|
Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Thursday, 14 August 1902
On August 14th marched to Liligo, which took us ten hours. Below Chorbutsé the marching was terribly bad. In coming up I had kept nearly all the way between the glacier and the hillside, which was good walking; but the stream had much increased, and quite half of the march lay over the glacier. For me indeed all of it did, as I left Chorbutsé later than the others, and a somewhat curious incident prevented me following the best route. The fording of the stream was only practicable in one place. As Eckenstein [Oscar Eckenstein] was crossing this a great deal of stuff broke away with him, and though Knowles [Guy Knowles] managed to get over immediately afterwards by Eckenstein’s help, the way was subsequently impossible: so I had to wander along over the glacier itself for nearly two hours, cutting steps in a good many places for those of the coolies who like myself had been cut off.
|