences against the attack of the mountain climber. After weeks ofexamination, after hours of contemplation and search for the secretof the mountain, the Duke was finally obliged to yield to the convictionthat K^ is not to be chmbed. Its height is not a factor in the is the obstacl
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