THE HOMEWARD MAIL

FROM INDIA, CHINA AND THE EAST

London, England

31 March 1906

(page 389)

PERSONAL AND OFFICIAL.

The Darjeeling Chronicle says:—We hear on good authority that the Duke of the Abruzzis is coming out to India with a party of 12 Italian guides and porters to attempt the ascent of the Chogori, the second highest mountain in the world. This peak is also known as Survey peak K 2 or Dapsang, or Peak Godwin Austen, and is in the Karahoram. Several attempts have been made to reach its summit, the last being in 1902 by a party consisting of Dr. Jacot Guillarmod [Jules Jacot Guillarmod], M. O. Eskenstein [Oscar Eckenstein], Mr. A. E. Crowley, Mr. G. Knowles [Guy Knowles], Drs. H Pfann [Heinrich Pfannl], and V. Wessely [Victor Wessely]. Dr. Guillarmod and Mr. Crowley are, of course, well known to us in Darjeeling as having been members of the unfortunate 1905 expedition to Kangchenjunga. The other gentlemen are not known in these parts, but it is rumoured that M. Eskenstein, who is considered a first-class mountaineer, will be coming up here to make an attempt to ascend Kangchenjunga. Mr. Crowley has also expressed his intention of coming up here again in June.