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... plateau for wild goat . The sky is yellow with sand , and sharp gusts of wind still ham- mer my body . Finally , far away I note a white spot moving up a cliff ; and then , through the scope , a section of cliff moves as dozens of wild ...
... plateau for wild goat . The sky is yellow with sand , and sharp gusts of wind still ham- mer my body . Finally , far away I note a white spot moving up a cliff ; and then , through the scope , a section of cliff moves as dozens of wild ...
Page 129
... Plateau extends westward into Iran . It is a haggard land of huge plains and isolated ranges , lean and jagged . Some ranges , such as the Kirthar and Sulaiman , run north and south , and others spread sheaflike in a series of folded ...
... Plateau extends westward into Iran . It is a haggard land of huge plains and isolated ranges , lean and jagged . Some ranges , such as the Kirthar and Sulaiman , run north and south , and others spread sheaflike in a series of folded ...
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... plateau consists of about thirty square miles of rolling , grassy hills with a few sholas tucked into the folds , and cliffs border it on three sides . After an hour's walk across the plateau we reached a hut nestled into a valley by a ...
... plateau consists of about thirty square miles of rolling , grassy hills with a few sholas tucked into the folds , and cliffs border it on three sides . After an hour's walk across the plateau we reached a hut nestled into a valley by 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