Stones of Silence: Journeys in the HimalayaOver a period of six years, Dr. Schaller explored the awesome Himalays in order to study the fascinating but increasingly rare wild life of the area and to determine what locations would make good reserves and national parks. Just as the outside influences of the last quarter century are taking their toll of the wildlife of the region, so are they changing the culture of the people who have lived there for centuries. High adventure, introspection, observation, and discovery are a part of this story. |
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... Clouds add motion to the resistant form of the peaks , imparting a jostling pattern of light and color . When clouds and mountains combine , one ethereal , the other impregnable , the landscape attains a new dimen- sion . I stood ...
... Clouds add motion to the resistant form of the peaks , imparting a jostling pattern of light and color . When clouds and mountains combine , one ethereal , the other impregnable , the landscape attains a new dimen- sion . I stood ...
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... clouds from the south , but inevitably it submitted to them . And then , at the head of the Baltoro , another peak , Gasherbrum IV , disentangled itself from the clouds and evolved into a vast pyramid of light , a celestial peak of ...
... clouds from the south , but inevitably it submitted to them . And then , at the head of the Baltoro , another peak , Gasherbrum IV , disentangled itself from the clouds and evolved into a vast pyramid of light , a celestial peak of ...
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... clouds , saying the pass is somewhere ahead , and flees down the mountainside . We trudge on , wholly lost in this featureless and form- less expanse . As the clouds engulf us again , it snows harder and the force of the wind increases ...
... clouds , saying the pass is somewhere ahead , and flees down the mountainside . We trudge on , wholly lost in this featureless and form- less expanse . As the clouds engulf us again , it snows harder and the force of the wind increases ...
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