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           Thecourseoftheriverbeyondthecityseemedmarkedbyabroad,depressedline,whilethelandassumedasomewhatgreaterruggedness,seemingtoslopeslightlyupwardasitrecededinthemist-hazedwest. 

           Sofarwehadmadenolanding,yettoleavetheplateauwithoutanattemptatenteringsomeofthemonstrousstructureswouldhavebeeninconceivable. Accordingly,wedecidedtofindasmoothplaceonthefoothillsnearournavigablepass,theregroundingtheplaneandpreparingtodosomeexplorationonfoot. Thoughthesegradualslopeswerepartlycoveredwithascatteringofruins,lowflyingsoondisclosedanamplernumberofpossiblelandingplaces. Selectingthatnearesttothepass,sinceourflightwouldbeacrossthegreatrangeandbacktocamp,wesucceededabout12:30P.M.ineffectingalandingonasmooth,hardsnowfieldwhollydevoidofobstaclesandwelladaptedtoaswiftandfavorabletake-offlateron. 

           Itdidnotseemnecessarytoprotecttheplanewithasnowbankingforsobriefatimeandinsocomfortableanabsenceofhighwindsatthislevel;hencewemerelysawthatthelandingskisweresafelylodged,andthatthevitalpartsofthemechanismwereguardedagainstthecold. Forourfootjourneywediscardedtheheaviestofourflyingfurs,andtookwithusasmalloutfitconsistingofpocketcompass,handcamera,lightprovisions,voluminousnotebooksandpaper,geologist’shammerandchisel,specimenbags,coilofclimbingrope,andpowerfulelectrictorcheswithextrabatteries; thisequipmenthavingbeencarriedintheplaneonthechancethatwemightbeabletoeffectalanding,takegroundpictures,makedrawingsandtopographicalsketches,andobtainrockspecimensfromsomebareslope,outcropping,ormountaincave. 

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