Avalanche destruction in the Chandrabhaga
Jugatsukh, detail of wood carving sheep and cattle
Jugatsukh. Detail of wood carving men with guns
Nagar mela, two women, wearing Kullui ‘patthu’ sitting on a ferris wheel.
Hampta Nala. West Himalayan Holidays camping picnic. Under the evergreen oak trees, Christina, Tara, Kranti, Rahul and West Himalayan Holidays
Nagar mela. Girls wearing local ‘pattu’ riding on a hand driven ferris wheel.
Bhunter bazaar. Spring on our the way home from Chandigarh to Manali, Dorze, Tara ,Kranti our jeep.
Chamba district, a village near Tisa. On the way to the Sach Pass.
On the way to the Sach Pass, looking South.
Chandrabagha, Dorze negotiating a pathless stretch after the avalanche devastation.
Chandrabhaga river flowing through the snout of an avalanche, grey snow with mud and avalanche debris. I was trekking up the Chandrabhaga valley after the terrible avalanches of Spring 1979. It was frightening, both the path (or lack of it) that had to be crossed and being an insignificant puppet amidst such power.
