Buddhists : And Glaciers of Western Tibet / Giotto Dainelli.

1.In the footsteps of previous Italian travellers
2.In kashmir
3.Crossing the Zoji-la
4.Across puring
5.Into the buddhist country
6.From one Gompa to another
7.Amongst the tibetans
8.Arrival at Leh, the capital
9.My duties at leh
10.Crossing the diggher-la(17,890 feet)towards the shyok valley
11.Up the nubra valley
12.We reach the great siachen glacier at last
13.Mechanism of the march on the glacier
14.On the march towards the base camp on the siachen glacier
15.Arrival at the oasis of team sher
16.Life in an Oasis amongst the Ice
17.Occupations,surprises and anxieties on life on the siachen glacier
18.We leave the siachen in a storm
19. The new crossing of the "Italia" pass(20,000 feet), and leaving the glaciers
20.The caravan-road of death
21.From the nubra valley to leh by the khardung-la
22.A halt at leh, the capital
23.Ladakhi life
24.Houses,palaces,monasteries
25.Farewell to ladakh
26.The life of the normads
27.The return to India

Mountains exploration with de Filippi in 1913-14 and on his own expedition in 1930 into ladakh and the karakoram,.From a diary kept of a one-man expedition to westen tibet.The geologist giotto dainelli (1878-1968) wanted to explore while beholden to no one-to travel as he pleased and free to make botanical and archeological discoveries at will.His hope is that the reader of his book may catch a glimpse of the grand and majestic beauty of the country and of the fine and essentially artistic intelligence of its inhabitants.Exploration in wester tibet from kashmir to
leh, the Shyok valley,across the siachen glacier & back