New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-01

level layer Of cloud. At length the slope we
were climbing became less steep To aVold
larger mass OF cornice than usual we kept away
horizontally 10 the right. and presently discoV-
cred that the cOrnice was the actual summit 81
the third peak on the ridge. and there we soon
entered upon wcll-earnet repose. me f'OHrhI
we looked around saw that the peak We
were on was the highest point Of our ridge 10
yond II deep depression. on the other
SIDE Of which "A long face Of snow led up TO me
south ridge Of the Golden Throne. FROM the
Throne therefore. were utterly cut on. ours
was separate mountain a satellite Of It's greater
neighbor whose summit still looked down upon
us from a height Of 1000 feet. and whose broau,
extended arms shut out the view - inc north
east which I SO ardently desired TO behoId
Framed In the passes I have mentioned there
were glorious mountain pictures; That 20 the
south looking straight down the great kOndus
Valley and away over the bewdering intricacy
Of the lower Lo1ak ranges being especially me.
and rendered all the more solemn by the SUI
roof of cloud poised above It at the height OF
about Is 600 feet When one behOds n Snail
portion Of Nature near at hand. the ACTON Oh
avalanches, rivers and winds seems tremendous
but in . deep extending view over range AFTER
range Of mountains and valley beyond valley
Natures forces are reduced 10 mere trembling
nslgn!fcance and the effect OF the whole i
majestic repose. The clouds seemed stationary
above the mountain kingdom; not a sound broke
the utter stiffness Of the air. We ceased To pant
for breath the moment the need for eXertion was
withdrawn. and a delicious lassitude ana for-
getfuness Of past labor supervened upon our
overweight frames All felt weak and ILL., IKE
men Just lifted from beds OF sickness. Dut our
brlggen Nhe Swiss guide who accompanied the
party) was able 10 smoke cigar. TOOK u"c-
ngs with the sphygmogr&ph OF HurprlSsus"
pulse and mine: and here the damaging erect
~ the altitude made itself apparent our breath
ing apparatus was working we'll enough. but our
hearts were being sOrcly tried and mine was ~
a parlous state We had al practicalF rracneI
the limit ~ our powers We might have climbed
n thousand feet higher. n even more, " nv
climbing had been easy. but Iurbriggen SAID 'hat
another step he could not cut. IT we could hake
had tents and warm wraps ana spent inc nlEn'
AT this point might perhaps nave Deen an,"
- restore our forces and 10 have climbed 5OVo
feet or more on the following day; but doubt u.
". were all weakened. not so much 10y the
work 81 the previous hours as by the continued
strain II the las; three weeks. There was no ne
bate about what was - be- done next. All recog-
nlzcd II Al the greatest We were going 70 accom-
plish was done and that hencefor'var1 nothing
remained for us but downward and homeward'
VIVA, came near being 81 fatal accident hap
p,ncl I'm the descent from the peak The mem
bcrs II the party chung together by rop"
Ghurka slipped from the path down the lee
preclplce and swung Ike the weight Of pen
dulurn But he was an old soldier and gp'd
rnouutainccr and soon cut his way back with
his axe II he had gone down his fall would
have been not less than two thousand rect.
In addition 10 work among glaciers ana peaks
from Gngit On the west u the Pioneer PEAK
on the east. Mr. Conway also travelled to Len
IN Lndnk or Western Tibet III or''I ~ '''"-
pare the record II his instruments with the
official figures kept by the Moravians. While
I'm T.oGak he also visited the great Budinlst
monastery 81 Hints He came away with the
conviction that the Buddhism ~ Tibet is mercy
NJ, cloak for an elaborate dcmonology. He also
carried away several curious manuscripts HIS
volume Is coplously Illustrated. but the map Il
a uakcshift IN place - -" one which IL u De
Included I'm the limited nal costly edition OF MS
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