The Monte Vista journal., 1909-06-26
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The duke Of the Abruzzi IL either
It or near Bombay. which city 10 to
se the starting point Of his expedition
10 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 authen-
tic: slIIll FFt Up a. IT,
The party which accompanies the
duke Of the Abruxzi consists Of
Marchese Negrotto. Cavalier Vittorio
Sslla. Cavalier Fflippo de F1lippi. Sig.
nor Botta. and seven guides from the
Courmayeur Marchese Nesrotto b
the dukes nag lieutenant in the Ital.
ian navy. Cavalier Bella accompanied
the duke on his former expeditions at
Mount st. ETias In Alaska snd to Ruw.
en.ori 20 l'" ''
His illustrations added not . little
to the interest OF the book published
on the Ruwen1ori. and were one OF
the chief attractions Of the account
given BY Douglas Freshneid OF his q.
plorations round Kunchintinga. Cava-
lier Filippo de Filippi also was com.
panion Of the duke on his Polar ex.
ploration. and though hs could not
accompany him to Ruwensori. wrote
the history OF that expedition which
has since been published. ---
Signoe Botta goes ~ assistant pho
toGrapher to sella: he. too. was
member Of the earlier expeditions to
Alaska and Ruwensori. and has had
moreover some mountaineering 81.
perience In the Caucasus and the
Himaiayas.
Besides sella and Botta. four Of the
seven guides have had Himalayan ex.
perience. Joseph Petixax. who accom-.
panied the duke ON his former expsdi.
tons. was for some time with Dr..
Bullock Workman In his expedition In
1903 In Baltistan. Alexis and Henri
Brocherei were With the expedition Of
Messrs. Longsta6. Mumm and Brace
to the Nanda Devi group In 1907: and
q. savoie was with the two Swedish
mountaineers who established .
Himalayan record BY climbing Kabru.
$4,000 feet IN Sikkim.
The fact that the duke has n.
ranged for the collection Of coolies At
srinaGar leaves. Of course. no doubt
~ to the Karakram range being the
scene Of his explorations. and the
large proportion Of guides au1bns the
members Of the party would show that
bis main object In climbing.
Now. the western part Of the Kara.
koran has recently been explored BY
the Workman. The central part Of
the range. however. contains tho high.
est peaks Of all. grouped round the
great Baltoro glacier: and. ~ II Of.
fers the most tempting ground for .
mountatueer OF the dukes ambitions.
one may safely assume that II 10 here
that the choice OF mountains to ascend
win be made.
The Baltoro glacier explored BY Sir
W. Martin Conway 10 1899. when 10
climbed Pioneer Peak, $4,000 feet. to
It's south. Il was reviaited In 1909 BY
the EckensteinC uillarmod expedition.
OF which an account was published
BY Dr.. Guiiiarmod on theiv uasuccess.
full attempt to reach k3. To judge
from the photographs which have
been brought back both II k3 and Of
other giants Of the range. the formid.
able character of the climbing can
hardly b. exaessfatsd.
In spite OF the assurance that the
duke Of the Abruxs' has not yet nxed
his hopes upon any particular sum.
NIT. oes cannot doubt that Mount
Oodwin Austin. OF K3 - Il 10 more
familiariy called. 10 The psak which
he will arst rscoanoitfs. ohould
nearer sxamipasioa prove that Il b
hopeless, even Tor an sxpsdltioa - q.
perisncsd and thoroughly organised -
that oe the dukes. oes may still b
sure from Bile pesvious record that b
will not return smpty.hands1.
Even II be does not succeed 10 seal
ING The 1850 fest Of k1. tAsfs afs
p1Daty q geographical llDooveeis0 =
- ns1s anl other visgis heigAts q
b siinbsd II. and especially bsyool
The maln raaes.