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Kullu. West Himalayan Holidays recce. Christina Noble & others on the top of the Chandrakhani Pass.
In the forest, on the path on the way down from Malana
From just below the Chandrakhani Pass. Tanjin making an offering to the gods, asking them to stop the rain & clear the sky so we could see where to go.
Kullu. Chamba & Tanjin at camp, the Malana side of the Chandrabhaga Pass. Monsoon clouds.
Chamba and Tanjin on the Malana side of the Chandrakhani pass waiting for the monsoon clouds to clear
The Barabangahal side of the Kali Hind Pass, 15,000 ft. The first trek. Sonam and Chamba negotiating the glacier, where we found the lamb.
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Ravi Valley. On the glacier, where we found the lamb, below the Kali Hind Pass, 15,000 ft. The Barabangahal side. The first trek. Good detail of the gaddi’s tweed chola and tweed hat.
Camp site on a ridge above Lambadukh, below Kali Hind Pass. Chamba, Tanjin and Sonam. This was John Keay and my first trek, from ‘Shimla to Srinagar’ . We had been were held up trying to get a permit to pass The Inner Line into Lahaul. Ultimately unsuccessful, so we had to go via Barabangahal, Kukti, Bramour, Chamba, and Kilar.
Campsite below Kali Hind Pass. August. The first trek. Tanjin, in silhouette, a Nepali, Chamba and Sonam. Chapattis being made. The kitchen has no shelter nor roof. Large biscuit tin often used for packing rations.
Camp site below Nikori Pass, 15,000 ft., above Bara Bangahal. Chamba, Tanjin, and Sonam, on the way to Kukti village on our first trek.
Climbing up to the Phitse-La.
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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Kullu. Crossing between Jagatsukh Nala and Hamta Nala. Johnny Noble, David Dimbleby, and Christina roasting a sheep.
Kullu, Hampta Nala. Johnny Noble. Tanjin & Chamba roasting a lamb. Jabbu (vegetarian) watching.
Kullu, Hampta Nala birch tree altitude. Kranti Singh.
Avalanche destruction in the Chandrabhaga
Hampta Nala. West Himalayan Holidays camping picnic. Under the evergreen oak trees, Christina, Tara, Kranti, Rahul and West Himalayan Holidays
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.
Chandrabhaga Valley. Dorze in the midst of the avalanche destruction. There had been a heavy fall of late snow. Then avalanches destroyed villages and the wind ahead of it tore babies out of their father’s arms. And devastated villages, including stores of food and seed. After crossing the Sach Pass and coming down into Chandrabhaga valley I found the way along hazardous and frightening.