Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-10
GLACIERS SCALED By A WOMAN.
How Mrs. Workman Of Worcester,
Mass, Has Added to Her Laurels.

From the Boston Herald.
DR.. William Hunter Workman and Mrs.
Fanny Bullock Workman Of Worcester, dur
ing their third expedition to the higher
Karakoram Himalayas In Baltistan the past
summer. explored the great Chogo Lungma
glacier throughout its whole course Of thir-
ty miles, from its end at Arandu to fts
origin among peaks above $4,000 feet in
height. They also followed to their sources
three OF the large terminal tributary gia-
ciers. exploring in all fifty-flve to sixty
miles Of glacier. This region has never be-
fore been visited and its delineation on the
maps was found to be incorrect and chiefly
the product OF Imagination.
The glacier ascends over 1900 feet from
It's lower to It's upper end. Its surface Is
irregular, being at some places much de-
pressed below. and in others as much ele-
waited above It's general level. 1t Is cleft In
every direction by crevasses Of different
lengths and widths. split in parts into huge
seracs or Ice pinnacles Of varied and curious
shapes, bears large medal moraines eighty
to one hundred feet high. and its course Is
through which a way il difficult to find.
Four peaks and two passes were ascend
ed, varying In height from 1900 to 10000
feet. The last pass crowned an ice wall
over 1,500 feet high. rising at angles OF
forty-ive to sixty degrees and covered with
snow from a few inches to two feet deep.
This furnished a climb Of great difficulty.
Every step had to be cut and the ascent
took from am. till 100 pm, when the
top was reached.
The descent was more perilous than the
ascent, as the broiling sun softened the
snow which made the hold on the hard
ice beneath very precarious.
The party was obliged to camp many
days and nights on snow and ice at altt-
tudes Of 1900 to over 1900 feet, often
without wood, and without heat other than
that furnished by small Primus stove,
over which an hour was required to melt
snow and boil water in a small teakettle.
The temperature at night sank as low as
8 degrees Fab.
The weather was uncertain or stormy
much of the time, and the accumulation
of new snow at the upper parts Of the
glaciers made progress slow and Wear1-
some. The depth of the new snow en-
countered varied from two to three feet-
The party was detained at one high camp
sixty hours by q snow storm, at the be-
ginning Of which the coolies, over fifty In
number. deserted. going down the glacier
in body. Stone cairns were built at va
rtous points where materials could be had,
and records were placed in them.
To the three world mountaineering rec
ords for women established by Mrs. Bull
lock Workman during the expedition OF
1899 the highest being 81 900 feet, fourth
has now been added, she being the only
woman who has made the first ascent Of a
great Himalayan glacier or OF any other
of equal size. The English officials at Srtn-
agar and also the Maharaja Of Kashmfr
and his brother, Gen. Raja Sir Amar Singh,
assisted the expedition materially by sup
plying transport and ordering all officials
along the route through Kashmir to fur
nish coolies promptly and give any aid that
might be required. DR.. Karl Oestreich OF
Frankfort-on-the-Mai accompanied the
expedition as photographer, and Mattia
Zurbriggen and Muller Ginseppi as guides.
Many photograph were taken Of the Inn
posing scenery and magnificent peaks that
surround the Chogo Lungma