Show i BECKONS TO I II I BRAVE H. H I Few ew White Wh Ite E Explorers I I Have Visited Area I in Himalayas 1 I I BY ElY VISSER I I Explorer and Mountain Climber STOCKHOLM March March 15 If 15 If un- un regions regions beckon you if Yo you I would walk where a white whiteman man nev nev- never I er Cr walked you have plenty plenty- of opI oppOrtunity op- op I rhe The greater part of the world has been mapped and equipped with I tourist hotels pays pay's taxes bu buys s 's I If flivvers but there still sUll are regions I f to lure the explorer One of the most mot Important of these regions is in ln Central l' l Asia AIa I I where the great mountain ranges es the Himalayas and the Ko Kara-Ko- I rum ram run parallel The first Is ls widely l known But the Ko Kara-Ko- I rum Tum rival rl of the Himalayas has been beer seldom visited COOLIE TRANSPORTS On the Kara Korum ranges Are re reI I he the glea greatest test glaciers on earth The peak is feet high only feet lower than Mount Everest Many great sections of the Kara Kara- Korum mountains have never been visited by white men Even the natives natives na na- na- na tives regard the with su superstitious superstitious su- su fear and dare and dare not ventur venture ven yen tur ture up the icy slopes My iry wife and I have j Just returned after spending four tour months months' ir If in the Korum Kara-Korum mou mountains We Ve climbed to a height height- of feet climbed until intense cold and the rarity of ot the air forced us to turn back Travel was most difficult Our horses and yaks had llad utmost difficulty cult culty In crossing the passes and the swiftly running streams s. s At the 1 foot f ot elevation eleva leva tion ton we had to l leave eav our our pack animals animals animals ani ani- mals for they could climb no jiIn ji I In the boulder valleys and andon andon andon on the glaciers it- it was it-was was often pearly nearly impossible to find a a sult suitable ble place Ia-co Ia to pitch our tents NATIVES FEARFUL For seven days while in the southern southern south south- south south- em ern Sash Sash- mountains we were ro forced ced J to stay slay within our tents because of the Intense cold Had we wo ventured outside le them j ye have be been n n frozen I The country COUntry eyen the even the valleys valleys- i lacks We difficult t to deal with the natives the who closely resemble their Tibet Tibetan n nn n neighbors hors rs h they are go good odd d 1 l are in constant con con- con con- stant fear of devIl They were were eie II afraid to venture oUt dut on the on-the the gla gla- ciers One day js we were were sere climbing ia a dangerous p place ce on ona a deep Ice slope tw two Of J the were seized with witha vitha a sudden n fit of madness It was WiS only n difficulty that we wo managed to pre and vent them from I leading over the precipice They were vere suffering effects effects of the air all |