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Page 114
... carry food than to carry expedition loads . The problems of preservation in wildlands that have native resi- dents are exceedingly complex . They cannot be solved within the normal concept of a national park . . . . One thing seems ...
... carry food than to carry expedition loads . The problems of preservation in wildlands that have native resi- dents are exceedingly complex . They cannot be solved within the normal concept of a national park . . . . One thing seems ...
Page 177
... carry our flour , sugar , rice , and other food , enough for two months , as well as our equipment . For four days ... carried off by flood waters . In some areas , productivity of the fields has waned so much that a third of the land ...
... carry our flour , sugar , rice , and other food , enough for two months , as well as our equipment . For four days ... carried off by flood waters . In some areas , productivity of the fields has waned so much that a third of the land ...
Page 213
... carrying it to market in the south . Jang - bu is gone most of the day , visiting house after house in search of porters . I write letters and give Peter a haircut , " short like a pelt , " according to instruction . No Tibetan wants to ...
... carrying it to market in the south . Jang - bu is gone most of the day , visiting house after house in search of porters . I write letters and give Peter a haircut , " short like a pelt , " according to instruction . No Tibetan wants to ...
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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