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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 |
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This report showed clearly the limits which existing conditions
imposed on any attempt at ascending Muztagh-Ata from this
side. I realised that without the possibility of camping higher
up for one night all that could be aimed at was to penetrate
the gorge which had stopped my men. The discovery of this
formidable obstacle was in itself an interesting fact; for Dr.
Sven Hedin, who in 1894 had ridden on yaks to a height
estimated at over 20,000 feet, seemed to have remained
wholly unaware of its existence. At the same time the
report showed that the ascent up to that point was only a
question of endurance and fair weather. I accordingly
determined to use the chance of the next day keeping clear
for an ascent by the track which my Hunza men had
followed.
This chance seemed doubtful indeed, for clouds settled
around the summits, and violent gusts of wind made us glad
to seek the shelter of the tents below. I found them pitched
by the side of the great moraine wall and Ram Singh duly
arrived from Karasu. The sky was cloudy when I turned in,
and when I rose on the 19th at 3.30 a.m. there was every
indication of a storm. It did not take long before the snow,
driven by a hard gale, came down. Wrapped in furs I was
sorrowfully watching this atmospheric interference with my
plans when by 6 a.m. the sky began rapidly to clear. I saw
that it had been only one of those short-lived gales which,
according to Dr. Hedin's testimony, almost daily visit
one or other face of the great mountain. The yaks were
kept ready, and when the sun broke through, a little before
7 a.m., I gave the order to start. Instead of the Kirghiz
who had proved so useless on the mountain-side, only my
Hunza men and Ajab Khan, the Punyali orderly, were to
accompany me and the Sub-Surveyor. The latter's instru-
ments were to be carried as far as practicable by honest Hai
Bai, a Turki 'Kirakash' (pony-man) from Kôkyar, who had
accompanied Captain Deasy's caravan to Ladak and Kashmir,
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