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... winter winds on the Tibetan Plateau . It is somehow anachronistic in this age of high - speed travel to plod behind a string of porters or lead bulky yaks over a glacier trail - it seems like a late expression of the romantic era , of ...
... winter winds on the Tibetan Plateau . It is somehow anachronistic in this age of high - speed travel to plod behind a string of porters or lead bulky yaks over a glacier trail - it seems like a late expression of the romantic era , of ...
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... winter . This fluctuation in growth rate produces an easily visible winter " ring " each year , enabling one to age trophies precisely . The oldest markhor in my notes died at the age of thirteen years , the oldest ibex at fifteen , the ...
... winter . This fluctuation in growth rate produces an easily visible winter " ring " each year , enabling one to age trophies precisely . The oldest markhor in my notes died at the age of thirteen years , the oldest ibex at fifteen , the ...
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... winter snows . The previous year , John Blower had shown me photographs of bharal taken by him at a place called Shey Gompa , a monastery where the animals are tame because the local lama prohibits hunting . John suggested that Shey ...
... winter snows . The previous year , John Blower had shown me photographs of bharal taken by him at a place called Shey Gompa , a monastery where the animals are tame because the local lama prohibits hunting . John suggested that Shey ...
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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