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... move fastidiously . After a while the glacier's surface became less broken . In places huge boulders rested on its ... moving dot . We do not walk well together : I forge impatiently ahead , he moves steadily along . For an hour I had ...
... move fastidiously . After a while the glacier's surface became less broken . In places huge boulders rested on its ... moving dot . We do not walk well together : I forge impatiently ahead , he moves steadily along . For an hour I had ...
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... moving steadily on my snowshoes to the lake . Peter and I decide to spend the night there ; the Sherpas want to con- tinue ... move the final few feet up the bluff to the monastery . The Sherpas have taken possession of a hut , a smoke ...
... moving steadily on my snowshoes to the lake . Peter and I decide to spend the night there ; the Sherpas want to con- tinue ... move the final few feet up the bluff to the monastery . The Sherpas have taken possession of a hut , a smoke ...
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... move for the winter to Dunai , Tarakot , and other places at low altitudes because Dolpo has a severe fuel and food shortage , there seldom being enough potatoes , buckwheat , and barley until the next crop is ripe . In order to sur ...
... move for the winter to Dunai , Tarakot , and other places at low altitudes because Dolpo has a severe fuel and food shortage , there seldom being enough potatoes , buckwheat , and barley until the next crop is ripe . In order to sur ...
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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