August 22, 2018
Posted by Ramon Fadli in Budget, Gandaki, Hiking, Humid Subtropical, Montane Savannas & Grasslands, Mountains, Nepal
ACT Day 12 - Yak Kharka to High Camp
High Camp
The plants that dotted the slopes here were rather unfamiliar and appeared almost otherworldly; quite a few of them appeared almost marine-like, such as transparent tubular plants that reminded me of tunicates (Subphylum : Tunicata), and spiky basal leaves of soroseris plants (Soroseris sp.) that had yet to flower that reminded me of crown of thorns (Acanthaster spp.). It was interesting to recall then that what is now the Himalayas used to be at the bottom of the Tethys Ocean millions of years ago, before the Indian continental shelf smashed into the Eurasian Plate. The 'Mian Shen' plant (Eriophyton wallichii) was also ubiquitous on these slopes, its fluffy overlapping leaves and strange flowers looking like something straight out of a Dr.Seuss book.
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