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Claire: Up early, before the alarm, I was already fretting about the day ahead. I’d ridden up 7,000 feet fully loaded in one day before, but never by starting at 11,000 something and going to well over 18,000. Would I …
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We just returned to Leh from a week in the Himalayas/Karakorum range located in the disputed territory between India, Pakistan and China, protected by the most friendly Indian army. On the way we cycled over the highest motorable road in …
Mom told us a way to the Sankar Gompa, “You go up, up, up beside water, at bridge right [hear the trilled r?]; follow path on on, other way [hand gesture left] go and go little more, then get!” With …
Leh is a Shangri-La with a storied past and an uncertain future. Once the center of great kingdoms and a crossroads of trade routes, Leh is now the focus of rapid growth and diminishing resources. Situated at the crossroads of …