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Ten Offbeat Things to Do in Ladakh

Most People while visiting Ladakh just visit the same old Places, popular Tourist places and ones popularized by Bollywood and Influencers on Social Media. As a result a few Places bear the brunt of the Tourist footfalls which has serious Environmental and Social Impact.

I have always subscribed to the Philosophy that instead of sending 100 people to 5 places send 20 people to 25 places. Ecologically viable Tourism starts by spreading the load of the Tourists. And here is a list of Ten Things that I would recommend to do in Ladakh. And please remember that Ladakh is a large Region and most of it is rather unknown for most people. Ive added a Note on the Mountain Geography of Ladakh for easier understanding. You can also read my Ladakh Travel Guide for General Information.

So I have compiled a list of Ten Things that I would do in Ladakh, keeping in view all my Visits and Readings on Ladakh. They are in no particular order and each One is a Unique experience in its own.

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tags: ladakh top ten, ladakh offbeat top ten, karakorams, great himalayan range, hundarman, changthang, astrohub, suru valley, nun kun, leh donkey sanctuary
Thursday 10.19.23
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

Kiki’s Ten Things to Do in Ladakh 

Most People while visiting Ladakh just visit the same old Places, popular Tourist places and ones popularized by Bollywood and Influencers on Social Media. As a result a few Places bear the brunt of the Tourist footfalls which has serious Environmental and Social Impact.

I have always subscribed to the Philosophy that instead of sending 100 people to 5 places send 20 people to 25 places. Ecologically viable Tourism starts by spreading the load of the Tourists. And here is a list of Ten Things that I would recommend to do in Ladakh. And please remember that Ladakh is a large Region and most of it is rather unknown for most people. Ive added a Note on the Mountain Geography of Ladakh for easier understanding. You can also read my Ladakh Travel Guide for General Information.

So I have compiled a list of Ten Things that I would do in Ladakh, keeping in view all my Visits and Readings on Ladakh. They are in no particular order and each One is a Unique experience in its own.

Read more

tags: ladakh top ten, ladakh offbeat top ten, karakorams, great himalayan range, hundarman, changthang, astrohub, suru valley, nun kun, leh donkey sanctuary
Sunday 08.13.23
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

Srinagar to Kashgar by Road : The First Motorised Crossing of the Greatest Mountain Ranges

The Complete Beirut to Beijing Route

Once the Expedition commenced there arose new Challenges. Though the Afghanistan Civil War had ended, the situation in North Afghanistan and Routes into the Pamirs were far from being safe for the Expedition. So another detour was decided. It was decided that the Expedition would now crossover into India from Afghanistan and then they would take the Mountain track that connected Srinagar in Kashmir with Yarkand / Tashkurgan in Chinese Turkestan or what is now Xinjiang

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tags: citroen, citroen haardt, silk route, great himalayas, karakorams, kilik pass, mintaka pass, khunjerab pass, rajdhan pass, tragbal pass, kashmir, srinagar to gilgit
categories: Himalayan History, Himalayan Geography
Friday 12.09.22
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

Of Mountains and Rivers

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One of the most interesting thing about the Himalayas is how the Rivers interact with the Range and how the River Basins work. Since none of us is taught this in school in the Geography class the way one can study this fascinating aspect is to study Maps. Not the Maps of the new but the old Maps made by the Geological Surveys and the Royal Geographic Society Maps. The kind of detailing in these Maps is amazing when we keep in mind the fact that it was all done by boots on the Ground. No Aerial or Satellite Cartography.

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tags: himalayan basins, himalayan hydrology, ganges, brahmaputra, indus, karakorams, tarim basin, tibet, pamirs
categories: Himalayan Geography
Wednesday 05.06.20
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

Of the Himalayan Mountains and Rivers

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The Rivers and the Himalayas and the even the Mountain Ranges beyond it are always interacting in very interesting ways. In this article we see how the River Basins of the Indus, Ganges and Satluj and the Mountains interact and in some cases the River Basins extend beyond the Ranges themselves.

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tags: indus, ganges, karakorams, satluj, himalayas, kun lun, tian shan, pamirs, water partings, himalayan hydrology, himalayan rivers
categories: Himalayan History, Himalayan Geography
Monday 04.29.19
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

The Exploration of the Siachen or Rose Glacier

The Siachen Map

The Siachen Map

The Story of the Exploration of the Siachen Glacier. This Glacier, now said to be the highest Battlefield in the World, was first Explored and Mapped by a team led by a Lady Fanny Bullock. This is her Story as well as Guide to explaining the Siachen Glacier with its main features and Glaciers around it.

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tags: siachen, biafo, indira col, hispar, indian army, pakistan, karakorams, sia la, bilafond la, gyang la, kundis glacier, nj9842, worlds highest battlefield, ladakh
categories: Himalayan History, Himalayan Geography
Wednesday 04.17.19
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
Comments: 1
 

High Altitude Gear from the Hall of Fame in Leh

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The Hall of Fame Museum near Leh in Ladakh has a section dedicated to the Equipment used by High Altitude Mountaineers generally and the Indian Army specifically while guarding the high frontiers in the Himalayas and the Karakorams. We have a look at some of the great Gear on display.

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tags: mountaineering, indian army, ladakh, himalayas, karakorams
categories: Himalayan Geography, Himalayan Politics
Monday 01.21.19
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

The Muztagh

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People who read Books about old explorations in the Western Himalayas and Karakoram and the Hindu Kush come across a term quite often “Muztagh”. The first time I read this name, and though I was unaware of the meaning I knew it was a strong word. For a long time Muztagh was the name given to the almost impenetrable wall of Mountains which separate Kashmir from Central Asia. An of course with everything in Central Asia the word has Turkic origins.

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tags: karakorams, muztagh, mustagh, himalayas
categories: Himalayan Geography, Himalayan History
Friday 01.18.19
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
Comments: 1
 

The Junction of the Three Mightiest Mountain Ranges

The Point where the Himalayas, the Karakorams and the Hindu Kush meet. At the confluemce of the Gilgit and the Indus Rivers.

The Point where the Himalayas, the Karakorams and the Hindu Kush meet. At the confluemce of the Gilgit and the Indus Rivers.

Jaglot near Gilgit is the point where the Three Mightiest Mountain Ranges of the world the Himalayas, the Karakorams and the Hindu Kush meet at the confluence of the Gilgit River with the Indus River

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tags: jaglot, indus, gilgit, himalayas, hindu kush, karakorams
Saturday 08.04.18
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
Comments: 8
 

Vittorio Sella's Himalayan and Karakoram Classics

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Vittorio Sella was an Italian photographer and mountaineer, who took photographs of mountains which are regarded as some of the finest ever made. He did extensive Photography in the Himalayas and the Karakorams.

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tags: vittorio sella, duke abruzzi, karakorams, kanchenjunga
categories: Himalayan History
Monday 07.30.18
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
Comments: 1
 

The Karakorams in India

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The Karakorams are the most vertical of all the Mountain Ranges in the World. A large part of the Karakoram falls within India but most people are unaware of it. We explain.

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tags: karakorams, ladakh, Trans Himalayas, kashmir
categories: Himalayan Geography
Wednesday 07.18.18
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
Comments: 9
 

The Karakoram Anomaly

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In this time and age of Global warming and changes in the overall global weather patterns one of the most established fact is the shrinking of the Polar Ice Caps and the reduction of Glaciers in the Glacial non Polar Regions of the World. However there are certain Glaciers in the Karakorams which are growing and this has been termed as the Karakoram Anamoly by the experts.

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tags: karakorams, glaciers, geology, himalayas
categories: Himalayan Geography
Wednesday 06.27.18
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

The Great Himalayan Mountain Complex

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The Great Mountain Complex of the Himalayas is a vast expanse which includes the highest Peaks on the Planet and stretches all the way from Central Asia to South East Asia. We explain about some of the main Mountain Ranges of this Great Complex.

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tags: himalayas, karakorams, kunlun, hindu kush, pamirs
Sunday 04.01.18
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
Comments: 3
 

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