This detail of Stein's map shows from the north his effort to reach the headwaters of the Yurung Kash by going south from Khotan early in his expedition. This was blocked (at the end of the two red lines) by impassable gorge and local reluctance at the two places shown. He then crossed the Yurung Kash on a 'bridge' (shown in photos and returned to Khotan via Pisha. The following year he went east around the front range and then west as shown by the red line at bottom of the map