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... soon had a flat . Then a wheel cracked . Although we had it welded at a village shop , we soon heard metal grinding on metal again . We continued . North of Mardan the barren hills rise abruptly from the Indus Plain and here the narrow ...
... soon had a flat . Then a wheel cracked . Although we had it welded at a village shop , we soon heard metal grinding on metal again . We continued . North of Mardan the barren hills rise abruptly from the Indus Plain and here the narrow ...
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... soon barred our way . The guides straddled their yaks , and crossed in belly - deep water , leaving the rest of us to fend for ourselves . The water was murky and stones rumbled in it . Facing the current , I inched to the other side ...
... soon barred our way . The guides straddled their yaks , and crossed in belly - deep water , leaving the rest of us to fend for ourselves . The water was murky and stones rumbled in it . Facing the current , I inched to the other side ...
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... soon give way to thickets and ex- panses of bracken fern ; fringes of oak curve stiffly along the crests like the bristles of a mane , the branches of each tree lopped for live- stock fodder . The bitter weather has halted all movement ...
... soon give way to thickets and ex- panses of bracken fern ; fringes of oak curve stiffly along the crests like the bristles of a mane , the branches of each tree lopped for live- stock fodder . The bitter weather has halted all movement ...
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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