West Himalayan Holidays staff camping picnic Hampta Nala. Dorze, who has Rahul on his back, and Kranti.
Young shepherds who have gone down to the shops in Udaipur or Karpat. They have just crossed the bridge from Karpat and are now carrying the rations they bought up to the summer camp. They wear chola, dora, and fine leather shoes with floral decoration. The boy on the left has something valuable attached by a chain to his ‘dora’. Note sheep skin sacks and goat hair rope.
Nagar ‘mela’, deota’s ‘rath’ with ‘mohra’
Sanogi. Temple roof of timber. ‘Dharamsala’ roof of stone slab. Under a large ‘deodar’
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Our camp beside yak herders camp. Yak herders talking to Chamba. Christina and Johnny.
Lingti plains. Yak herder man and two children. Gaddi flock in background.
Climbing up to the Phitse-La.
Gaddi, Summer camp on Lingti, beyond Bara Lacha La. A young man wearing a tweed ‘chola’ is churning butter in a sheepskin. Note the kitchen utensils, another sheepskin sack, and the hookah. A homespun blanket is drying on the wall. Pile of dried roots for fuel.
On the way to Zanskar. Christina & tent near the Zanskar side of the Baralacha-La. We were having to rest for Johnny to recover from serious altitude effects.
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Zanskar. Johnny on a bridge. In August 1975, my brother Johnny Noble, Kranti & I went to Zanskar (I was 3 or 4 months pregnant with Rahul). Chamba & Dorze, both Zanskaris, came with us. We went via the Baralacha-La (Pass), 16,000 ft & the Phitse-La, 17,000 ft. We camped at Testha village, home to Dorze & his wife. And then after Padam on (Zanskar HQ) to Karsha village, home to Chamba. After that we crossed the Pensi La & left Zanskar via Kargil town & on to Kashmir.
