The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
THE NUN KUN PEAKS
DETAILS or WORKMAN CLIMB IN
 HIMALANAS.
Five Nights Passed Ut lO.s03 Feet Eie- vation-Trip Will Correct the Ex- imtinE 'Maps-HeIting Gives
 Account 0f His Ascent
 of AcOncaEua.

London Dispatch.
 The Indian mail brings particulars of an interesting expedition among the Himalayas of kashmir which has lato- ly been completed by the well known American mountaineers, Dr. William Hunter Workman and Mrs. Fanny Bull lock workman. The scene of their lat est achievements is the Nun Kan Mountain group. situated to the south of Suru, almost due east of Srinaglr. On every side of the approach to inc central massif Is guarded by steep jag ged peaks. At Height of upwards of 10000 feet pr. and Mrs. Workman. who were accompanied by the sano Alpine guide Cypien Savoye, who had climbed with them in Baltistan in 1903, came upon a great glacial basin three miles long by two miles broad. Surrounding this rose the dominating summits of the Nun Kun group. Threo out or the five summlts exceeded 23,00o feet in. height, the highest of all towering to an altitude of 23.441 feet.
 In making the ascent "f the central massif, pr. and Mrs. Workman fixed their base camp on the Shaffat glacier at an elevation of l5.l00 feet. From this point camps were pushed up to the heights of 1857 feet and 1885 feet, just below the great glacial basin already mentioned: while in that basin camrs were established at heights of eo,6s2 feet and o1.3OO feet. Three years ago in climbing from their base on the Chogo Lungma glacier. the travellers pitched their highest camp at an elevation of 19.35S feet. This season, therefore, they camped on three occasions Tn a gradually ascending scale, at greater heights than in 1903. Moreover, 1t is claimed that at @1.300 feet their camp was she highest which
 nifrheA ty mOllDtaln- eers. It may be noted. however. that pr. T. G. LonsstaT. in the paper which he read before the Alpine Club. and which appeared in the August number of the Alpine Journal. states that he and his two guides spent the night in a snow cave on the Guria Mandhata group in South Western Tibet at an altitude which he personally thinks was at least 23,0oo feet. It is also re- corded that MT. w. H. Johnson was compelled to pass night at 2@,600 feet, when surveying in Ladik in 1881.
 Two Lights were spent by Dr. and Mrs. Workman at the camp 21,30o feet high. The cold was intense q tenn er- ature of degrees below zero (Fah- renheiO being registered on one night, and 8 temperature of degrees below zero (FahrenheiD On the other. The effect of the rarefled atmosphere was also very trying, and the five nights which were passed at or above height of 19,S93 feet were practically sleep less. From the glacier basin the high est peak of all proved to be inaccessi- ble, but the ascent of the next high est, the elevation of which is calcu- Iaed to be 23,264 feet. was more prac- ticable. Steps had constantly to be cut in it's steep, broken, ice-covered slopes and the greatest caution observed In climbing. At height of 22,656 feet to oh tho view and pr. Workman with one porter, stopped to take observations; but Mrs. Work man continued the ascent with the guide and another porter. and succeeded in making the summit, thus breaking her own record as a woman noun taineer. established in 1903. when she reached the top of peak 2e,56S feet in height
 The whole expedition. from the time of leaving to the time of returning to Suru. lasted ten weeks. and comprised a journey right round the Nun Kun group, a performance which had not previously been accomplished The distance covered was from ninety to 100 miles. the journey being consider ably extended by three extra marches up the Rangdun Valley. which were me- cessitated by the difficulty in finding ford over the Suru River. The river is fed by glaciers and thus a prolonged spell of hot weather, instead of reduc- ing it's volume. had swollen the river tu unusual dimensions. Several snow co.'s and glaciers were traversed, and from the Barmal La, 17.22s feet high, ascents were made of two sharp snow peaks. rising to heights of 1S.750 feet and 20,16S feet. Parts of the journey led over ground which had probably never been covered before, and in sev eral particulars the existing maps were found to be inaccurate in their details. In this connec- tion the full report of the expedition should be of considerable geographical interest.