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南チベット : vol.7

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Southern Tibet : vol.7

南チベット : vol.7

only one Kumdan Glacier, which must be in reality the Kitchik Kumdan. For
the Chong Kumdan must, in 1898, have been at a considerable distance from
the river, and, as it is much covered by moraines, may have escaped Novitskiy's
observation.

Then he left the Shayok and turned to the right on the little rivulet Chipchak,
which comes from the east. »At the place where we left the Shayok, it flows out
from a long, narrow inundation, covered with ice (Tso). This inundation looks like
a small lake, and is fed with water from the brooks, which in great abundance are
flowing down from the many glaciers which surround it.» This description can
hardly be brought into accordance with his statement that the Chipchak, which is
only a brook of 3 to 5 sashen breadth, has perfectly clear water, whereas the
Shayok is very muddy. For otherwise a river passing through a lake becomes
clear, as is well known. But in this case the »tso» may have been too small to allow
the water to get rid of the material it kept in suspension.

He places the source of the Chipchak in the Kara-korum Pass itself. Over
the Suget-davan he went down to Shahidullah, and then crossed the Karlik-davan
(17,500 feet) west of Kilian-davan. The Karlik-davan is in the same range as, and
between, Yangi-davan and Kilian-davan. Over Karghalik he reached Yarkand. A good
map is added to this narrative.

Amongst those who have crossed the Kara-korum Pass, at an earlier date,
was also the adventurous Colonel ALEXANDER GARDNER who travelled from Yarkand
to Leh as a pilgrim wearing the haji dress. Both Sir HENRY YULE and Sir HENRY
RAWLINSON speak in a very flattering way of his achievements, and NEY ELIAS
believed in him. But his narrative does not afford anything new from our regions
and does not allow us any conclusions regarding the Kumdan Glaciers at his time.
He has very little to say of the Kara-korum Pass, »no doubt because it was really
much easier travelling than many passes which he had already traversed».¹

In the history of exploration in the High Kara-korum the late Dr. ARTHUR
NEVE occupies a very prominent place. He has undertaken very important, daring
and difficult glacier wanderings and climbings himself, he has assisted with his great
experience nearly all expeditions in these regions,² and he has given very valuable
contributions to the attempts of systematic orographical classification of the Kara-
korum System. In the following pages his name will be met with at several occasions.
Here I will only enter a few words on one of his first mountain trips.

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