The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1909-06-25

be the starting point of his expedition
to the Himalayas.
A considerable and unnecessary
amount of mystery has been thrown
around the plans of the ducal explorer.
who has been Economically supposed
to. be seeking relief from his love
misadventures by Drawing the dangers
of the Indian glaciers, but the follow
ing details can be considered anthem
tic:
The party which accompanies the
duke of the Abruzzi consists of
Marchese Negrotto, Cavalier Vittorio
I Sella. Cavalier Filippo de Filippi. Sig
nor Botta, and seven guides from the
Courmayeur. Marchese Negrotto is
I the dukes flag lieutenant In the Ital-
Ian navy. Cavalier Sella accompanied
the duke on his former expeditions at
Mount st. Elias In Alaska Gnd to Ruw.
enzori. His skill as photographer
is well known.
His illustrations added not a little
to the interest Of the book published
on the Ruwenzori. and were one OF
the chief attractions Of the account
given by Douglas Freshfeld OF his e1-
plorations round Kunchinjinga. Cava-
lier Filippo de Filippi also was COM
panion of the duke on his Polar ex-
ploration. and though he could not
accompany him to Ruwenzori. wrote
the history of that expedition which
has since been published.
/ Signor Botta goes as assistant pho
tographer to Sella; he, too. was a
member of the earlier expeditions to
Alaska and Ruwenzori. and has had
moreover some mountaineering ex-
perience In the Caucasus and the
Himalayas.
/ Besides Sella and Botta. four OF the
seven guides have had Himalayan ex-
perience. Joseph Petigax. who accom-.
panied the duke on his former expedi.
tons. was for some time with DIR.
Bullock Workman In his expedition in
1908 IN Baltistan. Alexis and Henri
Brocherel were with the expedition Of
Messrs. Longstar. Mumm and Brace
/ to the Nanda Devi group In 1907: and
! G. Savoie was with the two Swedish
mountaineers who established a
Hlmalayan record by climbing Kabru.
$4,000 feet. in Sikkim.
3 The fact that the duke has ar
ranged for the collection Of coolies ut
Srinngar leaves. Of course. no doubt
rs to the Karakram range being the
scene OF his explorations. and the
large proportion OF guides among the
members OF the party would show that
b his main object IL climbing.
Now. the western part OF the Kara.
koran has recently been explored by
the workmnns. The central part OF
the range. however. contains tho high.
est peaks of all, grouped round the
great Baltoro glacier; and. as II OF.
! fcrs the most tempting ground for n
mountnineer OF the dukes ambitions,
one may safely assume that II is here
that the choice OF mountains to ascend
will be made.
The Baltoro glacier explored by Sir
W. Martin Conway In 1892. when he
climbed Pioneer Peak, $4,000 feet. to
its south. II was revisited In 1909 by
the Eckenstein. Guillarmod expedition.
OF which an account was published
by DR.. Guiilarmod on their unsucccss.
full attempt TO reach K2. To Judge
from the photographs which have
been brought back both II K2 and OF
other giants Of the range. the formid.
able character OF tho climbing can
hardly be exaggerated.
In spite of the assurance that the
duke OF the AbruzEl has no, yet ilxed
his hopes upon any particular sum.
init. one cannot doubt that Mount
Goodwin Austin, or R2 us Il In more
Familiarity called. IN the peak which