Wow, Great... That is really adventurous... It requires great commitment, willpower and of course physical & mental toughness to undertake such expeditions.. My salute to Chadwell ji... All the photographs (Slides) shared are awesome...
Regards Prashant On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 11:58 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Chadwell ji, for the wonderful efforts. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: C CHADWELL <[email protected]> > Date: 5 December 2016 at 10:40 > Subject: Botanizing in Kashmir Part I: Attempting to climb Mt. Kolahoi & > Saxifraga pulvinaria > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > Just to show that Chris Chadwell really has explored for plants in places > few botanists venture, kindly view the attached images of me scrambling > about > near to Mt. Kolahoi, one of the higher peaks in the main Kashmir valley @ > some 5400m. > > The images are scanned in from slides taken in the 1980s plus 2 from the > 1970s made > available to me by the late Oleg Polunin. > > 1. View from Lidder Valley > > 2. View from Upper Lidder Valley > > 3. Mt. Kolahoi's north glacier - I scrambled above the glacier onto the > cliffs to the left which was > home to large colonies of Meconopsis aculeata > > 4. Snout of Kolahoi's north glacier - main source of Lidder River which > flows through Pahlgam > > 5. A colleague negotiating slippery waterfalls to collect botanical > specimens for the University of Kashmir > herbarium > > 6. Closer view of Mt. Kolahoi from the West. > > 7. Snout of Kolahoi's south glacier - perhaps you can make out the two > porters to the left of the glacier (one > with a ruck-sack with a yellow sleepa mat) > > 8. On the south glacier after 'accident' > > 9. Chris with two local villagers hired as porters to carry our rucksacks > as far as the 'col' where we had planned to > camp, attempting to scale Kolahoi the next day but it was not meant to be. > > 10. Saxifraga pulvinaria 'White-pitted Saxifrage' - photographed by Oleg > Polunin; recorded up to 5400m in Kashmir > > 11. Saxifraga pulvinaria 'White-pitted Saxifrage' - photographed by Oleg > Polunin; recorded up to 5400m in Kashmir > > I had spotted what I take to be Waldheimia glabra near the snout of the > glacier and was hoping to get good photos > of Saussurea simpsoniana, as well as reaching the top of the peak. > > A Britisher colleague and I plus our Scottish guide, the son of a couple > who ran a school in Kashmir, who had climbed to > the top of the mountain before. We carried our rucksacks & tents from > Pahlgam past Aru and up a side-valley, arranging > for two men from the last village to act as porters for the day to take > our loads to a drop-off point, allowing them to safely > return. The following day we planned our ascent. > > Unfortunately, my British friend became unwell and it was decided he was > not fit to attempt to climb Kolahoi, so he returned > to Pahlgam. I carried on with my guide but as the ice of the snout of the > glacier was slippery and the porter's footwear not ideal, > steps needed to be cut into the ice to safely negotiate a short steep > section. In the guide's over-enthusiasm, the ice-axe he was > using bounced off the ice with the sharp end going into the top of his > head! There was not much blood. I administered first aid, > bandaging him up. He said he was fine and that we should continue. I, > correctly said a form no, imaging what could happen at > any time and certainly if we went higher.... What a shame but one must > always "play safe". The fittest and strongest I had ever > felt in the Himalaya. I was relieved to get the young man back to his > parents (one of whom was a doctor). Thankfully the wound > was not too serious and no permanent damage. Mountains must be treated > with respect. Clearly the Gods were not with me that day. > > > I never got another chance to found out what grew at 5400m (some 18,000') > in the Kashmir Himalaya - not that too many others know. > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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