Chapter Vili. 



Umberto Peak between the Einin and Umberto Glaciers, On 

 reaching- tlie right margin of tlie latter they left their tent 

 there some 600 feet a])ove tlie sixth camp and proceeded to 

 ascend over tlie snow whlcli covered the glacier. At the top 

 they turned westward towards a rocky ridge, by means of 

 whioli they reached Umberto Peak. Here they remained for 

 tivt' hours. ])nt were scarcely able to catch a glimpse of a 

 peak liert' and there among the mists. They built a big 

 stone man upon the wide rocky summit. 



A great ridge of broken and decomposing rock runs north- 

 wai-d towai'ds Kraepelin Peak, which is lower and likewise 

 rocky. Mt. Gessi, on tlie other side of the narrow gorge, 

 between precipitous cliffs, has the appearance of a vast col 

 with two peaks rather slightly accentuated at the northern 

 and southern extremities of the long snowy ridge. It was late 

 when they returned to the tent near the glacier. The Duke 

 would have liked to return upon Umberto Peak on the following 

 day to take angles, l)ut the weather was threatening from the 

 dawn. They had supplies for one day only. At such a distance 

 from Bujongolo, whicli was tlieirbase, and with so many passes to 

 cross on the wav, it was not easy to obtain provisions regularly. 

 It Mas therefore necessary to I'etm-n. 



In liah' an liour they reached Camp VI, mider the Cavalli 

 Pass, ascended to tlie helredere, in a snowstorm, and in the 

 early hours of the afternoon set up their tent once more at 

 the foot of Vittorio Emanuele Peak. ( )n the following day, 

 a long marcii, almost entirely in the rain, brought them over 

 the Stuhlmami Pass, the head of the Bujuku Valley, and the 

 Scott Elliot I^iss. They once more set up their tents at 

 (anij) 11. on the shoic of the little lake at the foot of the 

 western slope of Mt. Bakei-. Ivatioiis had been It-ft ready at 



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