Almost a week ago, I said that I wouldn't be posting any more images of actual mountains, but it seems like any photographable worth the price of his memory cards should be able to take a few decent mountain shots in the Himalayas. As a result, I've gone back and picked the best of the mediocre. This was the view upstream from our campground in Sissu. If I had been really committed to getting a great shot, I would've hiked 2 miles upstream one morning to get an unencumbered view of the rocky peak, but I never made it a priority.
Even so, I think that this shot gives a fairly accurate pictures of what things are like the valleys of Lahaul- massive mountains rising up from the narrow valley floor with even larger mountains behind them.
2 comments:
I have no mountain experience. There appears to be very little vegetation. Does the area support any wildlife? Are there any birds?
You hit an elevation in high mountain ranges that is known as "the tree line." Above that, there are no trees and there's not much vegetation. It's different range to range and on north versus south facing slopes, but in the Himalayas, tree line tends to be around 11500 feet (though I saw places where it was above 12500 feet). The mountain you are looking at here probably peaked out somewhere around 17000 or 18000 feet, so it's WAY above the tree line. Normally, there is vegetative ground cover above the tree line, but this peak is so steep (in addition to being so high) that there is no soil, so no significant vegetation or wildlife.
That's the long answer. The short answer is that I've never been high on that kind of a rocky face so I don't really know.
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