Exploration and climbing in the Nun Kun Himalaya
1908; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 24; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00369220808733811
ISSN0036-9225
Autores Tópico(s)Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
ResumoTHE Nun Kun, lying between 33° 55' and 34° 5' North latitude, and between 76° and 76° 15'East longitude, is situated in the Suru province, Eastern Kashmir, south-west of Ladakh and north-west of Zanskar.It forms a part of the middle range of Himalaya, and is a most impressive group of sharp snow and rock mountains twelve miles square, the highest seven, peaks of which rise to heights varying from 21,000 feet to over 23,000 feet.These in turn are flanked on the north and east by several lesser peaks of very abrupt character, whose jagged perpendicular slopes offer insuperable barriers to the approach of the explorer.On the remaining sides many broken glaciers and steep snow walls, while not rendering the main peaks inaccessible, make their reconnaissance and eventual conquest matters "of considerable mountaineering experience and preparation.Sportsmen have occasionally ascended the Shafat valley, the northern approach to the group, to a height of, say, 15,000 feet.Dr. A. Neve of Srinagar, visited this glacier for two days, reaching, he states, a height of about 18,000 feet.A Dutch traveller also made a brief visit to the region, reaching, as he estimated, a somewhat higher point, but ascended no peaks.Our expedition, therefore, was the first to properly explore the glaciers and to ascend the peaks and passes of the range.Our party was
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