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... Sometimes a markhor herd moved into view . The rut had begun , and the dominant male in each herd remained close to any female in heat , holding himself erect , trying to impress her with his beauty and other males with his power .
... Sometimes a markhor herd moved into view . The rut had begun , and the dominant male in each herd remained close to any female in heat , holding himself erect , trying to impress her with his beauty and other males with his power .
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... sometimes porters , sometimes donkeys , and we advanced slowly , seldom more than ten miles a day , from village to village . We left Buni at 7 A.M. with several reluctant porters and a donkey . Karambar Pass It was harvest season and ...
... sometimes porters , sometimes donkeys , and we advanced slowly , seldom more than ten miles a day , from village to village . We left Buni at 7 A.M. with several reluctant porters and a donkey . Karambar Pass It was harvest season and ...
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... Sometimes I shift boxes of pro- visions checking to see if unwanted intruders once again share my room . Under one box a scorpion , greenish - yellow in color , raises its poison - tipped tail in defense . I hit it with a shoe . Once I ...
... Sometimes I shift boxes of pro- visions checking to see if unwanted intruders once again share my room . Under one box a scorpion , greenish - yellow in color , raises its poison - tipped tail in defense . I hit it with a shoe . Once I ...
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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