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Mustagh
[ moos-tahkh ]
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Later that same year, Pan Duo summited Mustagh Ata, a 24,636-foot mountain in Xinjiang.
As we ascend right up the glacier�either the one coming down from the Mustagh Pass or the one to the east running parallel with the general line of the Karakoram Range�we feel not only far away from but also high above the rest of the world.
But if we turn to the right on descending from the Aghil Pass, and if we turn again in the direction of the Mustagh Pass, we come to an icy realm which has about it, above every other region, the impress of both extreme remoteness and loftiest seclusion.
Among them lies the pass of Mustagh, 18,300 feet above tide, up to 1863 a high-road between India and Yarkand, practicable for but a few weeks of summer.
In addition, Sir Henry suggested that instead of going to Hunza direct, he should strike out eastward from Kashmir, working his way round through the great Mustagh Mountains, and exploring as he went, also that he should finally push on northward, and penetrate as far into the Pamirs as the approach of winter would permit.
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