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My Scholarship entry - Survival, and how they do it

INDIA | Saturday, 22 November 2014 | Views [225]

The faithful. Sometimes, the only ones. At the end of a long tiring day walking through water and snow and ice, when the time comes to hang up your boots for the day, you need to dry them first. They never dry though, it's just that the soaked up wetness disappears slightly. And sometimes, in such arid environment, you luckliy find patches of moss and a log of wood.

Abode, snowfall, shelter & Buddhist prayers.

Small hidden caves, such as this one, found in selected turns in the gorges are home to trekkers and local Ladakhis on the move. It was mostly a case of first come first serve, except there is no one to serve you except yourself. The protection from the fierce cold and wind is the major enticer to these caves. A local man, making the perilous journey from Nerak (a village, meaning Hell in English) to Leh, Ladakh for selling Yak wool can be seen reading some Buddhist prayers through the snowfall. The Buddhist believers say these prayers help them survive in such extreme conditions where temperatures dipping to -30 degrees centigrade is a common phenomenon.

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Fernweh. Virgin pristine and untamed beauty. And silhouettes.

The ache for being at this place hits hard every single time I look at this shot. Tall, grand and rocky Chadar Canyons. Snowfall in hordes. Etheral extremes. And when you see silhouettes of locals dragging their trade bags, tied to their waist in such a setting, the craving takes over.

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My Scholarship entry - Survival, and how they do it

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