Had a poor night’s sleep (maybe 4 hours tops) but
the temperature wasn’t too bad and was a few degrees above freezing. But
sharing a tent isn’t my idea of fun and there’s not much room inside. Anyway,
we all woke up feeling crappy but having a baby wipe wash was a godsend and I
was ‘good to go’. There was a bowl of hot water waiting for us later to wash
in. A good tip is to keep your nightwear (thermals etc) just for wearing at
night, as it’s nice to get into clean bed clothes each night.
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| Masked Wagtail - the commonest bird up here |
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| Another common bird here - Chukar |
Anyway, we made
our 2nd Leopard Watch from 5.45am – 8.45am, had breakfast and then
resumed from 9.15am – 11.00am. But no Leopards. We did see many Himalayan
Snowcocks, flocks of Chukars, Himalayan Griffons, Masked Wagtail, Blue Sheep, and not a lot else.
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| More scanning |
During lunchtime the temperature soared to 22
degrees centigrade. As we sat eating lunch a Blue Sheep with a large bite taken
out of its side was seen running along a nearby track. Our immediate thoughts
were that there must be a Leopard nearby and we jumped up to scan the huge
expanse of mountain slope in front of us, but there wasn’t any sign at all. So
instead of our planned hike up to Rumbak Village we spent the whole afternoon
scanning from the watch point above camp, but to no avail. It gets dark just
after 6.45pm so we walked back to camp just before sunset.
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