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... village - like a small green blight on the earth's dead crust . Be- hind the village rises a bristling mass of peaks , a gigantic disorder of sheer and naked rock , of raw creation . The crowded summits fade into gloomy clouds ...
... village - like a small green blight on the earth's dead crust . Be- hind the village rises a bristling mass of peaks , a gigantic disorder of sheer and naked rock , of raw creation . The crowded summits fade into gloomy clouds ...
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... village and on into Tibet . Just before the village the tracks of a second snow leopard crossed those of the first - and it had dragged something uphill . I followed the dragmark slowly , glassing the slope every few steps . By a large ...
... village and on into Tibet . Just before the village the tracks of a second snow leopard crossed those of the first - and it had dragged something uphill . I followed the dragmark slowly , glassing the slope every few steps . By a large ...
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... village or campsite just ahead . Pokhara to Dhorpatan , September 28 - October 9 The village path is wide and long , flanked by clumps of bamboo and an occasional banyan in whose shade the porters halt to rest their loads by setting ...
... village or campsite just ahead . Pokhara to Dhorpatan , September 28 - October 9 The village path is wide and long , flanked by clumps of bamboo and an occasional banyan in whose shade the porters halt to rest their loads by setting ...
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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