Mulungudi Glacier
Apr 4, 2010
We began our journey again praying for safety.
After a while we got to a riverbank. Water destroyed this side of the road because the water turned its stream without flowing in the riverbed .
We passed through a shallow flow by a jeep.
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We met a man who was securing the place with his shovel. (photo③)
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10 minutes after leaving the riverbank, we arrived at the edge of Mulungudi Glacier. (photo④) The surface looked like a black rock, which is similar to the Gulkin Glacier. Water overflowed around. Is it water that began to melt from the glacier?
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In 2006, we dropped at a rock&-brick-built cafeteria and had a cup of chai there. (photo⑦) Unfortunately the cafe was closed in 2007. Instead of the tables we found only a big rock.(Photo⑧)
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There was a road winding up to the mountain behind the cafe.
A white hut was seen on a sheer rock a little further away.
In an article written by Mr. Imamura on his web site, it said that, “About 2 hours drive from Pasu, the road comes to the end and meets wooden huts. Those huts are used as the storehouse of necessities which were carried from Gilgit and accommodations for the village people.”
I saw those kinds of houses far behind the cafe.
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By 2006, the road opened between Pasu and Shimshal. It takes about three hours by jeep from Passu to Shimshal .
This journey reminded me of the beauty of great Mother Nature and at the same time of the huge hardships of the villagers.
(Editor・Elena Akari /English translator･T Utida /Photo･Writer Sisso ）
