SHADE / SHADI (Caves near)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Unspecified caves or rock shelters (fireplaces indicate occasional overnight visitors) in a barren but charming and attractive landscape (karst?) reports (HIRSCHBERG 1987: 232) from somewhere in the vicinity of Shade / Shadi (note 1), a village (15 houses) about 20 km in a direct line north-east from Char (N33°15': E077°08') and on the route (four days on foot or 16 km in a direct line) from Phuktal / Phugtal Gompa (N33°16': E077°11' ) upstream west along the Shingri Chu via –>Tanthak (note 2) and Stongde Pass (note 3) to the village of Stongde (note 4) in the valley of the Zanskar (Zaskar, Zangskar) River.Unspecified caves or rock shelters (fireplaces indicate occasional overnight visitors) in a barren but charming and attractive landscape (karst?) reports (HIRSCHBERG 1987: 232) from somewhere in the vicinity of Shade / Shadi (note 1), a village (15 houses) about 20 km in a direct line north-east from Char (N33°15': E077°08') and on the route (four days on foot or 16 km in a direct line) from Phuktal / Phugtal Gompa (N33°16': E077°11' ) upstream west along the Shingri Chu via –>Tanthak (note 2) and Stongde Pass (note 3) to the village of Stongde (note 4) in the valley of the Zanskar (Zaskar, Zangskar) River.