Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-02
SOME NoTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS.
Adventures More Ihnn 1wcutv-thrce rhoa-
sand Feet Above sca-LeYe!-ThrillIng kX-
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sand Feet Abovc c>ca-Le'el-ThrilIIn= EX-
perieutes.
IParl-Mal Gazcitc.l
Mr.. Graham. who gave short account ~
hi, adventures in the Ilimalayas at the
Royal Geographical Society last night, i
ccnfessCdly a letter hand at mountain
peak than at the lecturers rostrum. and one
could scarcely hear bis modest. and we
must say nearly inaudibIe, sentences, as he
told the story OF his hairbroadth escapes.
rs many OF our readers are familiar with
Alpine peaks, the following comparisons
mty be useful The Alps contain two
pcskS above 1900 feet. six or seven above
I4.OCO. and n ell about Thirty what are
called fTst-claSs peaks. The llimalayas, on
the other hand, or rather the limited part
we know OF them, contain peaks from
2Q,OGGftCt downward. More than l.lG0 have
been measured exceeded 10000 feet, aad It
is computed illt at least two thousand cH-
ctCd this height.
After tracing the history II llimalayan
exploration prior TO his visit in 1883, Mr.
Graham went on 10 describe his own three
JOURNEYS. Having decided upon Sikkim
IS Tie field OF operations, he proceeded
with Joseph Irnboden. guide OF :. Mix
laUs, to Dafjeling, whence the real start
was made. The party was DELAYED some
days. pending the arrival Of guns and so
on: but managed 10 get or on Fcbrulry
22d, willis splendid set Of coolies. fellows
n 10 could carry anything, aud who simply
/ laughed al sixty pounds per man that Va,
wo.hcd ont for them. The road was
| fairly good as far as the RdmMln. the
/ British boundary. after which It dcgcur-
rated into what thew csll a track, Hats
were made at Sirlong, liib, Paniont,i,
! YoksUu, Bora. hnd Gongri reached on the
/ afternoon oi Tie sixth dlT. THIS was cN-
| 'romply fast marching, the distance hrihc
! f0Til.tNO miles as Tie crow liics. aud qJ,is
! double that in actual path. while some idea
| q the rosd may Ice formed from III" i1ct
! that one asccnd> 23.0c0 ftct and dcsccndN
! scme 5000 feet ~ vertical height. IIe
! lat DIV from Bora to Gongri i, very dilli'
/ cult. saws Mr. Graham. and quite iGIpi>'i-
/ Tie for lca>i> u burden. We came on
/ ,roN about lO.OCO icet above the sea.
| Tree. grow only 10 the top of the ridge.
! ,hOtodcudIons. in a thick. lmpcrvlous
! jungle, even higher. Finally, th" 1dse
! Tatt,us out into a rolling tabl--,and. some
| 1900 fcet above sea, and here stands
A solitary little stone hut the h1bita-
| ton of The herd,mcn in summer. III"
next day Nc took the three best men and
| preceded west 10 the loot oi the kanSit
! pas. which leads into Nipal. The sum
| nj: q The pass j. some l1,0Il. and Is
| crowned by noble saddle glacier, whilst
on either side rises a sharp rock-topih
| some I.JCO iest higher. We turned 10 the
| right, 10 the foot of tie glacier, which
| flows IN a beautiful stream >Ju,hWcs, from
| Kangchnjangs. Here We cucamped on
the morainc in one Of The cIIudc,t anphi-
| theatres imaginable. Duc cas- rose he-
| hru, 24O1j, its western iaca almost Ike a
wal, cOrnIcrd with huge WJ>.'- Of gl1"!'r
| and snow. from which tiUId"rcd an iR-
ccssant vollty a avalanche. NorthcI'f rose
kangchinianea.its gray ,eipice- even ~"
| but lightly touched withsUOW. North, Jun
moo showed its awful southern clif, while
west rose a great peak VI nov and rock
| great. Sctusly, though small and 6asy -
| compared with its neighh1r-. The nigh,
was the coolest We experienced IN the
| IIma!ays-So FnhrCrlci- being the mini
mum reading Of the thermometer. Early
next morning ImbOden and / started q
ascend The peak on our west. IL was i
herd and interesting scramble Of some iy'
hours and hali-rock and snow alter
n,tely. Only one place offered any serlou.
difficulty, and at 1918 We were on the sum
nit. Though the western Vi5N was cloud
ed. we had noble view ei the northwest
| Of K,ngchinjAngs. Both by ancrold and
by comparison with surrounding peaks
We estimated the height a. rather o1,i
twenty thousand feet. Is was 100 cold
STAY long, 20 We descended. packed Wy oui
hllt,ned traps, and returned 10 GOn-r
" .,h We reached after q very lonZ ana l'
| ticuug tramp. all very tired. NcN' dHy
! ". were Cn again, this time due north, III
th, 4aoitr from which flO-s the GrA
| Run get. The descent l. steep Tor 2hoH
eight hundred feet, then a eteady thrr
miles ascent over very bad broken grou1'
leads to the foot Of the glacier bctwrcl
Kahru and Pundim. Here we found
series Of small lakes, now frozen hard 1n
last. Up this we went till We reached th
foot Of the Guicho La, the pass bciWer'
Pundim and the southeast ruif %
Kanechnjanga. Here we camped anon
wilderness OF huge gneIss bow,
ders. Next morning. after ycrv d,i'
cult ground, We crossed the pass, rattle
over sixteen thousand, and descend
ed FIRST TO level bit OF grassland contain
ing five small tarns, aud then fur'hc
descent to the great glacier, which no"
almost due east from kangchinIln .
Right above us rose the towering crags O
Simolcbum. behind us lay kabru aud Phl
dim, so that we were absolutely surround
cd by the snowy giants. We thus ,u'
ceeded In seeing both the northern link
Of Kangchinianga. Thus eHded the sprlu
Journey. imboden got homesick. and Ia
famous GriBdeyald guide, Emil Boss, wll
formed one OF the audience last nigh'
came 10 Mr.. Graham's assistance, bringiu
with him his equally famous compini'I
Kaufman. II was then determined to lr
the Gurwtal range from Nynec ia
From here a start was made on June 2i,h
After DELAY of two or three months hI
Graham and his men started for the secon
tiue for the peaks Of the Dunagirl. %