The region of Ladakh, often called "Little Tibet", provides access to the rest of India via an air route normally operational in summer. However, during the winter season, this connection becomes uncertain, with frequent delays or cancellations of flights. The only viable route south, towards Manali and Delhi, which runs along the Indus Valley, is impassable for more than nine months a year. It crosses dizzying passes of the Himalayas, two of which rise to more than 5,000 meters above sea level. This route is one of the highest in the world and also one of the most dangerous. At this altitude, the slightest effort becomes tiring, and the slightest fragility can be fatal...
3 янв 2019
