Breathing easy at Khardung La
Breathing easy at Khardung La Leh Diary -2 Photo - Gyanesh Tewari Last week I had written about reaching Leh town but our journey was not even half done yet. Coursing through the barren stretch of land, we took off for Nubra valley, crossing Khardung La pass (17382 ft., though some sources claim that it is at 18379 ft.) that day, claimed to be the highest motorable road in the world (And as all claims go, this too has now been contested). According to Wikipedia In 2013-2014, Chisumle-Demchok Road via Umling La (19300 ft.), which is one of the India-China Border Roads built as a part of Project Himank by BRO, surpassed Khardung La in elevation to become the world's highest motorable pass. The area got drier and drier as we drove up the mountains. Scores of spluttering Royal Enfields crossed u...