We are visiting family in Brooklyn. Lots of play. But here's time to start to catch up... - Jacqueline Day 18 - June 4, 2006 Last big walk. Today I walked the most I have walked on this trip--4 hours--with no headache or otherwise ill effects so far. This morning I went toward AruTso with my binoculars … [Read more...] about Catching Up
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The Gift of the Chiru
Day 17 - June 3, 2006 @ 3:55 p.m. Beijing time This morning we packed our gear and left our campsite at the northern end of Aru Tso, sort of across from our first campsite. We are backed up against glaciers and a glacial stream runs right next to where we are camped. On the way here we passed an abandoned nomad … [Read more...] about The Gift of the Chiru
Road Excursion on a Snowy Day
Day 15 - June 2, 2006 @ 4:27 p.m. Beijing time It snowed in the night and continued this morning. We didn't move our camp to Memar Tso. Everything was just too wet to pack up. Heinrich and I sat in the cook tent and visited while it snowed. This trip has been all he hoped for, and more I think, a voyage of science. For … [Read more...] about Road Excursion on a Snowy Day
Waiting for Chiru, in the Quiet
Day 15 - June 1, 2006 @ 1:30 p.m. Beijing time This morning I went for a walk toward the hills behind our campsite. I was sitting on a grassy area, feeling lonely, head down. When I lifted my head to look at the hills I saw 15 chiru walking across the sidehill. It was as if they were saying, "You came here to see … [Read more...] about Waiting for Chiru, in the Quiet
On the Road to a New Campsite
Day 13 - May 30, 2006 The Aru Basin is so quiet this morning a frying egg sounds like an explosion; the whirr of crows flying is sound enough to fill our space and a tent zipper is a loud statement of human activity. We have few places in the US of such quiet. It's cloudy here this morning. We can't see the peaks … [Read more...] about On the Road to a New Campsite
Day 12 – May 29 – Seeing the Chiru!
We woke up to 3-4 inches of snow on the ground so we decided to camp here one more day. We had breakfast around 10:00 a.m. Then Jinpa and Heinrich went to see if they could purchase a skin for Heinrich to sleep on as his air mattress has a leak. When that was done Heinrich headed up over the hill behind our camp. I … [Read more...] about Day 12 – May 29 – Seeing the Chiru!
