. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ridges as violently as on the Alps in winter. Storms raged about thesummits and snowy peaks, and long streamers of fog, tattered andtenuous, were brought up by the south-west \vind. The veils of mistgradually thickened and settled down layer after layer around K^ andBroad Peak. Above the Concordia basin the sky was all streaked withclouds, which hung dark and lowering over the entrance to the temperature remained steadily below freezing point. There wer
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ridges as violently as on the Alps in winter. Storms raged about thesummits and snowy peaks, and long streamers of fog, tattered andtenuous, were brought up by the south-west \vind. The veils of mistgradually thickened and settled down layer after layer around K^ andBroad Peak. Above the Concordia basin the sky was all streaked withclouds, which hung dark and lowering over the entrance to the temperature remained steadily below freezing point. There were From Concordia to the Foot ot K . no more avalanches, and when the wind was down the silence was sonnbroken as to become oppressive. On the morning of May 30th all was ready. The weather had notchanged and the moimtains looked sinister. We bade adieu to ourleader witli good wishes, which did not succeed in disguising fromourselves the insecurity we felt as to the outcome of his bold under-taking. The simple fact is that these are not mountains likeother mountains, and one oaimot look at them without disquiet .A--;.. .;.>^ ?^%:^-\^^\
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