Word from the Ground about the View from the Sky

December 18, 2014

Ice Stupa Site on the Ground and from the Sky
The 2.5 km trench for the Ice Stupa pipeline has now been complete for more than a week. The only thing holding us back is the PVC pipes supplied by Arotek Industries Jammu. Apart from delays, roughly 18% of the pipes broke in transport. We have requested the company to supply replacements, but they have been behaving strangely even as the Leh- Srinagar road is about to close. We are now considering legal action against the company.

Meanwhile on the brighter side, our Ladakhi Ice Stupa volunteer Stanzin Passang Jingmal has done a great job of mapping the whole path of the pipeline that you see in the real photograph with GPS, and then he superimposed it on GoogleEarth. This way he is able to show the location of various parts of the Ice Stupa on a satellite sky-view of Phyang valley. You can even see the glaciel source of the Phyang Tokpo stream.