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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... trees have the stark look usually associated with desert or arctic wastes . One's main impression is of barren slopes , subdued in hue , surmounted by peaks flinging themselves up into the realm of perpetual snow . The ground is almost ...
... trees have the stark look usually associated with desert or arctic wastes . One's main impression is of barren slopes , subdued in hue , surmounted by peaks flinging themselves up into the realm of perpetual snow . The ground is almost ...
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... trees by ringbarking them . A tree thus slashed soon dies and may then be legally felled . Perhaps some day the hill people of Nepal will also develop an ecological conscience . Leaving the forest behind , the trail climbs steadily to ...
... trees by ringbarking them . A tree thus slashed soon dies and may then be legally felled . Perhaps some day the hill people of Nepal will also develop an ecological conscience . Leaving the forest behind , the trail climbs steadily to ...
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... trees , the undergrowth and seedlings having been grazed and burned off . Yesterday we passed briefly through evergreen forest in which the chestnut was a distinctive tree ; today we come upon arid conifer forest . The change is an ...
... trees , the undergrowth and seedlings having been grazed and burned off . Yesterday we passed briefly through evergreen forest in which the chestnut was a distinctive tree ; today we come upon arid conifer forest . The change is an ...
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ahead altitudes animals behavior bharal Bhote Kosi blue sheep boulders camp canyon Chitral Chitral Gol cliffs climb clouds crest cubs dark descend dhole Dolpo feet female forest Gilgit glacier gorge grass Gyaltsen habitat halt head herd hills Himalaya Himalayan tahr Hindu Hindu Kush horns hunting Hunza ibex India Indus Jang-bu Karakoram Karchat Kashmir Khan Kilik Pass kill lama Lapche leave livestock loads look males Marco Polo sheep markhor miles Misgar monastery morning mountains nearby Nepal night Nilgiri tahr once Pakistan pass peaks Pervez Peter Phu-Tsering plateau porters rams range reached remain ridge Ringmo river road rock route sheep and goats Sherpas Shey Skardu slopes snow leopard soon species stone Tarakot tent Tibet Tibetan tiger trail trees trip tsampa urial valley vanished village walk walls watched wild goat wildlife wind winter wolves yaks young