The Valley of FlowersClimbing and exploration in the Garwhal Himalayas. |
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afternoon Alaknanda River Alaknanda Valley allardias Androsace ascent avalanche Badrinath Banke Glacier base camp beautiful beneath bergschrund Bhotia Bhyundar Pass Bhyundar Valley bloom blue boulder buttress climb clouds cold colour crags crest crevasse crossed descended difficult distance Dunagiri east edge Expedition face feet high foot forest garden Garhwal gorge gully height high altitudes hillside Himalayas hope hour ice-axe ice-fall inches Joshimath Kamet Kangchenjunga ledge light Linn looked Mana Peak minutes mists monsoon moraine morning Mount Everest mountain Nanda Devi night Nilgiri Parbat Nilkanta nomocharis Nurbu overhanging Pasang peak Peter pitch plants plateau porters possible potentillas precipices Primula rain Ranikhet Rataban reached rhododendron ridge rock rope route Royle scrambled seemed seen séracs Sherpa slabs sleeping-bag slope snow snow-field snow-ridge snow-slope Snowman steep step stream summit tent Tewang Tibetan tracks traversed Valley of Flowers Wall Wangdi weather whilst wind Zaskar Zaskar Range