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... argali , and bharal . These are little - known animals outside the fraternities of big - game hunters , and at first ... argali . Each is classified into several races , based on minor differences in horn shape and coat color ; only the ...
... argali , and bharal . These are little - known animals outside the fraternities of big - game hunters , and at first ... argali . Each is classified into several races , based on minor differences in horn shape and coat color ; only the ...
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... argali and a few bharal . One of our guides tells us that he shot an argali near here last summer . JOURNEY TO CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN • 269.
... argali and a few bharal . One of our guides tells us that he shot an argali near here last summer . JOURNEY TO CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN • 269.
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... argali . All I see is a low dark wall of cloud roiling toward us in the distance , and soon after I return to camp it begins to snow . An awful night . The wind eddies fitfully around the tent , piling snow against it , and in the other ...
... argali . All I see is a low dark wall of cloud roiling toward us in the distance , and soon after I return to camp it begins to snow . An awful night . The wind eddies fitfully around the tent , piling snow against it , and in the other ...
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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