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... fire- wood per year . Each office is allowed one manload per day , yet one seldom sees a fire . Wrapped in overcoats , shawls , and caps , officials shiver through their duties . Where is the allocated firewood , I won- dered ? Office ...
... fire- wood per year . Each office is allowed one manload per day , yet one seldom sees a fire . Wrapped in overcoats , shawls , and caps , officials shiver through their duties . Where is the allocated firewood , I won- dered ? Office ...
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... fire . When after an hour of nursing smoldering stems and timid flames , I finally have a warming fire , Peter arrives and then two Sherpas . Only a few porters trickle in after dark , the others having remained at the last habitation ...
... fire . When after an hour of nursing smoldering stems and timid flames , I finally have a warming fire , Peter arrives and then two Sherpas . Only a few porters trickle in after dark , the others having remained at the last habitation ...
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... fire- wood ; Phu - Tsering then makes a fire as Dawa fetches water ; by the time tea is ready , the tents are up . The five Tamang have their own fire . And so usually does Bimbahadur , the Mangar ; at dusk , with the drizzle now an icy ...
... fire- wood ; Phu - Tsering then makes a fire as Dawa fetches water ; by the time tea is ready , the tents are up . The five Tamang have their own fire . And so usually does Bimbahadur , the Mangar ; at dusk , with the drizzle now an icy ...
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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