. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. Tlie Uj)i)er Godwin Austen Glacier. •2i)9 triangle nearly 4,000 feet high. Between it and the ridge that runstoward it from K- is another glacial basin, which empties by a narrowmouth into the Godwin Austen ; it is like the basin below Broad Peak,Ijut much smaller. From Staircase Peak to Windy Gap a rib of icedescends by a series of steps or leaps, its side traversed by glaciers andfurrowed by deep channels ; and this rib, together with Windy Gapitself, terminates
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. Tlie Uj)i)er Godwin Austen Glacier. •2i)9 triangle nearly 4,000 feet high. Between it and the ridge that runstoward it from K- is another glacial basin, which empties by a narrowmouth into the Godwin Austen ; it is like the basin below Broad Peak,Ijut much smaller. From Staircase Peak to Windy Gap a rib of icedescends by a series of steps or leaps, its side traversed by glaciers andfurrowed by deep channels ; and this rib, together with Windy Gapitself, terminates the valley of the Godwin Austen. From our campwe can see neither the saddle nor the left wall of the valley. 20,981. 22, FIRST STEP OF THE GODWIN AUSTEN , .\ND P.\SS. During several days we only saw this or that portion of thepanorama I have described, according to the caprice of the wind, whichwould tear away the cloud masses here and there, letting in a rift ofsunlight speedily obscured again by the marshalling of the cold mistsor a fresh onset of snow or sleet. I have already mentioned that theDuke had noted from the southern ridge of K- a depression in the circleof mountains around the amphitheatre of Broad Peak, and had formeda project of climbing up to it for a glimpse of the region east of theGasherbrums. This was undertaken on June loth. The depressionis in the northern wall of the amphitheatre, between peaks and20,981 feet, beneath the second of which our camp was stationed. It (0-2-2\) R -2 200 Chaj)ter XV. was necessary to round the base of this peak and enter the gUicier basinin order to reach the l)ottoni of the couloir, by which one coidd ascendto the col. Three guide
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