From Leh, we drove along the Indus Valley to the ancient monastery at Thiksey. After that the plan was to continue our journey, turning off the highway to follow a rough road up into the mountains as far as Shang Sumdo (3,800m) where we’d spend our first night under canvas. Continue reading “Stok Kangri Expedition – Day 5 – Thiskey Monastery to Shang Sumdo (3,800m)”
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Stok Kangri Expedition – Day 4 – The Wari La Pass
Our trio of acclimatisation days would come to a close with a much vaunted trip to the ‘Kardung La Pass’ nestled at a staggering 5,359m above sea-level and reputedly the highest road pass in the world, although often times this seems to be open to dispute. However, the day did not go well! Continue reading “Stok Kangri Expedition – Day 4 – The Wari La Pass”
Stok Kangri Expedition – Day 3 – Exploring Ancient Leh
To climb a 6000m peak you need to acclimatise and to do this you need to spend a substantial amount of time at high altitude so another acclimatisation day was required to firstly get used to already being at 3,524m above sea-level and secondly to prepare us for the much harder task ahead. Today it had been scheduled that we were going to take a walking tour around the ancient city of Leh in which we were staying to help with this ongoing process. Continue reading “Stok Kangri Expedition – Day 3 – Exploring Ancient Leh”
Stok Kangri Expedition – Day 2 – Alchi Monastery
We drove for hours across a dusty and barren landscape which made up the Indus Valley. Our minibus was headed for Alchi Monastery a few hours up river and deeper into the Ladakh countryside. The Monastery consists of a small collection of monastic temples dating from between A.D.958 and 1055. Continue reading “Stok Kangri Expedition – Day 2 – Alchi Monastery”
JAMES HANDLON 