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... crest to detour to another fir , which it circled , perhaps look- ing for the scent marks of other cats . Farther on , beneath two sentinel firs , it deposited its own mark , another scrape . Although usually soli- tary , snow leopard ...
... crest to detour to another fir , which it circled , perhaps look- ing for the scent marks of other cats . Farther on , beneath two sentinel firs , it deposited its own mark , another scrape . Although usually soli- tary , snow leopard ...
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... crest of a ridge , the Bhadauri Deorali Pass , 5,500 feet high . Our porters prefer to eat their first meal at this time and they now stop to prepare rice while Peter and I walk ahead . A path paved with slabs of slate endlessly follows ...
... crest of a ridge , the Bhadauri Deorali Pass , 5,500 feet high . Our porters prefer to eat their first meal at this time and they now stop to prepare rice while Peter and I walk ahead . A path paved with slabs of slate endlessly follows ...
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... crest , and along the north - facing contour of a ridge , deep in snow . After traversing a fold of the hills , and another , the trail follows the base of a cliff . We first reach a cave with a small white stupa inside , and then a ...
... crest , and along the north - facing contour of a ridge , deep in snow . After traversing a fold of the hills , and another , the trail follows the base of a cliff . We first reach a cave with a small white stupa inside , and then a ...
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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