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Page 116
... wind howls among the crags and defiles , stinging my face with sand . It will now blow throughout the night and into the following morning . In the lee of some boulders I clear away the rock rubble , unroll a thin foam rubber pad and on ...
... wind howls among the crags and defiles , stinging my face with sand . It will now blow throughout the night and into the following morning . In the lee of some boulders I clear away the rock rubble , unroll a thin foam rubber pad and on ...
Page 117
... wind roars over me like waves of the sea , and for a mo- ment I relive an ancient reality , floating among swaying stems of crinoids , water pressing me down , and sands from the ocean floor covering me slowly to form tomorrow's fossil ...
... wind roars over me like waves of the sea , and for a mo- ment I relive an ancient reality , floating among swaying stems of crinoids , water pressing me down , and sands from the ocean floor covering me slowly to form tomorrow's fossil ...
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... wind increases . And then , just as we despair of finding the route , we hear above us the ringing of bells and the whistling and calling of men , 00-00-00 . Out of the clouds , out of the gray nothingness , evolves a caravan of fifty ...
... wind increases . And then , just as we despair of finding the route , we hear above us the ringing of bells and the whistling and calling of men , 00-00-00 . Out of the clouds , out of the gray nothingness , evolves a caravan of fifty ...
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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