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The Roof Of The World... 07



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Blog: The Roof Of The World...
Date: December 15th 2008

Ok, I know that term is technically reserved for Tibet. But sadly I can't get into Tibet - the Chinese seem to be reluctant to let people see how much they've "advanced the standard of living" there, for some reason - and anyway, Himachal fits the description. Today I jumped off a 3000m high mountain, above both the timber and the snow line. We glided over this incredible Himalayan valley for a ... read more




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This blog started, as do so many others, with an attempt to let parents and friends know what I was up to during my first ever trip outside of Western Europe: four months in India in inevitable post-uni gap yah. Unfortunately, after a near miss with the bombs in Mumbai in November 2008 my mother refused to read any more blogs as they kept giving her panic attacks... M... full info
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