Ascending to Palam Peak.
Looking back on the Ladakh Range during the climb to Palam Peak.
The hill climbed the previous day, looking rather more impressive side on.
Looking out over the mountains of Ladakh.
Me during the ascent to Palam Peak.
A flock of bharal, or blue sheep, on the side of Palam Peak.
Blue sheep, or bharal, grazing on the side of Palam Peak.
Blue sheep (bharal) at about 5000m on the slopes of Palam Peak.
Blue sheep stretch their legs on the slopes of Palam Peak.
Dennis makes his way up Palam.
Ken on his way up Palam Peak.
A Ladakh skyline from the slopes of Palam Peak.
On the rocky higher slopes of Palam Peak.
Mutup and Chauhan on the slopes of Palam.
Chauhan with Stok Kangri behind.
Stok Kangri from a col on the way up Palam Peak.
Me with Stok Kangri behind.
Stok Kangri seen during the ascent of Palam.
Stok Kangri from Palam Peak.
Claire, Phil, Howard, Nils and Mutup on the summit of Palam Peak (5250m).
Me on the summit of Palam, with Stok Kangri behind.
Supposedly K2 in the distance, but could be any mountain really!
Looking towards K2 from the summit of Palam.
Stok Kangri from the summit of Palam.
The summit plateau of Palam Peak.
Ken prepares for his next marathon.
Descending from Palam Peak.
Skirting Palam, with Stok Kangri in the distance.
A distant view of Stok Kangri.
Descending from Palam, with views of Stok Kangri.
Stok Kangri seen across dry mountains.
Wild aster at about 5000m on the slopes of Palam Peak.
Another one I couldn't find in my book.
Dry slopes of the Stok mountains.
Chauhan and Mutup during the descent from Palam.
Stok Kangri seen behind a cairn.
A closer view of Stok Kangri.
Stok Kangri seen across a desert landscape.
Howard with Nun and Kun in the distance.
Another view of Stok Kangri across a desert landscape.
Looking back at Palam Peak.
A crap book, but what about the view!
A traverse towards Stok Kangri.
Nils contemplates the ascent.
Stok Kangri and cairns.
Stok Kangri from near the Ganda La.
Descending towards the Ganda La.
Another view of Stok Kangri.
Looking up at Stok Kangri.
Looking back towards our traverse.
Contemplating Stok Kangri.
Prayer flags at the Ganda La.
