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Page 52
... Gorge ― good eating , but hard to catch ! We camped at the confluence of the Langu and Mugu rivers . The Langu runs thirty - five miles through a deep gorge , with headwaters in the northern highlands of Dolpo District . The canyon is ...
... Gorge ― good eating , but hard to catch ! We camped at the confluence of the Langu and Mugu rivers . The Langu runs thirty - five miles through a deep gorge , with headwaters in the northern highlands of Dolpo District . The canyon is ...
Page 53
... gorge , snowswept peaks rose thousands of feet , jagged pyramids of ice with hanging glaciers . Lower down were shaded forests of birch and conifer . On our side there was only rock , brush , and an occasional juniper . Few plants grew ...
... gorge , snowswept peaks rose thousands of feet , jagged pyramids of ice with hanging glaciers . Lower down were shaded forests of birch and conifer . On our side there was only rock , brush , and an occasional juniper . Few plants grew ...
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... gorge lay between Dolphu and the closest of our prospective base camps . The gorge was hardly passable when the weather was good ; it was out of the question with so much snow . The paths around camp became too deep to shovel , so we ...
... gorge lay between Dolphu and the closest of our prospective base camps . The gorge was hardly passable when the weather was good ; it was out of the question with so much snow . The paths around camp became too deep to shovel , so we ...
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