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2nd November '15<\/span>
\u2014 The Uneasy Trek<\/h1>\",\r\n \"align\": \"top\",\r\n \"row\": 0,\r\n \"col\": 3,\r\n \"colspan\": 7,\r\n \"offsetx\": \"0\",\r\n \"offsety\": \"0\",\r\n \"spaceabove\": \"5\",\r\n \"spacebelow\": \"0\",\r\n \"push\": 3,\r\n \"yvel\": \"1.1\"\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"type\": \"img\",\r\n \"attid\": 137,\r\n \"sizes\": {\r\n \"_1920\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7116-1920x1282.jpg\",\r\n \"_1280\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7116-1280x854.jpg\",\r\n \"_1024\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7116-1024x684.jpg\",\r\n \"_768\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7116-768x513.jpg\",\r\n \"_512\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7116-512x342.jpg\",\r\n \"_265\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7116-265x177.jpg\",\r\n \"full\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7116.jpg\"\r\n },\r\n \"cont\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7116-1920x1282.jpg\",\r\n \"align\": \"middle\",\r\n \"row\": 1,\r\n \"col\": 3,\r\n \"colspan\": 7,\r\n \"ar\": 0.6675,\r\n \"alt\": \"\",\r\n \"offsetx\": \"0\",\r\n \"offsety\": \"0\",\r\n \"spaceabove\": 0,\r\n \"spacebelow\": 0,\r\n \"push\": 3,\r\n \"yvel\": 0\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"type\": \"text\",\r\n \"cont\": \"

JULAY Friends!<\/span>

We will contact you personally with regards to the book in the next few days. Due to slight complications and delays, we had to\u00a0amend our original timeline, but in the meantime we have managed to merge new pictures from this year's expedition into the book and we have found a print house in Poland which can realise our designs, within the limited budget at our disposal. We will message you with more details by the end of this week.<\/span><\/p>

Meanwhile, before we share with you some pictures of the joy and laughter\u00a0which accompanied the distribution of winter jackets and shoes to our little friends, we want to show you first just how remote and isolated is their tiny kingdom, even in the midst of the summer. The journey to the valley was quite an ordeal this year!<\/p>\",\r\n \"align\": \"bottom\",\r\n \"row\": 2,\r\n \"col\": 3,\r\n \"colspan\": 7,\r\n \"offsetx\": 0,\r\n \"offsety\": 0,\r\n \"spaceabove\": \"0\",\r\n \"spacebelow\": 0,\r\n \"push\": 3,\r\n \"yvel\": 0\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"type\": \"img\",\r\n \"attid\": 136,\r\n \"sizes\": {\r\n \"_1920\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7235-1920x1282.jpg\",\r\n \"_1280\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7235-1280x854.jpg\",\r\n \"_1024\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7235-1024x684.jpg\",\r\n \"_768\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7235-768x513.jpg\",\r\n \"_512\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7235-512x342.jpg\",\r\n \"_265\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7235-265x177.jpg\",\r\n \"full\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7235.jpg\"\r\n },\r\n \"cont\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/N2A7235-1920x1282.jpg\",\r\n \"align\": \"bottom\",\r\n \"row\": 3,\r\n \"col\": 3,\r\n \"colspan\": 7,\r\n \"ar\": 0.6675,\r\n \"alt\": \"\",\r\n \"offsetx\": 0,\r\n \"offsety\": 0,\r\n \"spaceabove\": 0,\r\n \"spacebelow\": 0,\r\n \"push\": 3,\r\n \"yvel\": 0\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"type\": \"img\",\r\n \"attid\": 150,\r\n \"sizes\": {\r\n \"_1920\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSF6406-1920x1282.jpg\",\r\n \"_1280\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSF6406-1280x854.jpg\",\r\n \"_1024\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSF6406-1024x684.jpg\",\r\n \"_768\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSF6406-768x513.jpg\",\r\n \"_512\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSF6406-512x342.jpg\",\r\n \"_265\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSF6406-265x177.jpg\",\r\n \"full\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSF6406.jpg\"\r\n },\r\n \"cont\": \"http:\/\/www.betweenfriends.co.uk\/childrenofzanskar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSF6406-1920x1282.jpg\",\r\n \"align\": \"bottom\",\r\n \"row\": 4,\r\n \"col\": 3,\r\n \"colspan\": 7,\r\n \"ar\": 0.6675,\r\n \"alt\": \"\",\r\n \"offsetx\": 0,\r\n \"offsety\": 0,\r\n \"spaceabove\": 0,\r\n \"spacebelow\": 0,\r\n \"push\": 3,\r\n \"caption\": \"\",\r\n \"yvel\": 0\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"type\": \"text\",\r\n \"cont\": \"

We mentioned before that due to weather conditions and the state of the road leading across the Singala pass (5km above sea!), it was impossible to send a truck with heavy building materials. In fact, we had to walk a large part of the distance which normally would have been covered by a 4x4 car. Right before the highest pass, the road was blocked with ice, mud and rocks, and utterly impassable. 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A\u00a0broken digger, left behind...<\/span><\/p>\",\r\n \"yvel\": 0\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"type\": \"text\",\r\n \"cont\": \"

Walking the distance on foot can be pleasant as long as one is protected from the cold and adjusted to the altitude. At one point, a sheer difference of 1000 metres in vertical altitude has to be ascended and consequently descended, as the trek towards Lingshed leads up and down, a fact worth bearing in mind because it can escalate even the faintest symptoms of altitude sickness to an unpleasant degree.<\/p>

But there is much raw beauty to witness, and the air, though rarified, is crystal-clear - all around silence reigns supreme. 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But it was the day\u00a0following<\/i>\u00a0our arrival that turned out to be the greatest highlight of the entire trip\u2026 We will tell you all about that and share more pictures in our next update, so please stay tuned!<\/p>

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