Crest of Raoche La [?Laoche La], 17950 ft [corrected to 18509 ft], 3-8-06. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the course of the nullah and up towards the head of the pass. Location given as Laoche La in Calvert's report: 'A steady ascent of about two miles brought us to the crest of the Laoche La. The pass is somewhat north of the Ayi La and considerably ...
Genre: Landscape Photography View of Calvert's party at the head of the pass: 'Leaving the river, we at once began to ascend over rough loose stones up a nullah, and crawling round east-north-east finally after 4½ hours weary struggle over 5 miles of very bad ground, reached the crest of the L...
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking upstream towards the head of the pass. This is presumably the location described as follows in Calvert's report: 'Our route passed at once into a narrow ravine where the ponies had to struggle amidst boulders for nearly 2 miles before finding easier gro...
Near Giugti La, 21-8-06. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the snowbound head of the pass. 'August 21st. — A steady ascent up the nullah for six miles to the crest of the Giugti-La:— the map shows this as 19,500 feet but my aneroid registered 19,625 feet. The ascent was fairly gradual except the last qu...