Sometime in the early eighties I had read Peter Mathiessen’s book “The Snow Leopard”. The book is about the legendary biologist George Schaller and his efforts to know about the Snow Leopard in its habitat.
Early nineties I met for the first time, my good friend Ajeet Bajaj. At that time, Ajeet had just started his adventure company called “Snow Leopard Adventures“. In 1992 March, I was attending the “Basic Mountaineering course” at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) Darjeeling. Thats when I saw the magnificient Snow Leopards for the very first time in my life, at the Darjeeling zoo.
A few days ago, I started to plan some of the trips for the next season and the Snow Leopard was right on top of mind. Today I got back from work and switched on the telly and guess what I saw, the documentary “The Snow Leopard – Beyond the Myth”. Now that got me googling the International Snow Leopard Conservancy programme in India.
Check these pics from an NG photographer Steve Winter > Snow Leopard
Steve’s Popular Photography interview
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And here is a video clip on how Steve made those stunning Snow leopard images. >>Click Here
Searching for the Snow Leopard video.
Yep…got them Snow Leopards again on my mind and, I have always loved Ladakh ….
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