Part 79 - Yakchung camp entry and plant collections near Chapepusa

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SUMMARY:
The diarist describes descending over soft snow by sliding, returning to camp by midday after a pleasant day of photography, with a local companion amused by the snow-sliding. On 22nd May at Yakchung (approximate height as Chapepusa), after a rainy night with hail, they collected a tree at 12,500 ft (3093) and an abundant, beautiful anemone (3094) near camp.

CONTENT:
had become soft, and the only way of getting down was by sliding on one's feet or one's bottom. We all did a selection of both. We wandered down slowly, were in camp by 12:15, after to me a most pleasant day. I took a lot of photos, but fear the distance was in many cases too much for a good result. The local whom we took with us, was very amused at the sliding on the snow, and thoroughly enjoyed himself. It is still fine at 1:30, but clouded over everywhere. Tomorrow we return, and I'm afraid will find no new flowers. We saw nothing in flower today, except rhododendrons on the way up, which we had taken before.

22nd May Yakchung 8 miles. Ht. approximately as for Chapepusa.
Rained a good deal of the night, and was only fine till 7:00 this morning. Rain then got heavier till 11:00 when it cleared up for a couple of hours before a hailstorm. Evening fine but threatening. The only things we took were a tree at 12,500 just coming into leaf, 3093, and a most lovely anemone 3094 growing a short way below camp. It flowers both blue violet and white, but looks as if it might come true to seed. I have never seen such a sight of anemones. For 100 yards or more,