Vanishing Tracks: Four Years Among the Snow Leopards of Nepal |
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... Mugu Trail , ” that the incredible strength of their small , wiry bodies went far beyond the bulging muscles of their legs and necks . They would show us what it means to have nothing , to live without doctors and hospitals , without ...
... Mugu Trail , ” that the incredible strength of their small , wiry bodies went far beyond the bulging muscles of their legs and necks . They would show us what it means to have nothing , to live without doctors and hospitals , without ...
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... Mugu District , where the local authorities would check our papers and possibly send telegraph messages to Kathmandu . Since Mugu District was normally off - limits to foreign travelers , it could take ages to get confirmation of our ...
... Mugu District , where the local authorities would check our papers and possibly send telegraph messages to Kathmandu . Since Mugu District was normally off - limits to foreign travelers , it could take ages to get confirmation of our ...
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... Mugu rivers . The Langu runs thirty - five miles through a deep gorge , with headwaters in the northern highlands of Dolpo District . The canyon is so precipitous in its upper reaches that no human can travel along its banks . Jhobu La ...
... Mugu rivers . The Langu runs thirty - five miles through a deep gorge , with headwaters in the northern highlands of Dolpo District . The canyon is so precipitous in its upper reaches that no human can travel along its banks . Jhobu La ...
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