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... rock behind which she halted to watch me , only the top of her head visible . I left the goat tied to a sapling ... rocks about 15 feet from its mother when suddenly , as if needing reassurance , it bounded over to her to touch its ...
... rock behind which she halted to watch me , only the top of her head visible . I left the goat tied to a sapling ... rocks about 15 feet from its mother when suddenly , as if needing reassurance , it bounded over to her to touch its ...
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... rock and snow investing her with an archaic perma- nence . Soon darkness engulfed us , and then there was only the ... rocks finally emerged from darkness , I rolled up my sodden belongings . In the fog and swirling snow I could just see ...
... rock and snow investing her with an archaic perma- nence . Soon darkness engulfed us , and then there was only the ... rocks finally emerged from darkness , I rolled up my sodden belongings . In the fog and swirling snow I could just see ...
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... rock , stubby arms stretching northward into two valleys . From the heights it is easy to see how the lake came into being . Previously there had been a peaceful valley down which flowed a river with forests along its banks , but one ...
... rock , stubby arms stretching northward into two valleys . From the heights it is easy to see how the lake came into being . Previously there had been a peaceful valley down which flowed a river with forests along its banks , but one ...
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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