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Among the Celestials : vol.1 |
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last few days had been great, and on this day
we had been on the move for eighteen hours
continuously. Now the worst was over, and I
slept with my mind at ease and happy.
But at daybreak the next morning we were
on our legs again. We had still a long way to
go before we could reach Askoli, the nearest
village, and our men remaining behind on the
pass were waiting for supplies. Yet freezing as
it was we had to start without anything to warm
us, for we could find no materials for a fire;
but at about ten o'clock, at a point near where
our glacier joined the great Baltoro glacier, we
found an old hut, built at the time when this
route was in use, and from the fragments of
wood about we made up the first good fire we
had had for a week past, and had a fairly
substantial meal. But we could not indulge
ourselves at all freely, for we were very short
of provisions. We had left with the men on
the pass all but just sufficient to carry us
through to Askoli; and a few mouthfuls of
meat, with some biscuit and some tea, were all
we could allow ourselves. Having eaten this
and rested for an hour, we again pushed on,
and struck the Baltoro glacier nearly opposite
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