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When Jack climbed his beanstalk, did he meet the giant in Pang?
Pang’s landscape is dotted with these gigantic needles, things the giant’s wife would stitch with! These conical rock structures could well be colossal anthills, if only ants could survive the harsh climate. I asked geologists in Leh but no one’s sure of the origins of these odd obelisks. [continue reading…]
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Everything in Ladakh is a world record. At least when it comes to altitudes. And the Army does not want to be left behind on this. They claim to have the world’s highest transit camp at Pang – at 15,640 feet above sea level.
Located between Sarchu and Leh, this camp has been set up as a stop for the armed forces who take this route between the areas bordering Pakistan and China and the rest of the country. I would have passed it by as just one more transit camp on this route, its lofty coordinates notwithstanding, but I was sick. Very sick. [continue reading…]
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