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 Any story behind the Rohit post? I am sure he was a martyr, but in which battle? Kumaon regiment? Last edited by AlphaKilo : 10th January 2012 at 02:47. | |
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10th January 2012, 02:46
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| Re: HumbLeh'd II (Indo Polish Himalayan Expedition to Ladakh & Himachal Pradesh) Day 18 29th August 2011 Chushul - Chagga La More Kijangs      continued... |
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10th January 2012, 02:48
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 Thanks for following me through the night. Keeps me going to finish the log of Day 18. Rohit Post - HVK or BolBolero knows more. Last edited by laluks : 10th January 2012 at 02:50. | |
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10th January 2012, 02:57
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| Re: HumbLeh'd II (Indo Polish Himalayan Expedition to Ladakh & Himachal Pradesh) Day 18 29th August 2011 Chushul - Chagga La Further views   HVK Scorpio goes straight always  . In one such melee we drove into the wilderness and we had no roads in sight ahead. We stopped waiting for the others.  We waited for a long time, and they were not in sight.   HVK walked back only to find the cars struggling with a water crossing and a steep gradient combo, which HVK scorpio cleared with ease! Meanwhile I tried clicking the tracks ahead of us   continued... |
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10th January 2012, 03:05
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| Re: HumbLeh'd II (Indo Polish Himalayan Expedition to Ladakh & Himachal Pradesh) Day 18 29th August 2011 Chushul - Chagga La I walked a bit further. I was intrigued when this guy shows up from nowhere  I walk further and find some nomadic settlements   I tried to strike a conversation with her in some language which we both understood! She wanted match box, and I promptly picked up from some and gave her  They stay there till the weather is good. The stone hedges are for their sheep.     Remembered a documentary on these nomads and how they kill the foxes that attacks their sheep and use its skin for making shoes etc..When I saw them and their settlement in real life, my respect to these people have increased. What a life, braving all odds they have to lead! continued... |
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10th January 2012, 03:10
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| Re: HumbLeh'd II (Indo Polish Himalayan Expedition to Ladakh & Himachal Pradesh) Day 18 29th August 2011 Chushul - Chagga La Rocky Terrain  We see some structures  We are headed to Loma  Loma is another 35 Kilometers  We have reached Chagga La by 16:30 hours   Altitude matches the recorded data for Chagga La  continued... Last edited by laluks : 10th January 2012 at 03:12. |
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10th January 2012, 03:19
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| Re: HumbLeh'd II (Indo Polish Himalayan Expedition to Ladakh & Himachal Pradesh) Day 18 29th August 2011 Chagga La - Loma Views from Chagga La towards Loma   The roads ahead  Seems we are having a red carpet welcome  Red Carpet welcome!    Sheep  Yak?  Horses  Horses and the Prayer Wheel  Baby Alto waiting for the convoy to regroup  Colourful mountains  The red carpet welcome continues  continued... |
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10th January 2012, 03:23
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| Re: HumbLeh'd II (Indo Polish Himalayan Expedition to Ladakh & Himachal Pradesh) Day 18 29th August 2011 Chagga La - Loma We reached a Checkpost by 16:45 hours    Views from around the checkpost    The way forward   continued... |
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10th January 2012, 03:25
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| Re: HumbLeh'd II (Indo Polish Himalayan Expedition to Ladakh & Himachal Pradesh) Day 18 29th August 2011 Chagga La - Loma We were happy to see tarred roads after a long long while    continued... |
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10th January 2012, 03:33
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| Re: HumbLeh'd II (Indo Polish Himalayan Expedition to Ladakh & Himachal Pradesh) Day 18 29th August 2011 Chagga La - Loma What happened next was straight out of a National Geographic video We had Kijangs running along with our convoy!         And in a split second they just cross the road forcing us to halt suddenly   What an amazing herd!    continued... |
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| Re: HumbLeh'd II (Indo Polish Himalayan Expedition to Ladakh & Himachal Pradesh) Day 18 29th August 2011 Chagga La - Loma The road ahead  More views towards Loma          continued... |
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10th January 2012, 03:41
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| Re: HumbLeh'd II (Indo Polish Himalayan Expedition to Ladakh & Himachal Pradesh) Day 18 29th August 2011 Chagga La - Loma We saw some Black Necked Cranes too     Some more horses  continued... |
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10th January 2012, 03:48
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| Re: HumbLeh'd II (Indo Polish Himalayan Expedition to Ladakh & Himachal Pradesh) Day 18 29th August 2011 Chagga La - Loma From a distance we saw the Loma Bridge   Today we cross the bridge and drive towards Hanle  Opposite direction is towards Nyoma and Mahe, which we will take the next day. We have to report to the Check post here  We crossed the bridge by 17:30 hours.  Demchok is for another trip  The road that leads to Hanle  Hanle is another 50 Kilometers more  More ideas for the next trip  continued... |
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| Re: HumbLeh'd II (Indo Polish Himalayan Expedition to Ladakh & Himachal Pradesh) Day 18 29th August 2011 Loma - Hanle Sand Dunes   The road to Hanle     This guy scared Discovery Bolero  More Kijangs  Some views towards Hanle   continued... |
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| Re: HumbLeh'd II (Indo Polish Himalayan Expedition to Ladakh & Himachal Pradesh) Day 18 29th August 2011 Loma - Hanle More views towards Hanle      Beautiful Lilac shrubs on the mountains        The road to Hanle  We reached the outskirts of Hanle by 18:30 hours The convoy happy about the days drive just before Hanle   continued... |
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