Spiti Valley (Articles)

• 1983 Spiti Where Two Worlds Meet

  WE MUST have looked a helpless lot. Sitting there near a small broken bridge with all our luggage we hardly looked like a team going on an expedition. A bus had deposited us here and we had to wait for some mode of transport from the other side. more details…

• 1987 A Return to Lingti

  RETURNING TO an area of past exploits is like re-kindling an old love affair. You have the knowledge and the experience but are still unsure whether all the excitement and expectations of the first time will ever be repeated more details…

• 1987 Unknown Spiti- The Middle Country

  MOST OF US have heard of Heinrich Harrer and Peter Aufschnaiter. Their escape and their seven years in Tibet are legend. more details…

• 1993 Cross-roads in Spiti

  ‘You mean no permit of any sort is required to visit Spiti? No paperwork, no police check-posts?’ My friend Muslim Contractor, an old hand at Spiti was reacting to the recent changes in the inner line rules. more details…

• 1993 Spiti Land of Mountains and Monasteries

  Spiti’s barrenness is stark, as compared to the relative greenery of Lahaul, with which it is administratively linked. more details…

• 2001 Into the Gyundi almost

  Gyundi is relatively large valley, with three glacier draining in as Gyundi East, central and west. more details..