Peaks and Glaciers of Nun Kun: A Record of Pioneer-exploration and Mountaineering in the Punjab Himalaya |
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Peaks and Glaciers of Nun Kun: A Record of Pioneer-Exploration and ... Fanny Bullock Workman No preview available - 2018 |
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altitude apices appeared arête ascended avalanches bakhshish Baltistan Barmal glacier Barmal Ridge Base Camp beneath bergschrund Bhot Biafo glacier boulder Camp America Camp Italia caravan centre Chogo climbing covered crevasses débris descending detritus distance east expedition explorer Fahr Fariabad glacier Fariabad nala feet formed Ganri glacier glacial surface Glacier-table guide and porters Gulmatunga heat height highest Himalaya Hispar glacier ice-fall ice-slant Jutmaru Kargil coolies Kashmir lamas later loads lower massif melting miles Mount Nieve Penitente mountains névé nieve-pinnacles nieve-pyramids night North-West nala observations perpendicular Pinnacle Peak plateau portion Purkutse pyramids Rangdum valley reached region rock Savoye seen Sentik séracs Shafat glacier Shafat nala sharp side slant slopes snow spur Srinagar steep summit Suru river Survey map Tehsildar tents terminal moraine tongue upper wall White Needle Camp wind Workman Z1 glacier Z1 nala Zaj Nai Zaskar