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granite terraces some 300 feet above the glacier. We crossed 

 the top of the north col without difficulty and proceeded 

 over Gondola Ridge to the tent. Later, Debenham and Forde 

 appeared. They had found an easy route to the central hollow 

 of the mount, which we called " The Deck," but had not had 

 time to ascend one of the peaks. 



On the 4th the morning was clear, and 1 felt that we could 

 not do better than get the theodolite on the top of Mount 

 Suess, and so connect up many of the distant peaks with our 

 survey. 



Debenham decided to stay below and continue his plane- 

 table survey. Gran took his camera, and Forde and I carried 



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the theodolite, etc. We climbed up the gap at the north 

 corner, and then scrambled along a slope full of snow-covered 

 boulders which lay between the main peaks and the 1 800-feet 

 Rampart. This latter feature seemed as if pierced for guns 

 also ! Possibly the gap and the " ports " were due to the 

 weathering away of volcanic dykes in the granite. They did 

 not look as if ice had cut them out. Where the gap emerged 

 on the "Deck" were two little tarns at about 1200 feet above 

 the tent. 



Gran proceeded to climb the central-west cusp of the 

 mount, thinking it the highest. Forde and I attacked the 

 south-west peak. The slope was very steep and covered at 

 first with grey granite, black dolerite, and yellow sandstone 



