. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ^ v^*. ox THE WAY TO SKORO LA. plentiful on the borders of the fields and even between the rows of grain,a botanical combination entirely new to us. We went a short distancealong the bottom of the valley, then climbed obliquely across the slopeto the edge of the opening of the Skoro La valley, 1,900 feet above theBraldoh.^ At its mouth is a village of mountain huts, now deserted,because the herds have all been taken up to the high opened the gree
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ^ v^*. ox THE WAY TO SKORO LA. plentiful on the borders of the fields and even between the rows of grain,a botanical combination entirely new to us. We went a short distancealong the bottom of the valley, then climbed obliquely across the slopeto the edge of the opening of the Skoro La valley, 1,900 feet above theBraldoh.^ At its mouth is a village of mountain huts, now deserted,because the herds have all been taken up to the high opened the green valley, full of blossom, between tworounded grassy heights, like the beautiful shell-shaped dales of our 1 The route is marked by a dotted line on the little panorama of the left side of the Braldohvalley. The Return to 8nna<i;ir. 335 own AVe climbed along the left side of this valley for somefour miles, and set ujj camp on a grassy level near the water. We werenow at about 13,000 feet of altitude. Next day we crossed the pass. A glacier comes down from it towithin about 300 feet from our camp of the night before
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