IDNO

DG.144897.SHP

Description

"360o panorama from the Tang La. 15,219 feet. The Himalayan Watershed. 15 August '38.
Looking west towards Kyarang La, NW towards Chomolhari, Chomolhari, the Tang La, towards Phari and South West towards Kinchinjunga [sic Kanchenjunga]."

Place

S Asia; Tibet; Tang La; Chomolhari; Phari; Kyarang La; Kanchenjunga

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Shepheard, Ken

Collector / Expedition

Date

15 August 1938

Collection Name

Shepheard Collection

Source

Shepheard Rogers, Patricia

Format

Album Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Archive: Noted in Shepheard's diary 'Some Notes of Ken Shepheard on his expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, in September - October 1938' pp.17,
"15 August 1938
0730 left Phari on ponies that were almost too good. An off side back hander at a dog with designs on “Twister” resulted in disaster. The saddle slipped and the pony bolted and I landed flat on my back in the biggest of the many streams between the “Embassy” and the village.
Meanwhile Archie was out of control but won. A small boy retrieved saddle bags from the stream and another caught the pony and we were soon on our way again.
Choma Lhari refused to come out of the clouds properly but even
so the views from the Tang La -- a gently rising, open pass 15,219’ -- was magnificent in all directions.
Distances across the Tang Pun Sum Plain looked deceptively small.
Arrived Tuna 1500 hrs.
Water en route at Dak R.M. on the Plain (about 10,000 galls./hr). Water at Tuna from springs. N. of village at least 100,000 galls./hr
About 30 acres under cultivation (mustard and barley) but crops do not ripen and are used as fodder.
Fuel - yak dung only. Camp - unlimited." [JD 26/01/2020]